The best singles of the week

Jack White – “You Got Me Searching”

Jack White has released a previously unheard track. It's called “You Got Me Searching” and is the B-side of the single taken from his latest work, “That’s How I’m Feeling”. The 7” will be available for purchase from November 22nd on the website of the musician's own label, Third Man Records. Listen to Jack White's “You Got Me Searching” below.

Saint Etienne – “Half Light”

Saint Etienne Saint Etienne have announced the release of their new album, “The Night”. The record will be out on December 12th, via Heavenly Recordings, a little over three years after their tenth LP, “I’ve Been Trying To Tell You”.

Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs made the album with composer and producer Augustin Bousfield in the first half of 2024.

“It was great to be back together in the same studio as Gus in Bradford again, we realised it had been several years since the last time we did this, sprawled out on the rug, coffee cups in hand, surrounded by lyric sheets and half-formed ideas for titles”, says Pete Wiggs. “We wanted to carry on with the thick, spacious atmosphere of the last album, maybe even double down on it, but it's a very different album, not built on samples; songs, atmospheres and spoken-word pieces drift in and out while it's pouring down outside. It's the kind of record I like to listen to in the dark or with my eyes closed”.

Ahead of the release of the new Saint Etienne album comes the single “Half Light”, the video for which you can watch below.

James Blake – “Like The End”

The new single from James Blake, “Like The End”, released on 13 November, marks a shift from his previous work, moving away both from the electronic minimalism of his early records and from the more club-oriented influences of his last few albums. The track stands out for its production, which edges into post-rock territory, with digital elements conjuring dystopian atmospheres, while the instrumental build-up and tonal palette recall the aesthetic of albums like “Ok Computer” by Radiohead and the early work of Muse. Although the track might look like a standalone single, its release leaves open the possibility that it marks the start of a new chapter for Blake, an artist who continues to stir up great interest with every move he makes. Listen to it below: 

Lucio Corsi – “Tu sei il mattino”

More than a year after his last record, Lucio Corsi returns with the single “Tu sei il mattino”, released via Sugar Music and available on radio and all digital platforms. The single follows “La gente che sogna”, last year's album, a work that, three years on from “Cosa faremo da grandi?”, cemented Corsi's standing as one of the leading figures of the Italian singer-songwriter scene, hailed by critics as a “pioneer of glam songwriting”. It's no coincidence that, with his singular, refined approach, Corsi keeps digging into the heart of his stories, delivering tracks that don't just narrate but leave a lasting mark. Listen to the track below:

Squid – “Crispy Skin”

Less than two years after the release of “O Monolith”, next 7 February will see the release of “Cowards”, the third LP from Squid, out on Warp. On this new record, the British band explores the theme of evil, unfolding nine stories that stage characters caught between reality and fiction, forced to reckon with the pull of cults, the power of charisma and the poison of apathy. The protagonists move through a dark narrative space, a kind of ocean of tension between good and evil. “Crispy Skin”, the first single taken from “Cowards”, finds Ollie Judge, the band's frontman and drummer, stepping into a bleak, unsettling dystopian world, partly inspired by the novel “Tender Is The Flesh”. Listen to it below:

Ride the wave of great music

Add OndaRock to your favorite sources on Google Discover. Don't miss our reviews, milestones and latest news straight in your feed.

Follow on Google

12/04/2026