As part of New Music Friday, Harmonize spotlights recent standout releases. Each edition showcases a handful releases that are fresh, exciting, and impossible to ignore – offering listeners a curated glimpse into the sounds that are defining the moment. From boundary-pushing new artists to unexpected gems from familiar names, these releases are chosen for their creativity, energy, and the spark they bring to the week’s musical landscape. Here are this week’s picks:
Live in 25 – Peach Pit
Vancouver four-piece indie rock band Peach Pit release a brand-new live album, Live in 25, recorded on their 2025 Long Hair, Long Life tour. On Instagram they said: “We recorded all 99 of the shows we played last year and ended up with a records worth of good takes. To celebrate, we’re releasing a live album called “Live in 25”, (…) and the track list will include every song we played on tour last year (old, new, covers etc)”. Listen HERE.
“Party girls don’t cry– Zoe Ko
Los Angeles-based artist, musician, and rockstar femme fatale Zoe Ko is back with an uber-confident and hyper-catchy kiss-off new single and music video entitled “Party girls don’t cry” out now via Big Loud Rock. It marks her first release of the year and paves the way for more music to come very soon. About “Party girls don’t cry,” she shared, “I swear crying in the club is one of the most humbling but spiritually awakening things a girl can experience. Dancing so hard and for so long ‘til my sweat replaced my tears healed me more than 100 therapy sessions could. I highly recommend this for anyone going through a monumental breakup. For me at least, partying is more potent than any kind of medicine.” Listen HERE.
“meaning of life” – meg elsier
Indie-rock breakout meg elsier returns with her new single “meaning of life,” via Bright Antenna Records. Built on hazy guitars, delicate vocals, and her unmistakably sharp lyricism, the track captures both the intimacy and edge that define her sound. “’meaning of life” is about giving depression company,” meg shares. “It’s being fucking tired, stuck in self-sabotage and procrastination, feeling nothing and living vicariously through other people instead. It’s a pretty goddamn selfish song.” The sense of weightless detachment carries into the accompanying music video, directed and edited by Jacq Justice. Shot around New York City, it plays like a hazy, cinematic snapshots of life’s little moments. Listen HERE.