This post was updated Oct. 12 at 8:16 p.m.
The leaves are falling, new hits are calling.
Although summer has come to an end, exciting new releases are here to ease the transition to the cooler weather. With long-awaited comebacks as well as continuations of early 2025 releases, this season brings music for all listeners – from the nostalgic music lover to the adventurous one.
Read on for the Daily Bruin’s upcoming on-repeat playlist.
“Deadbeat” by Tame Impala
After a five-and-a-half-year wait for a new album, Tame Impala will not be a “Deadbeat” this fall.
Following 2015 hit album “Currents” and 2020 release “The Slow Rush,” artist Kevin Parker’s newest project will mark Tame Impala’s fifth studio album. Releasing Oct. 17, “Deadbeat” will showcase 12 tracks and has three released singles, such as “Loser,” which already made its mark with a music video starring actor and musician Joe Keery. Parker has all songwriting credits on the album, except for his collaboration with songwriter Sarah Aarons on “Dracula,” a haunting-yet-catchy track about companionship. Lead single “End of Summer” is a seven-minute ode to the end of the season, leaning into the album’s larger themes of growth and solitude.
According to a Sony Music press release, the album is “deeply inspired by bush doof culture and the Western Australia rave scene.” “Bush doof” is a term used to describe Australian electronic dance events that are typically held outdoors. Following this theme, Tame Impala held a surprise hourlong DJ set in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, showing his departure from psychedelic melodies to the bush doof scene.
Will fans embrace the change in Tame Impala’s sound, or will they deem him a “Deadbeat?”
– Lucine Ekizian
[Related: Music Video Roundup: Summer music videos captivate with cinematic storytelling, riveting themes]
“Everybody Scream” by Florence + The Machine
As werewolves howl and ghouls hiss this Halloween, music listeners can expect to hear more screams.
Just in time for All Hallows’ Eve, Florence + The Machine will release its sixth album, “Everybody Scream,” on Oct. 31. The new LP is set to feature 12 tracks and mark the English indie rock band’s first full-length project of new material since 2022’s “Dance Fever.” The group – which has earned seven Grammy nominations since its 2008 breakout hit “Dog Days Are Over” – has teamed up with musicians such as Grammy-winner Aaron Dessner for the production of this project, which will include tracks “Witch Dance,” “Kraken” and “The Old Religion.”
Fans of the band have already received two songs from the album. The title track released in August, and “One of the Greats” was unleashed last month. In an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, frontwoman Florence Welch said “Everybody Scream” is the most personal and most mythological album the group has recorded. When speaking to The Guardian, Welch said one of the inspirations for the LP is a life-saving surgery she had in 2023 after suffering a miscarriage, which reminded her of women screaming.
In true Halloween spirit, Florence + The Machine is bound to bring music that is frightening and fun to the fall ahead – while keeping fans screaming for more.
– Reid Sperisen
“EVERYONE’S A STAR!” by 5 Seconds of Summer
It’s been three years since “5SOS5,” and fans are “NOT OK.”
Following an Instagram reset on the band’s account, 5 Seconds of Summer announced its sixth studio album after multiple cryptic messages on social media and physical posters. Set to release Nov. 14, “EVERYONE’S A STAR!” is the band’s new approach to its punk rock roots. With an album cover embracing a more confident take on the pop-punk style, the upcoming LP is set to be a chaotic reflection of a 14-year career.
In an interview with Zane Lowe, drummer Ashton Irwin said the upcoming album’s title is inspired by each member’s personal project – mirroring the individual accomplishments of the four artists. Since the LP’s announcement, the Australian band played a small surprise show in Los Angeles, where fans had the opportunity to indulge in the era’s new aesthetic and get a preview of the new album. Reclaiming the characteristic carefree nature of the band’s early days, lead guitarist Michael Clifford said the LP is an exaggerated picture of their lives in the industry. The record’s lead single, “NOT OK,” – a Gorillaz-reminiscent song – reveals the band’s recent experimental route, echoing its goal to avoid a “stale pop-rock” sound.
Still beating the boy band allegations, 5SOS’s new record welcomes back OG listeners.
– Ana Camila Burquez
[Related: Rising Artists: A variety of artists release songs of the summer for every type of listener]
“EUSEXUA Afterglow” by FKA twigs
Music’s favorite skullet-wearer would like to have a few more words with listeners – an album’s worth, to be exact.
FKA twigs, art-pop visionary and pioneer of the office siren aesthetic, released “EUSEXUA” in January. “EUSEXUA” featured dance music to capture the euphoric, intimate and tragically short-lived connections of the dance floor. Eight months later, the artist announced follow-up album “EUSEXUA Afterglow,” out Nov. 14. The project is expected to explore the more tumultuous emotions as one leaves the dance floor, with a more deconstructed sound.
Lead single “Cheap Hotel” translates just this message, lyrically pleading for the song’s subject to continue the party by meeting her at the cheap hotel behind the club. The beat begins with a slow drum-and-bass intro that becomes swallowed by cerebral synthesizers, switching into a classic R&B breakdown until reggaeton and house drums take back over. Even with the drums, the pitched-up vocals and slow tempo make the song feel underwater and dizzy, as if stumbling home from a rave.
With two new albums in under 10 months, FKA twigs is ready to get listeners dancing through the year.
– Christopher Baker
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