#Songs You Need In Your Life: May 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 and Apple Music playlists or hear them all below.
Christopher David Booth: “Ulterior Motives” a.k.a. “Everyone Knows That”
For the last three years, the actual name of “Everyone Knows That” has been the subject of a much internet debate. An ‘80s New Wave tune that took “lo-fi” to a whole new level, the viral, 17-second recording posted to WatZatSong in 2021 was so heavily distorted, its origins completely eluded the lostwave community, hundreds of YouTube sleuths, and a 49K member-strong subreddit. Now, the mystery has finally been solved by two dedicated Redditors, who figured out the song is called “Ulterior Motives” by Christopher Saint Booth and Philip Adrian Booth. And its source? A sex scene from a 1986 porno called Angels of Passion, where two angels are “sent back to Earth to provide some sexual satisfaction to the mortal humans,” obviously. — Sandra Song
Adult Jazz: “Earth of Worms”
A track from their new album So Sorry So Slow, “Earth of Worms” by Adult Jazz is a standout example of how the U.K. group makes elusiveness the very foundation of their sound. The time signature of the drums is an ancient steam engine, alternating between breaking down and staying perfectly in pocket, fuelling its angular post-R&B guitar work and lyrics that turn the mundane spiritual: “Your love once so ordinary / Is it a dewclaw or a luxury? / The ring light blown / The narration gone from me.” — Jordan Darville
Harmony: “Thot Daughter”
“Thot Daughter” is for anyone who has ever felt like an outcast only to realize they actually don’t want to fit in. Over a sleazy electroclash beat, Harmony makes fun of conservatives, the badly dressed, and weird guys on the internet while referencing her own brain rot and sarcastically declaring herself the “people’s princess of the housing crisis.” It’s a club banger for the terminally online, destined to soundtrack the infinite scroll. — David Renshaw
Charly Bliss: “Nineteen”
Anyone growing tired of Taylor Swift’s increasingly listless songwriting would be wise to switch to Charly Bliss. “Nineteen” is the first single from the band’s upcoming album FOREVER and is written from the perspective of vocalist Eva Hendricks looking back at her first true love. It’s a heartwarming song written with the perspective of age yet tightly bound to the broken fire hydrant of emotions from her teenage years. Saxophone licks decorate memories of diner dates, late nights, and acts of cruelty as the NYC band asks, “How are you still in my head after all these years?” — David Renshaw
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