Best New Songs Of The Week: May 29th, 2022
Given the sheer volume of highly anticipated material that came out this week, it's hard to not see the final product as slightly disappointing. Regardless these are the best new songs I heard this week and they likely aren't the ones you're anticipating. Enjoy <3
5. Hideous - Oliver Sim (Feat. Jimmy Somerville)
This is quite an interesting track that I've been digesting upon repeat listens because it moves through some very distinct phases. Ultimately it's when Oliver Sim is at his most intimate that the song hits its emotional highs and when the Jamie xx produced instrumental hits its orchestrated peak that it finds the most impact. Unfortunately, I'm not crazy about Jimmy Somerville's addition to the track where he serves as a HUGE outlier. Honestly having another vocalist on the song at all feels like it takes away from what should be really gripping and raw intimacy.
4. Freight Yard - The Garden
This is The Garden alright. From the wacko lyrical approach to the constant shifting of sonic intensity, all the hallmarks are visible. The only thing that holds it back from being one of their best is the hook which comes off so abstracted that it can't really connect on how catchy it is. But it's no doubt exciting throughout.
3. Cherry - Daphni
Like most house music you pretty much know what you're getting into with this song after about 30 seconds but honestly that isn't a complaint. It still manages to find subtle ways to shift the progression of the track and keep it interesting, lively and danceable across its six minute runtime.
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2. Don't Forget - Sky Ferreira
In case you didn't already know, there's a pretty significant portion of the pop community for whom this is their most highly anticipated single in years. Sky's bombastic nee song represents the emergence of a near-mythical pop project whose extended absence has become meme-worthy. The track certainly aims for the grandeur you'd expect and while I think it mostly achieves this, I can't help but think Sky was feeling the expectations she had to live up to while making it.
1. Intrusive - Rico Nasty
I went back and forth on this track all weekend and while it's ultimately extremely detached across its two minute runtime it started to feel more like a purposeful headrush than a songwriting era. The song just erupts with hard-hitting heavily distorted beats, heavily reverbed vocal refrains and random vocal samples which make for an absolute blitz of industrial hip hop and overwhelming personality.
