Earlier this month Harry Styles made his long awaited return with ‘As It Was’. The track, which combines contemplative lyrics with indie-flecked instrumentals, got the five-star treatment here at NME, hailed as a tune that’ll: “cement the star’s position as one of the current pop landscapesâ greats”. We’ve added the first taste of Styles’ upcoming album âHarryâs Houseâ to the NME Radio A List this week.
Elsewhere, Wet Leg serve a sneering kiss-off to an ex and Liam Gallagher welcomes peace, joy and love; and we’ve got Dave Bayley of Glass Animals remixing Florence + the Machine, Vince Staplesâ stellar storytelling and the statement-making new single from Maggie Rogers.
Hereâs everything we’ve added to NME 1 and 2Â this week.
On the A List:
Harry Styles
âAs It Wasâ
The luminous, reflective lead single of Harry Stylesâ third solo album âAs It Wasâ is a journey. As NMEâs Rhian Daly has noted: âIt takes us from the depths of despair and self-medication (âHarry, youâre no good alone / Why are you sitting at home on the floor? / What kind of pills are you on?â) to embark on new beginnings, even if they are ones still accompanied by the peaks and troughs of life.â â Karen Gwee
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
On the B List:
Wet Leg
âUr Mumâ
Wet Leg’s self-titled debut album is, as we said in our five-star review: “an instant classic debut that justifies the hype”; and killer new single âUr Mumâ is no exception. On the breakup anthem, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers dole out burn after burn: âWhen I think about what youâve become / I feel sorry for your mum⊠You said that you tried your best / Whyâs this such a fucking mess?â Theyâre not mad, just disappointed. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Liam Gallagher
âCâmon You Knowâ
Liam Gallagherâs latest is primed for mighty stadium singalongs. Clap along to âCâmon You Knowâ, the title track of his new album out next month and a song that revels in love, freedom and joy. Liamâs called it âthe sound of the summerâ â and he might well be right. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Foals
âLooking Highâ
Yannis Philippakis indulges nostalgia on new Foals single âLooking Highâ, which heâs said âis looking back to a more hedonistic time in my life, and a more innocent time in society in general, pre-pandemic and before the existential threat of climate changeâ â an era we all wish we could return to. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Florence + the Machine
âMy Love – Dave Glass Animals Remixâ
Florence Welch has said that the single âMy Loveâ, from the new Florence + the Machine album âDance Feverâ, started as a âsad little poemâ in her kitchen, before she turned it into a floor-filler she compared to âNick Cave at the clubâ. Dave Bayley of Glass Animals pushes it further into that territory with this banging remix. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
On the C List:
Red Hot Chili Peppers
âThese Are The Waysâ
âThese Are The Waysâ is the second single from Red Hot Chili Peppersâ new album âUnlimited Loveâ, which marks the momentous return of John Frusciante to the Chili Peppers fold. This song surveys the state of America, issuing pleas to politicians (âPlease step down from your bully machineâ) and knowing statements of intent (âI just want to thrive and thereâs gonna be hystĐ”riaâ). â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Maggie Rogers
âThatâs Where I Amâ
This July, Maggie Rogers returns with her second album âSurrenderâ. âThis is the story of what happened when I finally gave in,â sheâs said of the record in a new trailer. âWhen I finally let go, hoping it would break the numbness, shock me back in. I found peace in distortion. A chaos I could control.â Radiant single âThatâs Where I Amâ finds Rogers exploring that distortion, marshalling it to her own will. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Vince Staples
âRose Streetâ
Less than a year after dropping his self-titled album, Vince Staples is back with âRamona Park Broke My Heartâ. On âRose Streetâ, the rapper tells a fraught tale of romance, his talent for devastating bars still undeniable: âIâm married to the money, donât be playing games / Only bringing flowers to the homieâs grave.â â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
âMy Echoâ
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever work through lockdown loneliness on new single âMy Echoâ, processing isolation-fuelled social media deep dives in their characteristically oblique lyrical style: âI keep my hearing as I pass through / Community of silence / Community of sorrow.â Itâs the latest single from the Melbourne rock bandâs upcoming album âEndless Roomsâ. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Runkus x Toddla T x Ky-Mani Marley
âGoodloveâ
Soak in the good energy of âGoodloveâ, the new single from Runkus and Toddla Tâs collaborative album âOUT:SIDEâ. Ky-Mani Marley joins in the fun on this track, which Runkus says dwells in âa place of simplicity and hardcore dub and vibesâ. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Wallice
â90s American Superstarâ
Dirty Hit artist Walliceâs upcoming EP â90s American Superstarâ is a concept record about a fictional celebrity idol experiencing a dizzying rise and fall. Its title track finds her at the height of her fame â but in a state of resentment towards her partner, and it’s excellent. â KG
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
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