Our favorite New Music Friday releases from 5/5/23. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.
Alternative
Artist: Sad Boys Club*
Album: Lullabies From The Lightning Tree
Listen to First: "To Heal Without a Scar (Is a Waste of a Good Wound)"
Artist: Westerman
Album: An Inbuilt Fault
Listen to First: "Help Didn't Help At All"
Americana
Artist: BAILEN*
Album: Tired Hearts
Listen to First: "Change Your Mind"
Artist: David Wax Museum
Album: You Must Change Your Life
Listen to First: "Luanne"
Classical
Artist: yMusic
Album: YMUSIC
Listen to First: "Zebras"
Emo
Artist: Panchiko
Album: Failed at Math(s)
Listen to First: "Failed at Math(s)"
Folk
Artist: Peter One
Album: Come Back to Me
Listen to First: "Cherie Vico"
Hip-Hop
Artist: Five Fingers of Funk
Album: Portland Say It Again
Listen to First: "Portland Say It Again"
Indie
Artist: 79.5
Album: 79.5
Listen to First: "Feel Like Dancin'"
Artist Flasher
Album: In My Myth EP
Listen to First: "Eastern Ave"
Artist: Greg Mendez
Album: Greg Mendez
Listen to First: "Maria"
Artist: NOOA
Album: About Love
Listen to First: "Falling"
Artist: Ryan Bourne
Album: Plant City
Listen to First: "Wasted World"
Artist: Safree*
Album: Ritual
Listen to First: "Melocotón"
Metal
Artist: Blood Ceremony
Album: The Old Ways Remain
Listen to First: "Ipsissimus"
Artist: Galactic Empire
Album: Special Edition
Listen to First: "The Imperial Suite - Star Wars Metal"
Pop
Artist: felicita
Album: Spalarkle
Listen to First: "Sex With Anemone"
R&B
Artist: Reggie Becton*
Album: SadBoy Vol. 1 EP
Listen to First: "Life - Extended Version"
Rap
Artist: Brian Nasty
Album: Growing Pains EP
Listen to First: "Teething"
Rock
Artist: Guadalupe Plata
Album: Guadalupe Plata
Listen to First: "La Cigüeña"
Artist: Tom Meighan (of Kasabian)
Album: The Reckoning
Listen to First: "Shout It Out"
Soul
Artist: Emily King
Album: Special Occasion
Listen to First: "This Year"
New Music Friday Playlist
*An asterisk denotes that this release was one of our featured top 4 or 8 of the week.
This list is created by listening to all the music Friday releases listed on Consequence with under 1 million monthly listeners. If you have an upcoming release that you’d like to be considered for a future list, please fill out the "New Artist Submission" form on our site with the above information as well as a link to listen.
Please note: all submissions will be added to our “Artist Submissions” playlist but may or may not be included on our Friday Release Picks.