31-01-2025
Best Songs of the Week: 2hollis, Momma, Weatherday, and More
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Consequence's Songs of the Week roundup highlights great new songs from the last seven days and analyzes notable releases. Check out our new favorites and more on our Top Songs playlist, and for other great songs from emerging artists, check out our New Sounds playlist. This week, Momma, Weatherday, Uwade, and others deserve your attention.
2hollis, nate sib — 'Afraid'
The restless energy that dominates 'Afraid' epitomizes both 2hollis and nate sib's approaches to pop music. The hook is one thing; the skittering synths that bubble with radioactivity, the candy-coated piano line that pops in at the chorus, the throbbing bass beneath their croons, and the overall quick tempo all show that the pair of pop auteurs are firmly in their own lane. They debuted 'Afraid' on tour together, with sib opening for Hollis, and that ecstatic meeting of minds is well on display through the track's accessible flavorings and rousing groove. They're both having a moment right now, so it's not too late to get on the 2hollis and nate sib bandwagons. — Paolo Ragusa
Hooky & Winter — 'horseshoe'
Hooky, the glitch-prone indie rockers from Philly, and Winter, the project of songwriter Samira Winter, have joined forces for the upcoming collaborative EP Water Season. 'horseshoe' arrives as the collection's lead single, and it's every bit as woozy, delicate, and irresistible as each act's best work. Low-fi in all the right ways, it's a perfect little tune that's sure to appeal to fans of guitar music in the vein of early Alex G or poppy noisemakers like Feeble Little Horse. — Jonah Krueger
JayWood – 'Big Tings' feat. Tune-Yards
Melodic and atmospheric, the latest from alternative hip-hop artist JayWood is pleasantly unpredictable. The genre-fluid performer teamed up with Oakland duo Tune-Yards to bring 'Big Tings' to life, and the final product is highly detailed, layered, and lyrically encouraging. JayWood shared that the perspective in the song flip-flops throughout — sometimes he's hyping up the listener, other times he's working to hype himself up — but 'Big Tings' is easy to get lost in either way. — Mary Siroky
Mamalarky – 'Feels So Wrong'
Indie-rock quartet Mamalarky unveiled 'Feels So Wrong' this week, a song that actually feels quite right for a Friday. Glittering instrumentals and breezy flutes create the dreamy backdrop for a song lamenting the moments in life where nothing seems to be going right. The band's Livvy Bennett confirms that the track is best suited for the moments of 'confronting your challenges even when it sucks;' allow 'Feels So Wrong' to provide a much-needed burst of motivation. — M. Siroky
Momma — 'I Want You (Fever)'
Momma's lead single off their forthcoming sophomore album Welcome to My Blue Sky was the irresistible 'Ohio All the Time,' a track so instantly satisfying that we named it as one of the best of 2024. Now, with second single 'I Want You (Fever),' they've done it again, concocting a blissed-out rock song about crushing on someone you can't have. Like many of their best songs, 'I Want You (Fever)' is one of those tracks that sounds familiar, but you can't quite place where you've heard it before; perhaps it comes from the song's warm, crisp production from the band's Aron Kobayashi Ritch, which places 'I Want You (Fever)' firmly in the canon of new-but-'90s-esque indie rock songs that hit like antidotes. — P. Ragusa
Uwade — 'Call It a Draw'
Singer-songwriter Uwade is teasing her debut album with this dreamy acoustic single. 'Over the past few years I've been trying to experiment with my songwriting process a bit more, and this song is one of the fruits of that exploration,' the artist revealed in a statement, specifically as the process relates to the relatively form-free structure of the song. There's a freedom to 'Call It a Draw' that is reflected in the accompanying music video, encouraging the listener to get lost right alongside the vocalist.— M. Siroky
Weatherday — 'Angel'
Weatherday, the noise-pop project of mononymous Swedish songwriter Sputnik, has returned with Hornet Disaster, a brand new album out March 19th via Topshelf Records. To preview the LP, the genre-blending act dropped two new songs, 'Heartbeats' and 'Angel.' While both boast the low-fi, raw, catchy goodness that led many fans to take to Weatherday in the first place, 'Angel' in particular stands out as a wonderfully creative, captivating composition. Less than two minutes in length, the song features everything from clipping drums to strained vocals to a fake-out ending. Trust us, it's a banger. — J. Krueger
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