Earl Sweatshirt’s heart is full on Tourmaline

There’s loads of music out there, and sometimes it’s hard to keep up.

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Geese – 100 Horses

Everyone knows Cameron Winter’s a great singer at this point, but it’s still surreal to hear him stretch out the notes for almost 10 seconds while the rest of Geese thrash it out as if they’ve just ingested whatever the Stones had while recording Beggars Banquet. 100 Horses is a deliriously nihilistic jam about dancing during wartime, and it’ll appear on Geese’s new album Getting Killed. Following the eruption of Winter’s solo career, it’s time for the NYC band to drink in the hype. DR

Wolf Alice – White Horses

Wolf Alice get personal on new album The Clearing, and White Horses is one of the record’s most intimate tracks. Drummer Joel Amey takes lead vocals, sharing lyrics written on a car ride with his mum, aunt and sister. What starts as reflections on heritage and identity becomes a declaration of chosen family, before Ellie Rowsell joins Amey for a duet that’s both tender and anthemic. White Horses is driven by a propulsive beat and hypnotic acoustic guitar chords. And despite the track’s dreamy ​’70s rock style, it still carries that unmistakable Wolf Alice bite. JM

Earl Sweatshirt – Tourmaline

If you’re even slightly familiar with Earl Sweatshirt’s discography, you’ll know that he’s really been through it. So it feels good to hear him embrace marriage and fatherhood on this soulful highlight from new album Live Laugh Love (the title seem to be just slightly tongue-in-cheek, rather than totally ironic – so he’s made a lot of progress since his artfully bleak 2015 album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside). ​“Both my ears ringing with your love,” he half-sings over silky strings which gently caress the beat. Once again, Earl’s delivery is drowsy. But while that once communicated intoxication or burn out, this time he sounds like he’s dozing off with a full heart. DR

Mark William Lewis – Skeletons Coupling

This song isn’t as creepy as its title might suggest: rather, it’s named after a Nan Goldin print that which is renowned for its moving depiction of intimacy. This is a niche that Mark William Lewis has steadily been carving out with his music. On Skeletons Coupling, there are slow, sleuthing guitar riffs, accompanied by Lewis’ unmistakable voice and pepperings of harmonica. It’s a worthy addition to the string of singles he’s released in the run up to his anticipated eponymous album, which is out 12^th September via A24 Music. JW

Unflirt – Sea Song

If your RALLY/​Carni weekend looked anything like ours, you’ll be looking back on the last few days with a mix of exhaustion, joy and nostalgia. Luckily, bedroom pop artist Unflirt has the perfect thing to soundtrack a longing scroll through Instagram stories. Shaped by her time in Adrienne Lenker’s songwriting course, Sea Song begins as a Y2K-esque, lo-fi love song before exploding into a euphoric wall of guitars as the London-based artist sings ​“Oh, the wind lets me know/​That you’re the one/​No matter where I go”. TL

Adéla – SexOnTheBeat

Adéla doesn’t beat around the bush on SexOnTheBeat – after all, her newly released album is called The Provocateur, and its album artwork is a photo of Adéla pissing up against a wall like a bloke. On this bombastic pop tune, the Slovak pop star critiques the music industry’s manipulation of her sexuality (“Tits first through the door/​Who’s that label whore?/ Picked up off the floor”) with a Charli/Addison-esque bite. It’s sensual, a little off-key, and ripe for a replay. JW