It’s the final day of August and we’re ready to roll out part 2 and our final additions for Best New Songs of the Month. August closed with 130 incredible new song releases from Nahneen Kula, Ziemba, Open Mike Eagle, Swimm, Arlo Parks, Mama Sandunga & Chaboi, Rituals of Mine, Ian Sweet, Cayucas, Laura Jean Anderson, Annika Rose, L.A. Witch, Arqestry, Bartees Strange, Frankie and The Witch Fingers, Remi Wolf, Charlotte Day Wilson (feat. Syd), Skandra and more. We’ve included the first set of 61 songs from Part 1 of our monthly feature. Take a look below to view our favorite 130 song releases of August, 2020. Scroll down to follow and stream the monthly playlist and details for how to submit your new music.
Best New Song Releases of August, 2020
| SONG TITLE | ARTIST / BAND |
|---|---|
| Wash Away | Torii Wolf, Rumori |
| Lockdown (feat. JID, Noname & Jay Rock) – Remix | Anderson .Paak, JID, Jay Rock, Noname |
| I Am Not Waiting – Claptone Remix | Austra, Claptone |
| Long in the Tooth | The Budos Band |
| Up Inna | Cadenza, M.I.A., GuiltyBeatz |
| Moments / Tides | Goth Babe |
| No Risk | Cults |
| Born Again | Jess Cornelius |
| Valerian | Jesse Draxler, Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm |
| The Animals – Pato Watson Remix | Ladytron, Pato Watson |
| You | Laura Jean Anderson |
| Everlasting | Loyal Lobos |
| Unusual | Mating Ritual |
| The Light – Kero Kero Bonito Remix | Metronomy, Kero Kero Bonito |
| Mr. Prism | Psychedelic Porn Crumpets |
| Badala | Songhoy Blues |
| Dios | Mexican Institute Of Sound |
| End of Time | Jessie Wagner |
| Sweet Freak | Frankie and the Witch Fingers |
| California Dream | Alice Bloom |
| One Thousand Reasons | Brass Box |
| Total Recall | AMMO |
| Nausea/Fatigue | Joe Russell-Brown |
| Strange Overtones | Whitney |
| Back To The Sky | Ólafur Arnalds, JFDR |
| Waiting | Fabiana Palladino |
| Monte Carlo | Remi Wolf |
| Funny Commercials (And the Five Week Migraine) | Melted Bodies |
| Batimami | Mami Sandunga, Chaboi |
| Rivers | Skandra |
| Thrill | Future Islands |
| True Believers | L.A. WITCH |
| Butterflies | Annika Rose |
| Stayback | Omar Apollo |
| Boomer | Bartees Strange |
| Mustang | Bartees Strange |
| Dancing | Darian Zahedi |
| Love Comes In Waves | Andy Bell |
| Take Care of You (feat. Syd) | Charlotte Day Wilson, Syd |
| Summertime | Charlotte Day Wilson |
| Sober/Without | Leila Sunier |
| Confusion | thom.ko |
| Running Into You | The Cribs |
| Levitating (feat. Madonna and Missy Elliott) [The Blessed Madonna Remix] | Dua Lipa, Madonna, Missy Elliott, The Blessed Madonna |
| This Feeling (feat. Suli Breaks & Nathan Ball) – [Waze & Odyssey Remix] [Edit] | Faithless, Nathan Ball, Suli Breaks, Waze & Odyssey |
| Earthquake | Girl Friday |
| Stronger | Freedom Fry |
| littlebitwild | Golden Vessel, Mallrat |
| Palm Trees | Jess Cornelius |
| Renegade Breakdown | Marie Davidson, L’Œil Nu |
| Purple Flame | NVDES |
| Flip This | Peaches |
| Kinda Lovely (Bleu Toucan Remix) | Poolside, Panama, Bleu Toucan |
| Better | Ricky Reed, Leon Bridges, Kiana Ledé |
| Espume | Rudy De Anda |
| Summon – Remix | Torii Wolf, KLVR GRL |
| sugarblind | KiNG MALA |
| I Want To Change | Nana Adjoa |
| Someone New | Helena Deland |
| Heavy Head (Keep It Near) | Brooke Bentham |
| Getting Closer | Yellow Days |
| Malibu ’79 Long | Cayucas |
| Dumb Driver | IAN SWEET |
| Alien Wedding | Juan Son, Transgresorcorruptor |
| Trouble | Pep Squad |
| Exceptions | Rituals of Mine |
| Street Haunting | Jess Cornelius |
| Villain | Louymadeabanger, Torii Wolf |
| Hold My Hand | Death Valley Girls |
| Hurt | Arlo Parks |
| unforgettable | sophie meiers |
| Rooftop Dancing | Sylvan Esso |
| Waving, Smiling | Angel Olsen |
| A word becomes a sound | Kate Bollinger |
| Wasted | Tomberlin |
| Stumbling Blocks | Exploding Flowers |
| Obsession | Cold War Kids |
| Gimme Gimme – Pional Remix | DRAMA, Pional |
| I’m Lost | Elohim |
| I Should Go (with Kenny Beats) | James Vincent McMorrow, Kenny Beats |
| Sweet Detours | Claus Funch |
| Again | GRETA |
| Portrait | Astrid Cordes |
| Cool | Mima Good |
| Life in Japan | Kowloon |
| Bucciarati | Open Mike Eagle, Kari Faux |
| you and me again | sophie meiers |
| Tangerine | Jesse Jo Stark |
| Someone to Love | Dossey |
| Feel Better | Swimm |
| no rewind | Stravy, daisy maize |
| See Through | ARI |
| Chasing Hearts | Chitarra |
| Cold War | ARI |
| Rari | Demie Cao |
| No Hook | Callmetee |
| Fear of God | Lauren Lakis |
| Baby It’s You | London Grammar |
| Hotel In My Hometown | G.Smith |
| My Poor Heart | Exploding Flowers |
| DORRIGO | Roberto |
| Running | Shamir |
| rue | girl in red |
| Over Now (with The Weeknd) | Calvin Harris, The Weeknd |
| Freeze | Clams Casino |
| Monolithic | Cults |
| Synthesizer (feat. Nathan Ball) – Edit | Faithless, Nathan Ball |
| Freedom – Insightful Remix | FARR, Insightful |
| The Trees | Goth Babe |
| Ocotillo | Loma |
| Movin’ On (feat. Anderson .Paak) | India Shawn, Anderson .Paak |
| K – Demo | Mac DeMarco |
| Woman (feat. Lianne La Havas) | Nao, Lianne La Havas |
| Johnny – Español | Tei Shi |
| Charlie – Live | Torii Wolf |
| Paradise (ft. Saro) | Tinlicker, Helsloot, Saro |
| Grasp It | Gift Of Gab, Nick Andre |
| State Trooper – Bruce Springsteen Cover | Alison Mosshart |
| Green | NVDES |
| Lie Like You Want Me Back – Alternate Version | Yumi Zouma |
| Neva Understand | Shamir |
| Harbor Me | Ziemba |
| Cut Me Off | Peach Kelli Pop |
| Gun Metal Grey | The Budos Band |
| Hope in Hell | Black Pistol Fire |
| Good at Pretending | Sloane, Perry Bancs |
| Charmer | Fever Queen |
| Justice Never Dies | Quetzal |
| Wish I Could | R E L |
| Eighteen | BIIANCO, Jax Anderson |
Check out our archived Best New Songs of the Month below or here.
