Every week the Stereogum staff chooses the five best new songs of the week. The eligibility period begins and ends Thursdays right before midnight. You can hear this week’s picks below and on Stereogum’s Favorite New Music Spotify playlist, which is updated weekly. (An expanded playlist of our new music picks is available to subscribers on Spotify and Apple Music, updated throughout the week.)

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yeule - "Hystérique"

yeule has a penchant for otherworldly sounds. "Hystérique" is billed as "a post-apocalyptic cyborgian romance," and it's a hazy, buzzing whirlwind with a pulsing, infectious beat. yeule utters the names of designer brands in icy breaths and paints surreal, cinematic scenes: "Atomic electronic girl, crying in the rain/ Let's just dance, dance, dance, dance/ Dance away the pain." "Hystérique" sounds like a rave echoing from another a planet. — Danielle

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The Healing Power Of Horses - "xstick_xstick"

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