We Listened To All Of New Music Friday So You Don’t Have To: Pale Waves, Poppy Ajudha, Janelle Monáe
23 February 2018, 10:00
| Written by
Laurence Day
New Music Friday is upon us again, and we've had a big ol' rummage through everything to dig up this week's best and freshest songs...
So much music gets put out every week it can be tricky to keep tabs on it all - so we've put together a 30-track guide of all the bits you can't miss.
Short On Time? Definitely Don't Miss These:
- Kim Petras is on ludicrous form with latest belter "Heart To Break"
- Don't sleep on the new song from Winnipeg synth troubadour Boniface
- The Speedy Ortiz comeback is glorious
- Best Fit fave Poppy Ajudha knocks it outta the park again
- Remember Sports (fka just Sports) make a raucous return
- Montreal newcomer Helena Deland has an atmospheric new beauty out and we can't get enough
- RAYE x Mabel x Stefflon Don... what's not to love?
- 20-year-old East London-based artist Zoey Lily deploys folk-tinged gold on "More"
- Kacey Musgraves is back
- JANELLE MONÁE IS BACK
Listen to the full playlist and then let us us know which tracks you're loving!
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