Bishop Briggs has released a new song called “Good For Me,” from her upcoming album, Tell My Therapist I’m Fine, due out Oct. 18. She wrote on Instagram that the song is about “taking a hard look at the things that were no longer serving me in my life.”
Phantogram is out with a new single, “It Wasn’t Meant to Be,” from their upcoming album, Memory of a Day, due out Oct. 18. The band’s Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter say the song is about “relationships that bring you down … and draw out the worst in each other. However, despite all of that, there is still a deep attachment and devotion that keeps you together even though it’s killing you both.”
Dashboard Confessional and pop-punk group Boys Like Girls, currently on tour together, have teamed up for a song called “Watch the Fire.” Dashboard’s Chris Carrabba says he and Boys Like Girls’ Martin Johnson wrote the song about “putting the past down, for a little while anyway.” He adds, “Reckoning with your past can be painful and ugly. It can also be rejuvenative and beautiful. I don’t know whether you get to decide. I just know that it’s worth it.”
Bright Eyes‘ new album, Five Dice, All Threes, is out now, and they’ve also released a new video for the song “All Threes,” which features Cat Power. Conor Oberst says of the song, “Something about the mood of it just made me think of Chan [Marshall of Cat Power].” The album also includes a guest appearance from The National‘s Matt Berninger.
Finally, the new Julian Casablancas‘ The Voidz album, Like All Before You, is out now, featuring the new single “7 Horses.”
