Playboi Carti, Chappell Roan, Freddie Gibbs, Sleep Token | Weekly Track Roundup: 3/17/25

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!!!BEST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!

Lucy Dacus - Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhKTYG5cpc0&pp=ygURTHVjeSBEYWN1cyAtIFRhbGs%3D

Chappell Roan - The Giver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DubtPdXXjew&pp=ygUZQ2hhcHBlbGwgUm9hbiAtIFRoZSBHaXZlcg%3D%3D

PARTYOF2 (Jadagrace & SWIM f.k.a. grouptherapy.) - mad love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foCGHS0KVdg&pp=ygUkUEFSVFlPRjIsIEphZGFncmFjZSwgU1dJTSAtIG1hZCBsb3Zl

Black Lips - Satan (I'm Tired of You)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwkzIQv13JM&pp=ygUlQmxhY2sgTGlwcyAtIFNhdGFuIChJJ20gVGlyZWQgb2YgWW91KdIHCQlRCQGHKiGM7w%3D%3D

Bon Iver - If Only I Could Wait ft. Danielle Haim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XXovIhGZuo&pp=ygUxQm9uIEl2ZXIgLSBJZiBPbmx5IEkgQ291bGQgV2FpdCBmdC4gRGFuaWVsbGUgSGFpbQ%3D%3D

billy woods - Misery ft. Kenny Segal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cv3qdx7rlM&pp=ygUkYmlsbHkgd29vZHMgLSBNaXNlcnkgZnQuIEtlbm55IFNlZ2Fs0gcJCVEJAYcqIYzv

Freddie Gibbs - Big 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX1XhqkaWyk&pp=ygUVRnJlZGRpZSBHaWJicyAtIEJpZyAy

Lil Nas X - HOTBOX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ0UPCY5XZY&pp=ygUSTGlsIE5hcyBYIC0gSE9UQk9Y

Mura Masa - JUMP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgepkSk8tmI&pp=ygUQTXVyYSBNYXNhIC0gSlVNUA%3D%3D

feeble little horse - This Is Real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ5ARgm--Ok&pp=ygUiZmVlYmxlIGxpdHRsZSBob3JzZSAtIFRoaXMgSXMgUmVhbA%3D%3D

...meh...

Playboi Carti - GOOD CREDIT ft. Kendrick Lamar
https://youtu.be/MsTsW8aIcH4?si=soKFxw69CH9a6v0h
Commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lkfQ8sjClc&pp=0gcJCUUJAYcqIYzv

These New Puritans - Industrial Love Song ft. Caroline Polachek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ-MWiFgIzs&pp=ygU_VGhlc2UgTmV3IFB1cml0YW5zIC0gSW5kdXN0cmlhbCBMb3ZlIFNvbmcgZnQuIENhcm9saW5lIFBvbGFjaGVr

Lil Tecca - Dark Thoughts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csst0G-QfkU&pp=ygUZTGlsIFRlY2NhIC0gRGFyayBUaG91Z2h0cw%3D%3D

4batz - MORTAL KOMBAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGhvp5ShQoM&pp=ygUVNGJhdHogLSBNb3J0YWwgS29tYmF0

Ty Segall - Fantastic Tomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hawEX7XMC8&pp=ygUaVHkgU2VnYWxsIC0gRmFudGFzdGljIFRvbWI%3D

HAIM - Relationships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOI_QTmK8Ks&pp=ygUUSEFJTSAtIFJlbGF0aW9uc2hpcHM%3D

mclusky - people person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdKXRSqFXSY&pp=ygUXbWNsdXNreSAtIHBlb3BsZSBwZXJzb24%3D

The Callous Daoboys - Lemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsF3sSeWFrk&pp=ygUXQ2FsbG91cyBEYW9ib3lzIC0gTGVtb24%3D

LustSickPuppy - FGB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck5tMzRWV5Q&pp=ygUTTHVzdCRpY2tQdXBweSAtIEZHQg%3D%3D

!!!WORST TRACKS THIS WEEK!!!

