There’s a lot music popping out on a regular basis that it’s arduous to maintain observe. On these days when the inflow of recent tracks is especially overwhelming, we sift by way of the noise to convey you a curated listing of essentially the most fascinating new releases (one of the best of which can be added to our Finest New Songs playlist). Under, take a look at our observe roundup for Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
Lana Del Rey – ‘White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter’
Asserting ‘White Feather Hawk Tail Deer Hunter’, Lana Del Rey known as it her favourite observe on the upcoming Range, and you may inform why. Eerie, wordy, prickly, and with a Center Japanese affect, it sounds little like earlier cuts ‘Henry, Come On’ and ‘Bluebird’. Del Rey co-wrote it together with her sister Chuck Grant, her brother-in-law Jason Pickens, and her husband Jeremy Dufrene; she produced it alongside Jack Antonoff, with co-production and (unimaginable) strings by Drew Erickson. “I wished to know if I may use your range/ To prepare dinner somethin’ up for you,” she sings at one level earlier than launching right into a refrain that begins with “Positively voodo, all the pieces that you just do.” I’m vehemently anti-hunting however I can’t deny the spell of this music.
Ana Roxanne – ‘Souvenir’
Ana Roxanne has introduced a brand new album, Poem 1, arriving through kranky on Could 1. Piano ballads are weak by default, however the preciousness of lead single ‘Souvenir’ is on a unique stage. Roxanne handles every line with the utmost care, lastly touchdown on, “I can by no means attain you/ So I hold a bit inside me.”
Alan Sparhawk – ‘JCMF’ and ‘No Extra Darkness’
Low’s Alan Sparhawk is again with two new songs, ‘JCMF’ and ‘No Extra Darkness’. The primary is guttural and spacey, whereas the latter is wistfully optimistic; alongside Sparhawk on guitar and vocals, the tracks function Cyrus Sparhawk, son of Alan and the late Mimi Parker, on bass. Of ‘JCMF’, Sparhawk stated: “This can be a music I’ve had for a couple of years, however couldn’t discover the fitting solution to play or document it. We began enjoying it final 12 months within the Alan Sparhawk Solo Band, on tour, and with every month, the sentiment of the music solely elevated. I really feel just like the music has turn into a rebuke towards the fascist/authoritarian streak that a number of world leaders have taken on and to the individuals who have been blinded into supporting them. ”
He added of ‘No Extra Darkness’: “Impressed by a David Lynch quote (‘Don’t combat the darkness. Don’t even fear in regards to the darkness. Activate the sunshine and the darkness goes. Flip up the sunshine of pure consciousness. Negativity goes.’) This music jogs my memory to decide on gentle in particularly darkish instances. We have been ending our set with this tune all 12 months, and it’s my want for everybody, particularly those that really feel alone.”
The Scythe – ‘The Scythe’ [feat. Denzel Curry, TiaCorine, & Ferg]
Denzel Curry simply hopped on the newest single from Knocked Unfastened, ‘Hive Thoughts’, probably the greatest songs launched final week. At the moment he’s again with the second preview of the Scythe, the brand new collective that he shaped with Bktherula, Key Nyata, TiaCorine, and (previously A$AP) Ferg. Its debut document Strictly 4 the Scythe arrives subsequent month, and their eponymous observe is revved-up and scintillating. Ferg recalled: “I used to be on one once we created this music, it was the evening of my first artwork present… Taking the power from the success of my present again to the sales space the place there was extra power with the Scythe created not solely a monster of an anthem, however a second in historical past!” TiaCorine commented, “Denzel actually confirmed me the facility of manufacturing and belief.. My verse was for a wholeeee totally different beat, and Denzel is like, ‘You gotta begin doing greater sounds, belief me.’ In order that’s what I did and, that’s how we acquired ‘The Scythe.’”
The Final Dinner Get together – ‘Let’s Do It Once more’
We’ve gotten a couple of fascinating glimpses of HELP(2), the huge Conflict Baby profit compilation government produced by James Ford: a brand new Arctic Monkeys music, a Damon Albarn/Grian Chatten/Kae Tempest collab, and a bit of recent Cameron Winter. At the moment, the Final Dinner Get together have shared their unsurprisingly glammy contribution. “The music is in regards to the infinite carousel of being in a relationship you recognize you shouldn’t be in, however giving in to the inexorable tug of returning each time you allow,” the band stated of ‘Let’s Do It Once more’. “We’d wish to say an enormous thanks to Conflict Baby for asking us to be part of the mission and to James Ford for producing us; it was such a pleasure to work with him once more!”
Thurston Moore and Bonner Kramer – ‘Urn Burial’
The Sonic Youth frontman and Galxie 500 producer have identified one another for many years, however they’ve simply introduced their first collaborative LP, They Got here Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Kids of Gaza. It’s led by the dissonant single ‘Urn Burial’.
My New Band Imagine – ‘Numerology’
Former black midi member Cameron Picton has introduced the debut self-titled album from his new group, My New Band Imagine. It’s led by the dizzying new single ‘Numerology’.
Alabaster DePlume – ‘It’s Solely Now As soon as (Elbit Methods Windowpane)’
Alabaster DePlume has introduced a brand new instrumental EP, Expensive Kids of Our Kids, I Knew: Epilogue, arriving Could 5 through Worldwide Anthem. Main it’s ‘It’s Solely Now As soon as (Elbit Methods Windowpane)’. “Assembly with you all on the exhibits I sensed that you just felt unvoiced, on this moral challenge that additionally spelled out what we’re seeing at the moment, within the type of ICE,” DePlume defined. “That have with you is etched into me, like graffiti or a poster on the wall. It’s my job to ship your voice, and that’s what this document is. And to take motion. That urgency compelled me to document then. And now right here we’re. As we stated, this world is awakening to the truth it was already dwelling.”
CHVRCHES – ‘Such Nice Heights’ (The Postal Service Cowl)
CHVRCHES have shared a canopy of the Postal Service’s basic ‘Such Nice Heights’ for the season finale of Hulu’s Inform Me Lies. It’s a satisfyingly devoted version, which is smart contemplating the band’s frontwoman Lauren Mayberry served as an opener throughout the Postal Service and Loss of life Cab for Cutie’s 2023 co-headline tour. “It was such a deal with to get to make music for the season premiere and the season finale of this present,” Mayberry commented. “Bookending the madness and the heartbreak of the season 3 arc was an honour. ‘Such Nice Heights’ is principally an ideal music so we have been excited and terrified to cowl it in equal measure. The Postal Service is such a particular band and their music means so much to us.”
