Welcome to Sound Station, the place we’re highlighting the perfect new tracks that got here out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from MOD SUN, EKKSTACY and extra.
MOD SUN unveils a cinematic music video for his newest ballad “Battle Scars”
MOD SUN is aware of the best way to pull on our heartstrings, and his newest single “Battle Scars” isn’t any exception. Accompanying the fragile ballad is a cinematic music video directed and produced by MOD SUN that options every part from robberies, love on the run and the bloody penalties of getting combined up with the unsuitable folks. The video isn’t for the faint of coronary heart, however even via the video’s intense scenes, MOD SUN peppers in a collection of heartwarming moments, in addition to some spectacular efficiency pictures behind the drum package: his first instrument. —Alessandro DeCaro
EKKSTACY’s revelatory post-punk
EKKSTACY’s world could seem grey, however his songs reveal a vivid, heart-on-sleeve intimacy. On “i need to die in your arms,” he melds darkish, blunt lyrics with a buoyant groove. It’s the sound of an artist coming into his personal, anchored by his reverence for various, emo and post-punk. His new album, Distress, is out Sept. 30. —Neville Hardman
Pinkshift need you to get out of their face with heavy new single “GET OUT”
Baltimore punks Pinkshift introduced the warmth with their newest single “GET OUT.” The music clocks in at simply over two minutes and takes purpose at poisonous folks with aggressive reproach. On high of the heavy guitar riffs and supercharged drums, vocalist Ashrita Kumar screams their coronary heart out within the music’s refrain, declaring, “Get out of my face/I don’t need you right here so go away.” The result’s a music that’ll make you need to stage-dive and get up for your self. —Alessandro DeCaro
Chilly Hart and Lil Peep’s sedative bliss
Lil Peep’s legacy lives on in Chilly Hart’s “Dying.” The observe looks like a misplaced GOTHBOICLIQUE B-side, a peek again at two buddies tinkering round of their lounge and smoking indica at 3 a.m. The OC Season 3 mixtape is out now, which options one other collab with fellow GBC member Wicca Section Springs Everlasting. —Neville Hardman
Djo unveils one other charming single with “Determine You Out”
Joe Keery (Stranger Issues) is again with one other new single forward of his mission Djo‘s sophomore album, DECIDE. On “Determine You Out,” Keery’s charming lilt is accompanied by bursts of gloomy, shimmering synths. With the vocal drama of David Bowie, Keery creates a cinematic universe of his personal making inside the three-minute earworm. —Ilana Kaplan
Danny Dwyer performs a flawless victory with new single “Mortal Kombat”
Hyperpop newcomer Danny Dwyer has launched an emotionally charged single, “Mortal Kombat.” The brand new observe chronicles a painful breakup and the emotions of guilt and co-dependency that come up when parting methods with a major different. Dwyer makes use of the metaphorical imagery of the hyperviolent Mortal Kombat online game collection to show how painful love will be. Moreover, he launched a surprising video for the observe that options every part from retro-inspired preventing sport visuals to melancholic pictures carried out in desolate settings. —Alessandro DeCaro
nothing,nowhere. shares a contemporary post-hardcore traditional that includes Senses Fail
nothing,nowhere. held nothing again on “M1SERY_SYNDROME.” The observe incorporates early 2000s post-hardcore hooks with anthemic and hovering vocals within the vein of the Used and Saosin. The music additionally includes a shock breakdown on the tail finish for added depth. For the brand new observe, nothing,nowhere. enlisted one in every of his greatest influences — Buddy Nielsen of Senses Fail — to supply visitor vocals, a pairing that couldn’t be simpler in delivering the music’s highly effective message. —Alessandro DeCaro
44phantom brings us again to the glory days of emo rap
Emo-pop artist 44phantom has launched a stellar new single “don’t sleep,repeat” that includes trendy pop-punk famous person Machine Gun Kelly. The soulful observe finds each singers buying and selling off vocal traces that chronicle their collective trauma and the darkish facet of Hollywood over booming 808s and entice drums. On the music, 44phantom continues to show that he is a vocal powerhouse with an unimaginable sense of vary and emotional depth. —Alessandro DeCaro
Curtis Waters’ “STAR KILLER” is an indie-pop dream
On Curtis Waters’ new single “STAR KILLER,” the indie-pop artist offers a playful and driving tune centered round a catchy vocal hook and guitar riff that looks like a delicate homage to Basement Jaxx’s traditional hit “The place’s Your Head At.” Accompanying the brand new observe is a visually stimulating video that harks again to the glory days of ’90s Britpop and reveals Waters sporting iconic David Bowie-inspired face paint, which we’re most undoubtedly right here for. —Alessandro DeCaro
The Seashores pen an ode to Greek mythology
The Seashores’ newest single “Orpheus” is a charming ode to the Greek mytho. Over three-and-a-half minutes, the band thread light nostalgia with a driving beat. Although the observe sounds romantic initially, its emphasis is on time — how as a substitute of wanting again on previous loves, “there’s another person so that you can catch.” —Neville Hardman
