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. 

Foods — "Summer Song 24/7"

There's no hesitation on artist Foods' "Summer Song 24/7." As if refusing to waste even a single second of the season, he makes the song dash forward immediately via a swift piano melody that only grows in urgency as he introduces an equally frantic synth melody. Foods themselves dashes alongside it, rap-singing like he can already see the fall closing in. That speed, though, gives this "Summer Song" real legs. Listen above.

Hitohira  —  "Hinome"

At the end of last year, Hitohira teased a live performance of a new song, “Hinome,” that got one YouTube commenter to mistake it as a toe cover. Though it still has no release date in sight, “Hinome” just got the music-video treatment with a studio recording. Especially after nearly a two-year gap since 2023’s Tsukuru, it’s refreshing basking in the instrumental math-rock passage that the band spends more than the first half of its running time patiently weaving together. The prettiness of it all is engrossing until Hitohira let the guitar lines slowly fade out — what a cliffhanger. 

LanPage  — "Face"

Hyperactive rhythms, blown-out bass and zany arrangements found in producers gaburyu and Yaca in da House’s main works spill over into the music of LanPage, their group formed with vocalist somunia. Yet they flip the script in “Face,” opting for a more subdued — to their standards anyway — yet still singular take on house. As the wonky bass line bubbles up, the drums snap into a stable four-on-the-floor grid, moving away from their usual hyperpop-esque antics. They can’t help but spice it up, though, throwing in sprinkles of the Amen break and some electro buzz to hype up the dance floor. 

o_all  — "Roka"

For a song that best aligns with the title of o_all’s Dream Deep Dreams in spirit, I suggest the record’s slow-burning closer “Utopia.” But I prefer the sprinting momentum rushing behind “Roka” in the indie-rock band’s new EP. Never mind the lyrics setting a nondescript suburban scene — “the shirt I hung to dry / the flowers that started to bloom / I thought it would be sunny by now” — the chromatic, groovy guitar riff brings a sense of exciting adventure. O_all, too, sound uplifted by the music, shrugging off the rainy day by humming along to their own positive tune.

PeanutsKun Featuring Lilas Ikuta — "TIME TO LUV"

Rapping Virtual YouTuber legume PeanutsKun released the collab heavy Tele Club II last week. It's worth a listen from front to back, especially thanks to a features list including Daoko, Punpee, fellow VTuber Makaino Ririmu and many more. Early highlight around these parts, though, is closer "TIME TO LUV" featuring Lilas Ikuta of YOASOBI, who joins PeanutsKun to create a pogoing pop number still showcasing his rapping abilities. Listen above.

utumiyqcom — "unforgiven"

Sometimes drama can be expressed clearly by singing, while other cases call for the music itself to get this across. Artist utumiyqcom asks "why not both?" Her singing goes from reserved to bordering on a shout to something that sounds on the verge of a breakdown, lending "unforgiven" a nervous energy. That only gets amplified by the drop in the middle, a big bass flipout matching up with her singing to convey the emotional heaviness present. Listen above.