9 New Songs from Quicksand, Pinkshift, Petey USA, and More Out Today

So many artists, so many songs, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we’d call “indie,” and talk about what metal is coming out . We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here’s a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.

XCOMM – “PIRATES” (FT. GHOSTEMANE)

Ahead of the release of their debut LP on Friday (5/22), teenage hardcore band XCOMM have shared a final advance single, “Pirates,” featuring Ghostemane, who also features in the video, along with Fletcher Dragge of Pennywise.

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QUICKSAND – “CRYSTALLIZE”

’Crystallize’ opens a new lane for us,” Quicksand say of their new single. “Post-punk self-actualization-core meets 1960s Batman fight scene.” It’s from the post-hardcore greats’ upcoming album Bring On The Psychics .

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PINKSHIFT – “WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS”

“Special shout-out to to the babes that took their besties 4 granted when they started dating someone new & to the ones who stuck around for when they came crawling back after the breakup,” Pinkshift say of their new single. “Send them this song. Better yet send them the youtube link in our bio. AND IF YOUVE BEEN PUTTING IT OFF THIS IS UR SIGN TO CALL THEM BACK AND CATCH UP OKAY??”

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KELSEY LU – “COMFORT”

“This one is about wanting rest, clarity, and shelter – while being surrounded by confusion, inherited trauma, and distorted authority,” Kelsey Lu says of “Comfort,” the latest single off their new album So Help Me God . “It’s about searching for safety in a world that keeps betraying you. A perfect storm of unrest.”

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PETEY USA – “KISS THE CITY”

“This song is about the exhaustion of the city grind and a fantasy of dropping everything to live off the land, free from money and obligation,” Petey USA says of his new single. “But freedom without people just turns into loneliness. In the end you come running back, not because the city got any better, but because you need community more than you need to escape.”

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WIDEMOUTH – “RAINCOAT”

Chicago band Widemouth are releasing their debut album next week, and they’ve given us a preview with “Raincoat,” which you can read more about here .

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WIKI – “PARK”

New York rapper Wiki announced a new album, Ancient History , and shared the first single. Read more about that here .

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THE CORAL – “388”

The Coral have dropped their 13th album on the world unannounced . Named for the vintage Tascam tape machine it was recorded on, 388 was inspired by reggae, Éthiopiques compilations, and Joe Meek records from the ’60s.

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NOFX – “40 YEARS OF FUCKIN’ UP”

NOFX announced the official soundtrack to their 2025 documentary, which features a couple of new songs, including the title track. Read more about it here , and pre-order our exclusive “pink inside turquoise” vinyl variant, limited to 500 copies, in the BV shop .

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_Originally reported by [Brooklyn Vegan](https://www.brooklynvegan.com/9-new-songs-out-today-54/)._