Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

5

Worldpeace DMT - "Ringtone"

A band this distinctively 2000s making a love song about ringtones may be a little on the nose, but when it's this catchy, this charming, this seamless in its blend of the elegant and chintzy? On sophomore album Stick Around For Tea, Worldpeace DMT are digging back into the blog-era moment when twee, in all its childlike wonder, got a cyborg infusion. On "Ringtone," we hear them in anthem mode, giving spotlight moments to so many little ingredients but never letting the details get in the way of that hook about the search for God, love, and world peace. What a cute little tune about some of the biggest subjects imaginable. —Chris

Don’t overthink it. On her bright new single "Little Things," sadie reminds us of the world outside of our heads. "Won't you come and get me out of my mind," she sings over galloping drums and heavenly synth bloops. “Little Things” is bliss and curiosity bottled in sound: Strings take deep breaths, backing tracks reverse into the ether, and a bass line sounds like it’s hopping across lily pads. sadie creates this feeling that everything earthbound is magic. And it is! What if everything just glowed — whether it was the way the light hits the shoulders of a tree or fresh piss on the city streets. It’s easy to forget what a joy it is to experience this crazy world. —Margaret

3

Hannah Frances - "Circadian Heart"

Hannah Frances says "Circadian Heart" is about "the relational pattern of choosing unavailable people and trying to get them to choose me back." The song captures the frenetic tension of that dynamic with its whimsical, unpredictable motion, flitting between folk sprawls and jazzy ascensions. At the same time, "Circadian Heart" refuses to fall into familiar cycles, snowballing into a cathartic release and soaring into the unknown. —Danielle

2

Bassvictim - "White Flag"

You wave the white flag to ask for peace. You're in a vulnerable position. You swallow your pride and ask how this whole mess can be resolved. Dido rejected it. She will go down with this ship, and she won't put her hands up and surrender. There will be no white flag above her door. She's in love and always will be. Bassvictim's Maria Manow, on the other hand, embraces it: "Your words got me fucked! I feel sick, go away! Words are swords! I don't fight, go away!" So why does Bassvictim's hammer-skitter lo-fi electroclash bleep-thump tantrum sound so much more warlike than anything Dido ever did in her entire life? —Tom

1

Cloud Nothings - "Death Keeps Me Alive"

I love Cloud Nothings. Though I admire their prolific, consistent discography, nothing has surpassed my love for their second album, Attack On Memory. It's raw and raucous, maintaining the perfect balance of gritty and clean. Yet "Death Keeps Me Alive," the lead single from the Cleveland band's new metal-inspired album What Kind of Hell Did You Survive?, might be the best thing they've ever done. The song takes the unhinged tumult of the Attack On Memory highlight "Wasted Days" and gives it a metallic edge that no one knew it needed. Cloud Nothings have been a band for almost two decades now, and they've finally unlocked the secret to revitalizing themselves: ferociousness. —Danielle