Selena Gomez & benny blanco - Sunset Blvd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJG5CWsne8E&pp=ygUpU2VsZW5hIEdvbWV6ICYgYmVubnkgYmxhbmNvIC0gU3Vuc2V0IEJsdmTSBwkJUQkBhyohjO8%3D

Aminé - Familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3KfWgNZcA&pp=ygUSQW1pbsOpIC0gRmFtaWxpY

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00:00Hey, hi and hello everyone, Anthony Fantano here, internets busiest music nerd, hope you're doing well and it's time for a weekly track roundup, all my thoughts, my opinions, my feelings on a grouping of songs that have dropped over the past week or so, they are all linked down below so you can check them out for yourself and decide on your own, do I like it?

00:24Is it something, never mind if Anthony likes it, is it a thing that I like, so yeah, that's it, that's the point, that's what we do here, that's the weekly track roundup, okay, alright, okay, also linked down below, our turn, not ton, not tin, not ton, not tan, not ten, our turn, table lab link, we get kickback from it if you use it to buy some vinyl, buy some turntable stuff,

00:53buy some speakers, whatever it is, whatever your heart desires, over there, supports the channel at the same time, also our Patreon page which supports us and you can, for a very cheap monthly tier, get some extra bonus content in the process, access to our Discord community too and Fantano Shorts, our shorts page on YouTube where we get up that good ass short form content on a regular basis,

01:20also our regularly updated website with a poppin' news section which I hear very good things about and yeah, that is essentially gonna be it, worst tracks of the week, let's get into it, we have quite a few to go over, more than I would like but it is what it is, alright, starting off with, yeah, this is gonna be Sleep Token here, new track, Emergence is the title of this one

01:49and do we still need to pretend this is a band that's good, do we still need to be doing that, like this just sounds like EDM with bad metal guitars and just like, just worse vocals, like generic, like if these vocals were coming straight out of the alternative metal era they are so obviously inspired by, they would not stand out in the sea of bands that like, again, clearly inspire them, these are the most generic alt-metal vocals I have heard in quite a while,

02:19and again, just like very glossy, almost EDM type production with very basic like boring prog metal guitars, like what is the point, what is the appeal and also it's long, it's dreary, it's draining, pass, we are passing, hard passing on this, hard pass, moving on from there, we have Timbaland and Alejandro Aranda who I feel like made three different songs on this one song,

02:49and no one element of those three different songs respectively come together sensibly or coherently, this is really like a, you know, go back to the drawing board type moment, we can say that with love again, we have Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco teasing toward their upcoming collab album with another single, Sunset Boulevard, Miss Gomez is a perfectly capable singer,

03:13why absolutely destroy and muddy up her vocals with all the pitching and all the effects in the way that they do, it just sort of makes the singing sound unlistenable, frankly, instrumental really plain, really bland, I'm not really sure what they were trying to do on this one, at least with the Gracie Abram ones, I could kind of see what they were going for, they were kind of the straightforward pop rock style, the cutesy little acoustic number they put out before that was very, you know, like early 80s,

03:43early 2010s YouTuber core, but there was an appeal there, this just sounds sloppy, not really getting the appeal and Lizzo putting together some TJ Maxx disco on this new one over here, still bad, not really feeling the vibe on this one, it just sounds too formulaic, it's just, you know, if you're looking for some disco nostalgia, there are better options out there in the world, I'll say that and finally,

04:12Calvin Harris has decided to go country on this new track over here, Smoke the Pain Away and yeah, it just sounds like a bad combination of super commercial dance music and super commercial country and I don't know, I certainly don't need that, I don't know if the world does, maybe this is what the world needs right now, I know I don't and that's why I'm passing and oh, Amine also has a new one out, Familiar is the title of this one

04:42and look, I'm not exactly against Amine continuing to experiment more and more with beats that are a little more melodic and a little more dance-centric and really kind of like experimenting with his vocal style more, but if he is going to do that, I would insist that he do it in such a way to where his vocals are actually distinct and recognizable, I feel like he has drifted so far away from his trademark sound at this point and his vocals are so heavily altered on this track that it doesn't even really sound like

05:12an Amine song, it just sounds like very bland Spotify wallpaper that kind of comes and goes in a flash, the song structure, the song writing itself is really nothing to speak of either, it's just a very short, unremarkable little track and I feel like his talents far exceed what is displayed on this song here and I'll leave it there, alright, meh, the tracks I was kind of on the fence with, they are as follows, you may like them more than me,

