Single: SSAANN – Echo
Another dreamy single from the Milwaukee group’s upcoming debut album, perfect for disassociation
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Single: Bad Leavers – Ska Fire
Ska Fire is a reggae/two-tone jam with simple, repetitive lyrics, beautiful lead and backing vocals, and a nice, danceable reggae melody.
Single: Lozenge – For Lack Of Trying
Essentially a song about not being inspired to do anything and feeling like shit because of it, this shoegaze trio comes across more nuanced than many.
Single: Runway Lights – Start A Flood
An absolutely snarling alt-rock beast of a song, which also serves as a touching tribute with striking lyrical content and a very important message.
Single: The Pretty Flowers – To Be So Cool
An earworm to be sure, but one that refuses to succumb to the overly polished and non-edgy production of mainstream radio.
Single: dréa szn – The Picnic Song
A musical behemoth as well as an emotional one, dréa szn’s emotive new single is sincere, heartfelt and huge.
Single: Underexposed – Asphalt Desert
Relaxing and introspective, underexposed’s first single of 2026 is perfect for just waking up
Single: The Same Sky – What’s Left
Montreal shoegaze welcomes the warmer months with themes of post-breakup rebirth
Single: Earth Farm – Strung Over
A formidable amalgamation of stylistic influences, this new single represents a new direction for the Newcastle band.
Single: Club 8 – Travel Back in Time
Even if this isn’t how pop usually sounds for those in the states, this is, at LEAST, how pop should feel.
Single: Creepy Crawly – Buttercup
On the surface, it’s a shimmering, happy-go-lucky piece of pop rock. But actually, an undertone of sorrow runs underneath
Single: Half Tail – Not Impressed
Changing relationships and processing feelings accompany classic PNW sounds recorded in a legendary Seattle studio
Single: DACY – tell me i’m wrong
Returning to their indie roots, the Melbourne sister-brother duo drops a scintillating new single
Single: The Wild Irises – Missy
Charming, twee, sweet and gritty, the new tune from New York quartet the wild irises is an instantly enjoyable fuzzed out slice of hazy, gazey, pop rock.
Single: The Horses – Little Epiphany
In the best way possible, “Little Epiphany” sounds like a group of friends drunkenly hopping on stage to jam out a hit. It’s also full of the kind of misfit energy that we need right now. The kind of intensity that makes you want to hop into a studio and record something for yourself.
Single: Sun Era – Grounded
Sun Era follows up its 2025 single “Birds” by dropping a driving song that’ll help us get through another dark winter and roll our way into the springtime.
Single: Swiss Portrait – Next To You
Warm, yearning sounds cure lonely chills in Swiss Portrait’s first single of 2026
Single: Park Days – Too Much Rain
Pretty guitar work and an unfussy chord progression float atop a gentle stream of cassette tape hiss. Equal parts the antique aesthetic of Julian Koster’s Orbiting Human Circus and the detached yearning of an angst-free Duster, this bedroom-pop vignette will sink into your chest and linger long beyond its brief runtime.
Single: Thin Lear – Witness
On Witness, Ross-Sprang’s clean, shimmering production and Longo’s love for the sounds of 70s songwriters make for a wonderful partnership.