The National: Carin at the Liquor Store

With melancholy balladry adrift on guitars and synths, The National’s “Carin at the Liquor Store” delivers a thoughtful reflective tale. Casey Reas directed the negative film filtered video, which captures a solemn, emotive performance that tightly weaves warmth with something beyond stark. The track is the third release from Sleep Well Beast (their first album release since 2013), out 8 September.

Circuit des Yeux: Paper Bag

A delightfully eccentric experimental folk tale, “Paper Bag” is the latest from Chicago’s Circuit des Yeux. An official lyric video accompanied the release, and its contents—selected and edited together by Meg Remy—are just as delightfully baffling. The song takes an unexpected turn at 2:10. The video is a collision of evocative sequences, some fun and others simply strange. “Paper Bag” will appear on Reaching for …

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A sultry new tune by Kelela, Angel Olsen and Alex Cameron join forces and more in our musical wrap-up

Jim-E Stack: Moments Noticed Sounding a little like a throwback to the ’90s rave era, LA-based Jim-E Stack’s (aka James Harmon Stack) “Moments Noticed” is a beautifully produced track, and while its feel is somewhat minimal, it’s also textured and rich. From the upcoming EP It’s Jim-ee, the song was written at the end of a longterm relationship, Stack says, and the combination of heartache …