Weekly pleasures
January 15, 2020

Best new songs this week: Melody English, Okimonsta, Yatra, Drive-By Truckers...

Myrkur

'Affect Me' by Melody English is a mellow track with traces of Americana and psychedelia; Drive-By Truckers have a kind song 'Thoughts and Prayers' about mass-shootings (thoughts and prayers aren't enough is the message); 'Get the Devil Out' by Nadia Reid is delicate and atmospheric; reunited emo-core Alexisonfire released an atmospheric song 'Season of the Flood'; 'Fried for the Night' is a highly psychedelic song by the LA beatmaker TOKiMONSTA, featuring EarthGang; heavy-sludge band Yatra have shared 'Blood Will Flow'; Ultraista is a band made up of members of Atoms For Peace + vocalist Laura Bettinson, they released a dancey new song 'Tin King'; dark-folk singer Myrkur goes theatrical on 'Ella'; modern jazz meets electronica on Wacław Zimpel's new song 'Sine Tapes'; experimental pop artist Dan Deacon released a piano heavy song 'Become a Mountain'.