This week’s NMF brings an all-star dance takeover and a retro-leaning NMF lineup! On the dance side, powerhouse collaborations turn melodic bass, tech house, indie dance, and festival emotion into a full sonic feast. Simultaneously, New Music Friday looks backward to move forward, from Chinese American Bear’s psychedelic disco-pop glow to Kate Bollinger’s gentle freshwater-like classic glow, blending nostalgia with fresh energy.
#NMF Dance: Our Picks For The Week
NMF Dance brings new music from Seven Lions & Kill The Noise, SIDEPIECE & G-POL, OMNOM & Tommy Genesis, and more!
1. Seven Lions & Kill The Noise – “I Need”
Seven Lions and Kill The Noise reunite for their eighth collaboration on “I Need.” This track revisits the spirit of their fan-favorite “Cold Hearted.” It successfully blends soaring melodic passages with crushing, high-energy drops, capturing the emotional weight and heavy force that have defined their chemistry for nearly a decade. Both nostalgic and modern, “I Need” honors their shared history while pushing their melodic-meets-heavy sound into a fresh new chapter.
2. ARMNHMR, Whales & Adalaide Adams – “Stay Away”
ARMNHMR, Whales, and Adalaide Adams team up on “Stay Away.” A gorgeous melodic bass release for Monstercat and NCS’ “Hit The Feels” showdown. Blending ARMNHMR and Whales’ emotional, atmosphere-heavy production with dreamy melodies, laid-back bass lines, and subtle wubs, the track builds toward a soaring vocal peak from Adams. As a result, it is a bittersweet festival crybanger made for hands-in-the-air moments. Which perfectly turns heartbreak into something massive, communal, and deeply felt.
3. Lost Sky, Chris Linton – “Heaven & Hell”
Lost Sky and Chris Linton represent NCS with “Heaven & Hell,” a darker, cinematic entry in Monstercat and NCS’s “Hit The Feels” showdown. While reuniting with their signature emotional intensity, the duo turns mystery, adventure, and heavy production into a sweeping dancefloor weapon. Consequently, the epic scale and dramatic edge of “Heaven & Hell” made it a carnival-ready anthem to make emotion feel massive.
4. SIDEPIECE, G-POL – “Control”
SIDEPIECE and G-POL join forces on an indie dance single “Control.” Established on a catchy vocoder hook, punchy drums, detuned synths, and fuzzy mid-bass layers, the track commands listeners to let loose until the club starts to blur. Dark, energetic, and fully wired, “Control” captures the electronic soul of the dancefloor while landing as a midnight-club weapon.
5. OMNOM, Tommy Genesis – “Pressure”
OMNOM and Tommy Genesis turn up the heat on “Pressure,” a vocal-led tech house single. Meanwhile, this single is driven by a dark groove and sensual tension, pairing OMNOM’s subversive house instincts with Genesis’ soft, provocative delivery; it moves like an invitation into a late-night room. Beneath the pillowtalk hooks, growling low-end, sharp drum shuffles, warping synths, and eerie melodic bleeps push “Pressure” into a seductive night cocktail.
Check out our full NMF DANCE playlist, now available on Spotify
#NewMusicFriday: Our Picks for the Week
New music from Imminence, Chinese American Bear, Kate Bollinger, and more on New Music Friday.
1. Imminence – “If Not Now, When”
Imminence reveals another side of their cinematic metalcore identity with “If Not Now, When.” A dynamic new single from their upcoming album Axis Mundi. Trading sheer force for gritty ’90s grunge textures, haunting melodies, and Eddie Berg’s signature violin, the single balances raw aggression with aching vulnerability. Indeed, the release arrives ahead of the band’s fall North American headline tour.
2. Chinese American Bear – “Dance Dance Dance (跳舞跳舞跳舞)”
Chinese American Bear keep the groove alive with “Dance Dance Dance (跳舞跳舞跳舞).” A previously unheard track from their album Dim Sum & Then Some. Driven by a bouncy bassline, lively drums, warbling guitars, and a slightly psychedelic disco-pop glow, the song turns simple movement into pure joy. At the same time, Lighthearted, curious, and making bodies shake, “Dance Dance Dance” captures the duo’s playful indie-pop spirit ahead of their UK and Europe tour next month.
3. Current Joys – “WILDFIRE”
Current Joys releases “WILDFIRE,” an introspective new single from the forthcoming album ROSEBUD. Reflecting on years of self-destruction from a place of tentative hope, the single turns personal upheaval into something tender, raw, and quietly renewing. As its noise and softness blur together, “WILDFIRE” ultimately captures the moment destruction begins to open toward a way out.
4. Ken Carson- “scrape”
Ken Carson unleashes “scrape,” a high-impact single from his new EP xperiment-cartunez. Based on his signature sound, the single pairs explosive production with more melodic, emotionally charged moments, pushing the xperiment world into sharper territory. From the second the headphones go on, “scrape” hits like an adrenaline rush, turning its raw sonic force into pure momentum. The release also expands the era’s striking USB-neck visual motif ahead of Ken’s ComplexCon headline set in Los Angeles on October 3.
5. Kate Bollinger – “Shop Girl”
Kate Bollinger kicks off with “Shop Girl,” the title track from her new EP. Gentle, sunlit, and lightly psychedelic, the song turns ordinary shop work into something surreal and quietly magical. Its glow perfectly fits the praise as a “light sprinkling of flowery psychedelia,” while Kate’s world feels like deep freshwater: calm below, sparkling on the surface. The release arrives ahead of Shop Girl shows in Los Angeles and Queens this fall.
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