05:42here we go, we have a new one over here from Ty Siegel, multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, rock-nostalgist extraordinaire, he has a new album on the way and this track over here sees him once again bringing us some 60s garage rock vibes but with almost like a sort of progressive song structure, a lot of different shifts across the track as well, I think it's okay, I mean I have been lately preferring much of the stuff from his lo-fi era more than what

06:12he has been putting out as of late but what I can say about his latest material including this track over here, Fantastic Tomb, is that there is a focus and a maturity to it, you know, that you could argue his older stuff that may be too rough around the edges for some lacked, you know, this doesn't quite have the same exuberant energy but there is like, you know, really a focus and a skill and a virtuosity to a lot of the ideas and playing, the riff change that pops up in the second half of the track,

06:42it's pretty fire as well, it's an interesting progression, it's creative for sure, Ty is still in his, again, throwback rock bag, can't deny that, alright, we are moving on from there to the new Lil Tecca song, Dark Thoughts is the title of the track and, you know, as you guys know, I'm not usually a big Lil Tecca guy but this is not the kind of instrumental I would usually expect him to hop on top of, this is like a really cool 2000s throwback with a pretty solid hook and while he does do his usual

07:13sort of like auto crooner thing on top of it, there is a sharp melodic component to it and I feel like he makes this vocal style work over this kind of instrumental better than I think one would expect it would in, you know, in concept, so I can at least commend it for that even if I'm not like, you know, head over heels for it.

07:31We have a new one over here as well from these new Puritans who we have not heard from in a minute but they are coming back with a vengeance on this new track, Industrial Love Song featuring Caroline Polacek, it's not so much an industrial love song as it is like a new agey type love song, lots of atmosphere, some decent vocal chemistry here and there though I do think Caroline's vocals really do kind of carry the track to be honest, I feel like

08:01you know, the other side of the coin vocally could have been a bit stronger, the structure could have sort of ended in a place that had a bit more of a payoff I suppose but you know, it's certainly enchanting while it's on to a degree for sure.

08:16We have McCluskey who has come through with the track People Person, it's a bit of a post hardcore banger though I do think some of the spoken word bits in the pacing are a bit off, leave something to be desired but if you're looking for some kind of animalistic and some satirical post hardcore make sure you give this track a spin for sure.

08:39We have a Lustig Puppy, FGB, brand new track, kind of bringing that industrial hip hop sound once again but on a track that is pretty darn short honestly, I'm hoping that you know, new singles and another album into the future kind of comes through with production and vocals that are a bit bolder and not so one note but you know, the usual baseline boxes for Lustig Puppy are there, they're checked for sure.

09:07Okay, we have a Playboy Cardi, new album, music, it's out now, just going to point you guys toward one track off of it featuring Kendrick Lamar, the one, the only, the song is good credit and you know, it's been a highlight for many off of the album though I myself am not as impressed with it as I think others are.

09:29Kendrick's verse, while it is definitely a highlight of the song, generally speaking I think is just okay, he's had stronger features in the past, it's almost like he's trying to bring sort of a Kendrick Baby Keem type of collaborative chaos to this track but I just don't think Cardi holds up his end of the bargain really.

09:48Instrumentally it's okay, performance wise from Cardi I feel like it's kind of average for him at this point and that's not to say that there aren't highlights on the album that I enjoy, there are, I just don't really think good credit is one of them as much as I feel like Kendrick does provide a bit of a necessary change up in the very dense track list of this album and I'll leave it there.

10:12Alright, we have a Haim, the Haim sisters back in relationships, a brand new track over here, we have relationships, we have f-bombs and you know, it's pretty much like standard Haim pop rock at this point, I don't really think it's one of their best tunes ever and you know, I feel like the vulgarity of it all is really more the selling point than the, you know, songwriting itself.

10:42But you know, certainly there's a consistency there that you can admire from Haim at this point and I'm still looking forward to the new record from them this year for sure.

10:52Okay, we have the Callus Dowboys, the Callus Dowboys who have come through with a very jarring and disorienting new track over here titled Lemon that I honestly, in terms of its like influences, I can't even begin to describe because it is just so insane in its amalgamation of like 90s radio pop rock and a bunch of other stuff.

