Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now

Sound Off: 10 Songs You Need to Hear Now

By Shaad D'Souza
Sep 06, 2024

It's impossible to be across all the new music out each Friday. Luckily, PAPER is here to help you out: each week, we round up 10 of our favorite new songs from artists — emerging and established — to soundtrack your life. From the surreal to the sublime, these songs cover every corner of the music world. The only criteria: they all have to absolutely rip.

Subscribe to our Sound Off Spotify playlist here and check out this week's tracks, below.

LE SSERFAIM, PinkPantheress - "CRAZY"

“CRAZY” was already a certified heater, but the addition of PinkPantheress adds a camp, flirty wink to an outrageously fun track.

Camila Cabello - "GODSPEED"

C,XOXO hive rise—the Magic City Edition is here, and key track “Godspeed” is a gorgeous ballad augmented by digital rust and damage by El Guincho and Jasper Harris.

MJ Lenderman - "Wristwatch"

The best song from MJ Lenderman’s brilliant new album Manning Fireworks is a depressive power-pop barnstormer – zero in on any element too long and it’s liable to get stuck in your head for weeks.

Toro y Moi, Don Toliver, Porches - "Undercurrent"

An unlikely combination, but not an unwelcome one – Toro, Don and Porches get into sadboy mode on this dirgey rock-rap song.

Detrito - "Forma Norte's Version"

French neofolk duo Forma Norte re-make Tarara!’s “Detrito” with their usual mix of graceful guitar playing and humid atmospherics.

Fred again.., Duskus, Four Tet, Skrillex - "glow"

Fun, nostalgic tech-house from dance music’s current power trio, plus Duskus. It’s sleek and totally replayable.

Lemonade Baby - "Airbnb"

Australia’s Lemonade Baby filters neo-soul through the hyperpop filter on this ambling, ingratiating ballad, which is funny at first and then totally intoxicating.

Nilüfer Yanya - "Like I Say (I runaway)"

Nilufer Yanya traps elements of prog, post-punk and indie rock in her music like flies in ointment; the resulting combination is sharp and dramatic.

Leon Bridges - "Laredo"

A spiritual sequel to “Mariella,” his brilliant collaboration with Khruangbin from 2022, “Laredo” feels like a classic novella, a perfectly contained story of romance and mystery. 

Hinds, Grian Chatten - "Stranger"

This highlight from Hinds’ new album VIVA HINDS features Fontaines DC’s Grian Chatten, on a hot streak right now after the release of his band’s hugely successful new record ROMANCE. It’s a wistful, ambling track, perfect for seeing out the last few rays of sun this year.

Photography: Dario Vazquez