Despite the ease of access that streaming has brought to the distribution of music, the volume that's released can make it a daunting task to find unique new stuff every week. In this recurring weekly feature we put together a short list of new songs from the past week that stand out amongst all the noise and deserve a spot in your rotation.
All songs featured in this recurring series can be found in our scrmbl selection 2025 playlist on Spotify or Apple Music.
Amuxax — "I feel"
One of the most important internet-centric groups of the 2020s so far is trash angels, a collective made up of young rappers and artists who broke through on SoundCloud in the early part of the decade with constantly mutating music riffing on — but not limited to — web rap. Everyone involved has gone on to do interesting solo work, while the amorphous nature of the project's music feels ahead of its time. That's captured via member Amuxax's "I feel," a grunge-influenced rocker that warps in speed throughout its brief playtime, turning what could just be a Nirvana tribute into something far slipperier with a melancholy center. It's also a great reminder of the many sonic twists that have come out of this group. Listen above.
AYA GLOOMY — "one in heart"
After several years away, woozy pop creator AYA GLOOMY returned this past week with the u are the moonlight EP. It's a stellar set of bedroom pop presented with a gauzy filter, with the highlight of the bunch being the particularly daydream stylings of "one in heart." Unfolding slowly, the song finds GLOOMY letting her words take their time to reveal themselves fully, set over a blurry mix of guitars, beats and synth. It's absorbing without losing its melodic center. Listen above.
Homecomings — "every breath"
Has Homecomings ever sounded this huge? The band’s newest album, see you, frail angel. sea adore you., was certainly an epic of an ambitious scale, but while those songs expanded at a gradual pace, “every breath” immediately shoots skyward once the band launches into that shoegaze-y riff in the chorus. Their yearning lyrics, too, no longer scan as passive, aiming straight for the gut with the help of the roaring guitars. From the leaps made in “every breath,” one thing is clear: Homecoming’s romantic songs have graduated from quiet suburban tales into something much larger than life.
rirugiliyangugili — "IKEN"
Rapper rirugiliyangugili sounds best when scrapping songs apart. Latest blast "IKEN" leans into bass shivers and a subtle layer of screaming to create a number overflowing with unnerving energy. The artist at its center goes from lurching boasts to rapid-fire barbs to throaty passages, keeping an already unsteady song on its toes and adding an extra sense of the unknown to each line. Listen above.
Yonige — "strattera"
Yonige’s latest album, Empire, from the top of this year saw the duo bring back some of the thick, blunt riffs present on their earlier output. Their new one, “strattera,” continues to be driven by a similarly scuzzy, ’90s alt-rock spirit, though they play with speed not so much from excitement but as a way to shake off their deep anxiety. “The very top floats bad idea / diving into black hole,” Arisa Ushimaru murmurs through the static while she howls hopeless lyrics to the abyss in the chorus. Yonige hardly hide the bumps in the road in “strattera,” but the rockiness makes for quite a ride.
ZOOZ — "Exodus"
The best parts in ZOOZ’s Mutation from last year came when the post-punk-revival revivalists let loose, playing their frenetic punk with real abandon. Recklessness fuels another inspired single for the band as they let it rip in “Exodus.” Despite their self-claimed loyalty to the genre, their new jam moves with less post-punk shiftiness than the restlessness of math rock, and it’s all better for it. “Exodus” is all unstoppable energy, and rather than load it up in fits and starts, ZOOZ release it all in one explosive burst.
