Mabel: Know Me Better

London-based Mabel released her debut single “Know Me Better” as its own statement: discover more about her through her music, beyond the description of being daughter to Neneh Cherry and Massive Attack producer Cameron McVey. The trip hop-influenced song puts the spotlight on Mabel’s soulful voice, as her light and airy vocal riffs swims through piano chords and drums.

Youth Lagoon: The Knower

Trevor Powers, aka Youth Lagoon, returns with his trademark brand of dreamy psychedelic-pop with “The Knower” from the upcoming album Savage Hills Ballroom—his first LP since 2013’s Wondrous Bughouse. The track opens with minimal keyboard and Trevor Powers’ intimate, melancholy falsetto before slowly building into a grand fanfare of horns, percussive vocal samples and splashing drums.

Despot: House of Bricks

Queens rapper Despot—who’s collaborated with Vampire Weekend, Das Racist and Run the Jewels and is co-owner of Santos Party House—has been teasing at a debut album with Ratatat for years, and he finally offers a polished version of “House of Bricks,” a song he’s been performing live since 2012. Despot works in well-known lines from childhood story Three Little Pigs (though his house is being …