Best New Songs Of The Week: November 21st, 2021
Below are the best new singles released this weekend:
5. Queer - Arca (Feat. Planningtorock)
Arca being on this list feels like a necessary weekly occurrence at this point but I'm always excited for a Planningtorock appearance. The song is a weird slightly industrial and incredibly surreal banger that take on queer identity headfirst. If Arca really does drop three albums in December there will be a myriad of highlights in the bunch but I feel pretty safe in saying this will be one of them.
4. Stop That - Saba
Saba continues to impress not only as a wordsmith but also as a confident and technically proficient rapper. While the beat on this one is just okay it really does enough for Saba to jump on top and deliver a smart and instantly memorable performance on both the verses and hook. The only issue I have is that at just over two minutes it feels like it stops before it uses all the momentum it built up.
3. Fade - Aeon Station
The instrumentally verbose indie rock meets emo sound of The Wrens is living on through Aeon Station and with yet another single they prove that capability. With dense compositions that build up compelling momentum and one emotional catharsis after another the band is emerging as one of the most indulgent but worthwhile projects over the next couple months and this single only worked to build up more hype.
2. mememe - 100 Gecs
After one of the weirdest and most unpredictable rises to fame over the last few years 100 Gecs led a hyper pop revolution into the mainstream and now they're back with new material. While it was always a curiosity wondering what they would return with this new track features the same explosive production and dense digital sound palette we've come to expect from the band. They also deliver a bowl full of personality for a return that it seems impossible not to love.
1. 2010 - Earl Sweatshirt
Man does it feel good to have new Earl music. The illusive rapper is back with his most involved and conventional rap song in years. While he still holds on to his loose flow and his emotionally dense lyricism the song has a beat far more intent than any of the depressive experimental instrumentals of his last EP and album. Despite the shift he is just as engaging here.
