3 New Albums Out This Week You Should Listen to Now: Hayley Williams, Wisp, and The Armed
There’s so much good music out in the ether that sometimes it’s difficult to parse through all of it. Every week The Daily Music Report will do the hard work for you and highlight the best releases available on streaming services.
This week we’re highlighting new music from Hayley Williams, Wisp, and The Armed.
Hayley Williams – Ego (or Ego Death)
Hayley Williams has officially released 17 new songs—though she’s not calling it an album. Initially shared as password-protected files on her website, each track now stands alone, released as individual singles through her new label, Post Atlantic, via Secretly Distribution. Freed from Paramore’s former label, Williams encourages fans to sequence the songs however they like. She collaborated with longtime Paramore contributors Brian Robert Jones, Joey Howard, Daniel James, and producer Jim-E Stack. While ‘Mirtazapine’ led the surprise drop, ‘GLUM’ is now the focus, showcasing vocal experimentation, and tracks like ‘Discovery Channel’ and ‘Ice In My OJ’ cleverly pull from unexpected corners of pop culture.
Standout Songs: ‘Discovery Channel,’ ‘Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party,’ ‘Whim,’ ‘Mirtazapine,’ ‘Native Self Talk,’ and ‘GLUM.’
7.8
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Wisp – If Not Winter
Blending swirling guitar textures and thunderous drums with an unmistakable dream-pop sensibility, San Francisco-born Wisp is leading the charge in shoegaze’s recent resurgence. Although often compared to genre pioneers like Slowdive, she draws more influence from artists such as Beach House and Cocteau Twins, particularly in her ethereal vocal style. On If Not Winter, her voice cuts through the haze of distortion and noise with striking clarity, especially on tracks like ‘Save me now,’ where crisp guitar work and splashy percussion frame her airy delivery. “I try to put as much emotion as I can into my own music, and I always try to write about something that is true to me and something that I’m feeling,” she says. “And that way it doesn’t feel faked or it doesn’t feel ingenuine to my sound.”
Standout Songs: ‘Sword,’ ‘Breath onto me,’ ‘Save me now,’ ‘Mesmerized,’ and ‘Get back to me.’
7.4
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The Armed – The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed
On their sixth album, THE FUTURE IS HERE AND EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED, The Armed abandon structure for raw urgency, channeling rage at modern dysfunctions—capitalism, digital decay, political fatigue—into some of their fiercest work. Led by Tony Wolski, the record seamlessly blends East Bay hardcore, punk, and sonic chaos with surprising emotional depth, featuring guests such as Troy Van Leeuwen (Queens of the Stone Age) and Meghan O’Neil (Punch). It’s not a statement—it’s a detonation.
Standout Songs: ‘Well Made Play,’ ‘Kingbreaker,’ and ‘Sharp Teeth.’
6.2
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