11:21That I'm like, you know, some of it I'm crazy about, some of it I'm not like, it's a lot of rock genres, both alternative and underground that are being brought together in just a series of like stylistic mashes that you just do not anticipate.

11:39Maybe it'll be easier for some to get into this track if they just don't really know the reference points and it's all kind of like hitting them as like a totally new entirely, you know, original thing.

11:50I feel like personally having sort of like perceptions of, you know, the various rock genres they're bringing together on this track.

11:59Maybe there's some baggage there that kind of keeps me just held back from enjoying this track.

12:05I can appreciate on some level that it's very creative.

12:08It's very surprising, you know, no band is quite, you know, assembling these sounds together in the way that Kalasdell boys are on this particular track, which I can, you know, most definitely respect.

12:20But is it coming together in a way that I think is tasteful or effective or, you know, cool?

12:26Not particularly, but, you know, it's something I'm definitely going to be returning to before the new album drops.

12:33And I'm kind of curious as to how it will sound in the greater context of an album that most likely will be a very varied release.

12:42So Kalasdell boys lemon. We have also four bats over here who, you know, I can appreciate that.

12:49He's switching things up a little bit stylistically from a lot of the tracks on his, you know, last breakout album.

12:55That was pretty one dimensional, but this just sounds like a weekend song.

12:59This is a weekend song, but like a very watered down version of one, like from the, you know, 50 Shades of Grey soundtrack era, I guess you could say.

13:09And we have the best tracks of the week. Bam, bam, boom, boom, boom, bam, boom, boom, bam.

13:14They are as follows. We have Party of Two who have, you know, essentially split off on their own.

13:20They were originally a trio by the name of Group Therapy.

13:23Now it's Jada Grace and Swim doing their own thing together as Party of Two.

13:27They have a new EP out. Mad Love is one track off of it.

13:30It's a really cool multi genre, multi phased hip hop and dance blend that is hype as hell.

13:37Great vocal samples, great performance, great energy throughout.

13:40And yeah, I'm really excited to hear what they're doing as a duo off of this new EP that they have out this track again.

13:48Mad Love is off of it. And yeah, you know, sort of sounds like they're putting their best foot forward with this new collection.

13:57Short winded, but still, you know, collection of material.

14:02So hell yeah. Here we go. Next we have Muramasa, producer extraordinaire, electronic music legend, you could say in some respects.

14:11Jump is the name of this new track and single and it is hype as hell.

14:16You know, one of the best dance cuts I have heard this year so far. So kudos to that.

14:22We also have Lucy Dacus giving us another teaser to the forthcoming album.

14:27Forever is a feeling. Talk is the name of the song.

14:30And it's a heart wrenching ballad and story, honestly, about a relationship that is like really falling apart.

14:37Lucy, I would say, wondering about just kind of the state of things, the romantically in a way that is heartbreaking.

14:47You know, why is our best sex in hotels? Why are we fighting in their stairwells?

14:51It's a song of spilling tea. It's a dark track. Dark track.

14:57So, yeah, you know, very straightforward drumming on it, too, that I think really kind of sets the pace very nicely.

15:03Liking this one a lot. Liking this one a lot from Lucy. I think one of the better singles so far from this album cycle.

15:09All right. We have a black lips. Satan, I'm tired of you.

15:12I'm tired of you are really kind of cute, campy, weird country tune.

15:17Look here, Satan. I'm tired of you. You know, F. Satan.

15:22I guess I'm with black lips on that one. And it's kind of a fun, silly song.

15:29But, you know, it's also saying something, too. But, yeah, you know, band is staying a kooky and creative in that classic black lip sort of way.

15:38All right. We have Lil Nas X, who was really feeding fans this week in a big way with not one, not two, not three, not four, but five new singles, five singles, five tracks.

15:52And, you know, I would say three out of five of them were pretty great.

15:56And, you know, this one over here, Hotbox, is my favorite of the five.

16:00Look, look up Lil Nas X on streaming right now. All the tracks are there.

16:04But again, Hotbox is the one I would really specifically point you guys to.

16:08It's a really great, almost like Pharrell Neptune style throwback.

16:13It's very clubby. It's very energetic, you know, fantastic production, fantastic chorus.

