#Songs You Need In Your Life: January 2024
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The FADER’s Songs You Need In Your Life are our picks for the most exciting and essential new music releases out there. Every day, we update this page with new selections. Listen on our Spotify playlist or hear them all below.
Lunchbox: “Usual”
New Jazz, a collection of sci-fi party jams from Harlem-based rapper and producer Lunchbox, was one of 2023’s most bracing releases from the rap underground. His latest single, “Usual,” keeps the vibe going with Auto-tune slathered vocals and gummy synths offering lift-off to cosmic locations (well, the moon). The track only runs for 90 seconds but a minute and a half is enough time to convince everyone that Lunchbox is going interstellar. — David Renshaw
The Lemon Twigs: “My Golden Years”
Retro ’60s fetishists The Lemon Twigs follow-up their 2023 album Everything Harmony kick off the new year with a fresh single. The tight, interlocking harmonies that define brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario’s best work are once again present but “My Golden Years” adds an uninhibited element to their formula, with Brian’s impassioned lead vocals cutting through the jangle-pop guitars. The result is infectious, with the band sounding like they now favor feelings over faithful homage. — David Renshaw
A.G. Cook: “Silver Thread Golden Needle”
Given that A.G. Cook’s game-changing experimental pop label PC Music wrapped up in 2023, it would make sense for him to feel a constant state of emotional overflow. I’d imagine he’d have a deep sense of appreciation for his supporters, the artists he worked with, and the early morning raves when everything they did together made the most sense. And while there’s relief, too, in finally shedding a skin no matter how comfortable it is, the anxiety of new beginnings is unavoidable. A sense of conflicted euphoria pervades “Silver Thread Golden Needle,” a 10-minute new song from Cook released on January 1, 2024. It kicks off with the furious, alien-transmission drums that have become a PC Music signature, though the overlaid arpeggios would have the quality of a lullaby if the BPM was a bit slower; later, bursts of harsh noise interrupt and overwhelm gently cooed, prismatic vocals. The song’s most poignant moment comes at around 6 minutes in with a section that feels like a tribute to Cook’s friend and collaborator SOPHIE — industrial-adjacent drums thump out a club beat and a brightly morphed voice forms its own language and grammar. — Jordan Darville
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