The 1975 are back with a brand new single, âPart of the Bandâ, the first preview of their forthcoming fifth album, âBeing Funny In A Foreign Languageâ. Matty Healy and co. have been beating the drum of anticipation for a month now, unveiling posters, billboards and then finally revealing the albumâs title and tracklist on June 28; and the first track taken from the record is an exciting glimpse of whatâs to come. Fusing cinematic strings with Jack Antonoffâs distinctive production and the bandâs trademark earworm hooks, it was a must-add to this weekâs NME Radio playlist.
Also new to NME Radio this week weâve got SG Lewisâ dance floor heater in âSomething About Your Loveâ, and Rina Sawayamaâs euphoric single âCatch Me in the Airâ.
Check out the rest of the new tracks on NME 1 and 2 below:
On the A List:
The 1975
âPart of the Bandâ
The 1975 have shared the first song from their forthcoming album, âBeing Funny In A Foreign Languageâ, in âPart of the Bandâ â which is quieter and more relaxed compared to their guitar and electronic-laden tracks from 2020âs âNotes On A Conditional Formâ.
In our four-star review of the track, Ali Shutler wrote: âThe new song takes the midwestern emo of âJesus Christ 2005 God Bless Americaâ and blends it with the dreamy synths of âThe Birthday Partyâ with a touch of the communal optimism found on Coldplayâs âViva La Vidaâ thrown in for good measure. These influences are just passing glances, though, as The 1975 continue to reinvent themselves and carve their own path forward.â â Sabiq Rafid
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
On the B List:
SG Lewis
âSomething About Your Loveâ
âSomething About Your Loveâ is a dancefloor smasher. Following on from his debut album âtimesâ, an infectious synth melody carries the track, supported by a pulsating backbeat while SG Lewisâ honeyed vocals float above the slick production. â SR
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Rina Sawayama
âCatch Me in the Airâ
âI was afraid, but you put the wings on me / Feet on the edge, feet on the edge / So, catch me in the air,â sings Rina Sawayama on her soaring, euphoric single âCatch Me in the Airâ. Itâs the second taste of her forthcoming second album, âHold The Girlâ, and will put you in an ultimate feel-good headspace to conquer all the hard days ahead. â SR
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easy life & BENEE
âOTTâ
âOTTâ, an abbreviation for âOver The Topâ, is easy lifeâs brand new single featuring New Zealander BENEE. Itâs a light and breezy number, perfect for slow afternoons with nothing on the agenda. Speaking about creating the song, easy life frontman Murray Matravers had nothing but praise for their collaborator: âBENEE crushed it â her voice is like water and sheâs a real queen of melody,â â weâre inclined to agree. â SR
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Momma
âMotorbikeâ
âMotorbikeâ is taken from Mommaâs latest album, âHousehold Nameâ which arrived on July 1. Raucous guitars fill up the spaces as Allegra Weingarten sings about romantic escapism: âYou can take me anywhere you like / Your motorbike will wake up this whole town / For one night / Baby we could disappear / You told me if Iâm down to ride / Your motorbike will take us away from here.â â SR
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
On the C List:
Bring Me The Horizon
âsTraNgeRsâ
Bring Me The Horizonâs latest single, âStrangersâ, dives deep into different struggles that everyone goes through on a daily basis â while also acting as a call to come together and help each other. As Oli Sykes shared in a statement: âEveryone is recovering from something and Iâm so aware that so many people struggle daily with differing traumas, and just wanted to stress that theyâre not in this alone⊠and weâre a community here to help each other.â â SR
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Alvvays
âPharmacistâ
Canadian dream-pop quintet Alvvays are back after a five-year wait with âPharmacistâ, the first single released from their upcoming album âBlue Revâ. Filled with dreamy guitars and fuzzy reverb trails, itâs everything youâd want from an Alvvays comeback. â SR
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Tiësto & Charli XCX
âHot In Itâ
EDM heavyweight TiĂ«sto has teamed up with pop hero Charli XCX for summer anthem, âHot In Itâ. âI knew from the second I heard Charliâs cut on the song that it was going to be a smash,â TiĂ«sto revealed in a statement, and what a smash it is.
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Lava La Rue
âDonât Come Backâ
âDonât Come Backâ is a smooth and silky track about a love thatâs waned to a point of no return. âDon’t come back / Don’t come back to me baby / It’s all bad, and we can’t be together / It started easy, it happened naturally / It’s all bad, no we can’t be together,â Lava La Rue sings. The three-minute track is the artistâs latest cut off their upcoming EP, âHi-Fidelityâ. â SR
Listen: Spotify | Apple Music
Willow Kayne
âWhite Cityâ
Willow Kayneâs âWhite Cityâ was birthed from a âdiary entryâ about London that she journaled in 2021. In an Instagram post, she shared: âItâs crazy to see history/communities being knocked down and replaced with these gigantic skyscrapers that nobody can afford to live in. Having the two extremes of wealth and poverty right on the same street, not just in White City but everywhere here it seems.â â SR
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