16:20Lil Nas X vocally and rap wise is doing really well on the track, too.

16:23So, yeah, really pleased with how this one came out and liking to see, you know, a wider variety of influences going into Montero's stuff.

16:32Especially considering the past couple of singles just kind of being okay in my eyes.

16:36I really feel like these five tracks, even the lesser of the five, you know, the ones that I thought were just okay, were surprising in terms of like, oh, I didn't know he'd try to pull off that style or that sound or whatever.

16:49So, you know, I really feel like he's trying to pull off something bold with this album cycle now.

16:55Really excited to see where this goes on the new record.

16:59Alright, we have Freddie Gibbs coming through the new track, almost like a freestyle type cut where he's dropping a couple of verses.

17:04We got a lot of shots and, you know, even the title itself, Big 2, is, you know, almost like a, obviously, you know, reference to the whole, you know, Big 3 discussion and so on and so forth.

17:14So, Freddie is going off lyrically, seemingly has a lot to say and, you know, is gearing up for a new album release as well.

17:22So, Freddie Gibbs, Big 2, there we go.

17:25Alright, we have a feeble little horse who is back.

17:28First single for a brand new album cycle.

17:31This is real.

17:32The band continues to confuse me in terms of what kind of band is this?

17:37You know, is it a lo-fi indie slacker rock noise pop thing or is it something from a totally different universe?

17:46You know, all I'll say is that the songwriting is on point, even though it is like all over the place and very linear and very nuts and very over the top.

17:55It's hella creative and, you know, it's just like every odd shade of underground rock pulled together into a mysterious but delicious soup, a stew, a hearty stew.

18:08I'll leave it there.

18:10Alright, we have Chaperone, The Giver, brand new single that she has been teasing.

18:15Not only because, you know, obviously given just how popular Chapel has been, anything musically that she's putting out is going to be highly discussed and in high demand.

18:25But also there has been a lot of discussion around her going country on this new track.

18:30And stylistically she does that, but I wouldn't say she like, you know, is really going super rootsy, rustic or anything like that on this one.

18:39It's very much like a Shania Twain brand of country, a very Shania Twain style of country.

18:45So you have, you know, those clear pop influences coming through instrumentally.

18:49Some campy bits on the back end, get the drop down, you know, later into the track.

18:56Very obviously a flirty song.

18:59It's a big sexual flex and, you know, quite catchy as well.

19:03You know, I think she pulled off the country sound well if it is, you know, even if it is like more of a pop sort of blend.

19:09And yeah, you know, I don't think this is necessarily going to be like indicative of her doing an all country album or anything like that.

19:17But, you know, as far as a new single goes, not disappointing at all from Miss Roan.

19:23Alright, a couple more.

19:25We have Bon Iver, who I would love to shout out, who has another couple of singles out.

19:30One is If I Only Could Wait featuring Daniel Haim.

19:33And it's, you know, a bit of a powerful ballad with some very strange multi-textured production that's a little hectic, a little chaotic.

19:42But I feel like the smooth and very beautiful ballad at the core of it, which, you know, the vocals are really kind of carrying the water of for the most part, kind of keeps things steady and focused.

19:54It kind of brings some cohesion to the chaos.

19:57It's a very beautiful tune, very beautiful performance.

20:00And shout out to Billy Woods, who has a new album on the way.

20:04First teaser is from the record.

20:07What am I talking about?

20:09Features is what I want to say.

20:11Kenny Siegel, Misery is the title of the song.

20:13And interesting kind of narrative from Billy, because he mostly seems to be like describing some kind of connection or relationship he's made with somebody who has like, you know, sort of like a famous platform and is sort of like wondering how he kind of like.

20:31Yeah, I guess like the difficulties on some level or struggles of like fitting into that.

20:35I mean, it could be metaphorical, symbolic on some level.

20:38You know, again, I've only given the track a few spins, but still very impressed with the kind of loose and layered horns on the track.

20:46Billy's writing and, you know, his lyrical focus per usual.

20:51Love seeing him tie in once again with Kenny Siegel, because they're always a great duo.

20:56And yeah, enjoying the track and looking forward to just like kind of unpeeling, peeling back more of those layers as I typically do the more I listen to Billy stuff.

21:07And of course, always, always, always excited for a new album from him.

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