Another week has passed you by. Maybe you’ve spent it avoiding family members after ‘ruining Thanksgiving.’ Perhaps you’ve decided to concentrate your efforts into cramming all of your holiday shopping into one stress-inducing, insomnia-triggering week of extended Cyber Monday sales. One thing’s for sure though. You haven’t even begun to think about listening to new music. We’re here to change that by offering you six of the hottest new punk, indie, and emo tracks this capitalist hellscape has to offer. Enjoy!
The Men ‘Pony’
New York City garage-punk mainstays, the Men, announced a new album, ‘Buyer Beware,’ due out early next year. The announcement comes with the release of a new single, ‘Pony,’ which is unfortunately not a cover of the Ginuwine hit of the same name. It is, however, a full-throttle, dirt-ridden, certified ripper that wastes absolutely no time getting barreling straight into your throat.
Plastic Bitch ‘Paper Dolls’
Philadelphia’s Plastic Bitch is allegedly the only band in their locality in which every member has a 68” wingspan. That alone would be an impressive asset, but the music the trio is able to craft with those rather long arms vastly sweetens the pot. Their debut single, ‘Paper Dolls,’ jam-packed with dreamy harmonies, jangly as hell guitars, and a frenetic backbeat that threatens to detonate the whole track, is a monumental introduction if we’ve ever heard one.
Hot Mods ‘Nom Nom Nom’/‘Cat Burglar’
Hot Mods, the new collaborative project formed from UK acts Sleaford Mods and Hot Chip, have not only announced their newfound existence but also a new limited 7” single due out later this month. If you didn’t manage to get a pre-order in before it sold out, don’t worry. Both tracks, ‘Nom Nom Nom’ and ‘Car Burglar’ are streaming now. Supposedly written and recorded in a single session, the immediacy mixed with the clashing of both bands’ styles makes for a worthy spin.
Thursday ‘White Bikes’
In case your saddest yet most terrifying friend didn’t tell you, the Thursday renaissance is continuing unabated. Their latest track, ‘White Bikes,’ marks their second single since breaking a 13-year silence back in April. The release also coincides with the band’s 25th anniversary, which is a feat in and of itself. Dubbed as a ‘holiday gift’ from the band, the track is nostalgic, emotional, and filled to the brim with Thursday’s massive signature builds.
Anxious ‘Head & Spine’
Connecticut emo outfit, Anxious, will be releasing their highly anticipated album, ‘Bambi,’ in just a few short months. This week, we got a taste of what’s to come with the massive ‘Head & Spine.’ With an absolute monster of a backbeat layered with what we assume are about a thousand fuzzed out guitars, the track will send you straight back to the early aughts but without all the awkwardness you experienced during that time.