The best singles of the month

Editors – “Call It In”

Editors are back with new single “Call It In”, released via Play It Again Sam, ahead of a European and UK tour set for 2027. The itinerary includes just one Italian date: February 3rd at Alcatraz in Milan, organised by Dna Concerts.

The track arrives a few years on from “EBM” (2022) and lands amid a period of reinvention for the British band, with frontman Tom Smith also having pursued the solo project “There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn't There In The Light”. “Call It In” was born out of a writing session in the summer of 2025 in Gloucestershire, and rests on a stripped-back sonic structure built around a sharp, linear keyboard riff.

Daft Punk – “Mirage: Part II”

Daft Punk, the subject of our new Rock In Onda podcast, remain at a standstill following the split announced on February 22, 2021. In the meantime, Thomas Bangalter, who makes up the French duo alongside Guy Manuel De Homem-Christo, has announced a new solo project, “Mirage – Ballet For 16 Dancers”, developed together with choreographer Damien Jalet and visual artist Kōhei Nawa.

The work will be released on June 5th on digital, vinyl, CD, and in a limited run on Revox tape. It's a score conceived to accompany a ballet performed by sixteen dancers, with choreography by Jalet and artistic contributions from Nawa.

A first excerpt, “Mirage: Part II”, is available today and can be heard below.

Tricky has announced his new album, “Different When It's Silent”, out July 17th via False Idols. It's his first work under his own name since 2020's “Fall To Pieces”.

Introducing the record is the single “Out Of Place”, which renews his collaboration with Marta Złakowska, now a fixture of his most recent productions. The track fits into a phase of artistic continuity following the parallel outings with Lonely Guest, Theis Thaws, and the shared project “Out The Way”, released in 2025. Listen to “Out Of Place” below:

The return of The Strokes is also taking shape on stage, with a tour that will include Italy. Following the surprise release of single “Going Shopping” and the confirmation of new album “Reality Awaits” – due June 26th, their first studio work in six years – the band behind “Is This It” has also confirmed an Italian date.

The Strokes have launched a targeted promotional campaign. Ahead of new album “Reality Awaits”, expected this summer, the band led by Julian Casablancas rolled out a new track in unconventional fashion. Through a newsletter sent out in recent days, the group selected one hundred fans who, by also providing a postal address, received a numbered cassette tape containing “Going Shopping”. Here's the official audio for the track below.

The Muse are back with a new single, “Cryogen”, the first taste of their upcoming album “The Wow! Signal”, due out on June 26, 2026. The track lays out one of the record's thematic threads, as the band gears up to take it on the road with a North American amphitheater tour: kicking off on July 2 at Summerfest in Milwaukee and wrapping up on August 31 at the Hollywood Bowl.

In the song, Matt Bellamy builds an image of extreme dependency and translates it into a cosmic metaphor: the tormentor takes on the guise of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, while the protagonist perceives himself as a scattered fragment on its surface. The lyrics dwell on a frozen, uninhabited landscape, all ice and isolation, culminating in a chorus that lays bare the narrator's emotional paralysis, suspended between falsetto and melodic tension. “Cryogen” was written and produced by the trio alongside Dan Lancaster — who has previously worked with Bring Me The Horizon and Blink-182 — with additional production by Aleks von Korff.

Listen to “Cryogen” below.

Madonna – “Bring Your Love” – “I Feel So Free”

Madonna has previewed her upcoming project “Confessions II” with the single “Bring Your Love”, made together with Sabrina Carpenter. The track, set to lead the album's release on July 3, cements a collaboration already hinted at by their shared appearance on the Coachella stage.

Produced by Madonna with Stuart Price, “Bring Your Love” unfolds as a dance track geared toward the club, carrying an explicit message stated without any ambiguity: “Ask yourself this/ What are you doing it for?/ Is it for you? Is it for them?”.

“Confessions II” will be released on July 3 via Warner Records. The new album is the follow-up to the iconic “Confessions On A Dance Floor“, which conquered the globe, topping the charts in dozens of countries and selling over ten million copies. Ahead of the new record, another single had already been unveiled as a preview, “I Feel So Free“, marked by a distinctive dance groove.

The title explicitly echoes a line from “Into The Groove“, drawing a direct line back to her own back catalogue. Sonically, the track rides a pulsing, layered italo-house backbone, built by Price with tight, unrelenting energy. Madonna's vocal presence remains central and instantly recognizable, keeping enough tension to stop the song from flattening into club cliché.

Massive Attack – Tom Waits – “Boots On The Ground”

A surprise return also comes from Massive Attack, with an unexpected and, in many ways, symbolic alliance: “Boots On The Ground”, the new single made with Tom Waits, ends a decade-long recording silence for the Bristol band, and an even longer one for the American singer-songwriter, who hasn't released anything since 2011's “Bad As Me”. The track, which also features vocal contributions from Waits's son Casey, grew out of a collaboration begun years ago and left on hold until now. Time, it seems, has done nothing to dull its impact: in Waits's own words, the long gestation only confirmed the enduring relevance of a piece conceived as a bitter, persistent reflection on the drift of history and of humankind.

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30/04/2026