Latest Western Music Releases [August 2025]

HawkAlgernon Cadwallader

Algernon Cadwallader – Hawk [Official Video]

Algernon Cadwallader, the American band that reigns over the scene as a symbol of the emo revival.

They ended their activities once in 2012, but their 2022 reunion has once again drawn attention from fans around the world.

This track, with its intricately interwoven guitars and unpredictable rhythmic developments, lets you fully savor their technical and energetic sound.

While addressing social themes, it also conveys a warm perspective rooted in a DIY spirit at its core.

It’s a lead single from Trying Not to Have a Thought, their first album in 14 years, set for release in September 2025, and it also comes with a music video.

It’s a piece you should definitely hear when you want to be moved by a virtuosic band sound.

SLEEPWALKERAries & brakence

Aries & brakence – SLEEPWALKER

This is a much-anticipated collaboration between Aries, the American producer who built his career with beat recreation videos on YouTube, and brakence, the Ohio-born prodigy.

The song tells a poignant story of being drawn by a lover’s call and unconsciously wandering toward them, as if sleepwalking.

Over a slow, beautiful soundscape, Aries’s expressive vocals blend with brakence’s delicate falsetto to gripping effect.

Brakence proved his talent by reaching No.

13 on the charts with his 2022 album Hypochondriac, so it’s no surprise that many fans rejoiced when this long-awaited collab dropped in August 2025.

It’s the perfect track for immersing yourself in a dreamy sound world alone on a quiet night.

BAD FEELINGSBLÜ EYES

BLÜ EYES – BAD FEELINGS (Official Music Video)

This song by American singer-songwriter Blue Eyes portrays the pressure to “stay positive” and the inner conflict of resisting it.

She gained attention on TikTok and is known for her self-produced style that lays bare her emotions.

Anyone who’s felt the frustration of wanting to simply be sad when they’re sad—only to find even that is painful—will recognize the feeling all too well.

If forcing yourself to be upbeat only drags you down, being honest with your emotions, as in this track, might make your heart feel a little lighter.

Released in August 2025, this work follows her album “The Last Songs I’ll Write About You.” There’s even an anecdote that she agonized over just two words in the lyrics during production, a testament to her sincerity.

Hunting SeasonBiffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro – Hunting Season (Official Music Video)

A blistering track from Scottish rock trio Biffy Clyro, whose breakneck sound pierces the eardrums.

With heavy guitar riffs fused to incendiary vocals, it packs a powerful punch as a fierce counter to today’s trend of singling people out.

Released in July 2025 as the lead single from their tenth album, Futique, due in September, it drew major attention, including being named the Hottest Record on Radio 1.

A proven force that first topped the UK charts with their 2013 album Opposites, this song is sure to give you the courage to stand up to society’s injustices and push you forward.

Grandmother (feat. Laraaji)Big Thief

Big Thief – Grandmother (feat. Laraaji) [Official Lyric Video]

Big Thief, one of the most beloved bands on the US indie scene.

This is an advance track from their album Double Infinity, slated for release in September 2025.

Created as a trio for the first time after their bassist’s departure, the song is said to center on love and pain passed down across generations.

Recorded over about three weeks at a studio in New York, it features ambient music legend Laraaji as a guest; the sound conjures a meditative space, as if offering prayers deep within a forest.

You can feel a powerful resolve to transform all of life’s suffering and joy into music.

If you listen closely on a quiet night, it will bring a curious sense of peace, as if complex emotions are gently melting away.

Los AngelesBig Thief

Big Thief – Los Angeles (Official Lyric Video)

Big Thief is a Brooklyn-based indie folk band whose delicate, poetic lyrics stir the heart.

Their talent is beyond question, with multiple Grammy nominations to their name.

In 2024, they became a trio and took a new step forward.

Released in August 2025, this song carefully portrays the subtleties of a relationship shifting from lovers to friends.

Many listeners may relate to the experience of warm memories resurfacing in fleeting moments, even while knowing things can never return to the way they were.

Adrienne Lenker’s quiet, introspective vocals gently cradle the complex feelings we carry inside.

This track is the lead single from the album “Double Infinity,” due out in September 2025, and it’s a melancholic song perfect for sentimental nights.

RainCraig David

Craig David – Rain

This is a song by Craig David, an R&B singer from England, featuring a melody that seeps into the heart like the sound of rain.

Centered on the theme of “love and loss,” it portrays the overwhelming loneliness that follows the departure of someone dear.

The acoustic textures blend with his crystalline vocals, as if gently speaking to days gone by.

It’s the kind of aching sentiment that tightens your chest.

The track is a lead single from his August 2025 album, “Commitment,” and it feels like a return to his roots, reminiscent of the first recordings he made in his childhood bedroom.

If you listen while recalling past goodbyes and feeling sentimental, its gentle tones are sure to cradle your heartache.