Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order.
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Of this we know to be true: crack kills, cocaine sells, and there’s absolutely nothing can block ize’s hustle. “Moves” is an exhibition of raw stamina. We’re only two singles deep from the Compton polymath (who nabbed a VMA for choreographing Rosalía’s “Con Altura” video), and yet on “Westside,” she already sounds like a seasoned pro. This is how you put on for your home state. There aren’t any big revelations to unearth on the second track off Good News, but it does manage to reaffirm everything we’ve known about Meg with laser-sharp precision. That Jazmine Sullivan sample certainly doesn’t hurt either. It takes a certain audacity to name a song “God,” and Bladee and Mechatok have plenty of it on the second offering from their forthcoming album, Good Luck. It’s stadium pop for the Drain Gang sect. Hearing Off The Meds’s night shift paean feels startlingly akin to staring at Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry Murals on molly. More iron, steel, metal, and copp-ah, por favor. A little Danity Kane sample, a lotta bragging rights, and a technicolor ride to boot? Strap into Yung Baby Tate’s new project After The Rain, and floor it, if you know what’s good for you. Yes, the debut 4AD single from London band Dry Cleaning slaps, but they also deserve props for the ingenuity of miniaturizing the gig into a headpiece. Where can we cop? On the newest single off her forthcoming EP A Private Road, Laura Groves captures the fleeting whimsy of an untenable situation and spins it into a trance. Kali Uchis aims for total ascent on the fifth track of her new album Sin Miedo, landing somewhere so indisputably heavenly. You can’t miss any social cues if you stay in for Thanksgiving, right? If we’re all bound to our apartments, Teezo Touchdown’s newest offering feels like a breath of fresh air.10 songs you need in your life this week
