Freshly Squeezed, Vol. 81: Caroline Duke, Nate Currin, Petrie & more

Welcome to Freshly Squeezed, a weekly new music playlist: spanning country, pop, EDM and urban, mainstream and other.

Swedish soul-stirrer Caroline Duke soars ceremoniously from baroque-pop to rhythmic-parsed slink. “Be Wild” burns from both ends as it’s framed between the tragic layers of the historical tale of Bonnie and Clyde. “Just like a junkie, I was longing for you / There’s no cure,” she sings, guitar popping and fizzing in theatrical, smoldering chords. It’s as brooding as it is swinging to the rafters of the cathedral. The once-romantic and loving relationship quickly deteriorates in explosive bits, each one falling down and away like decay underneath icy snowcaps. Her voice breaks off and ragged ends cut even deeper than you might expect, signaling her new album, Wild at Heart is pop in its most visceral state.

Nate Currin navigates through his weed-thrashed past with “Heart on the Run.” After time has wedged plenty of distance and lonesomeness between him and a former lover, he traverses across the barren desert for “one more chance to take all my heartbreak and the wrong I’ve done,” he mourns in flaky layers of guitar and sun-soaked percussion. The song serves as a primer to her forthcoming album, Ashes & Dust, out April 19, and Currin’s heart bleeds as profusely as the next one, his voice squeezing out the last ounce of bitterness he can possibly muster.

Alt-pop troublemakers Petrie race around on their new album, Superstore, an elixir of angst and pain and heartache. “Texting You” careens into boozy regret, as the alcohol’s buzz tears away their inhibitions and shoves them back into bad habits, mentally at least. “Suddenly I’m crying / I shouldn’t drink on weekends,” they bemoan, wobbling on the edge of the abyss of toxicity and a past romance’s clammy grasp.

The new update also includes gems from: Los Blancos, Mating Ritual, T. Thomason, TOMI, Rod Melancon, Steve Earle, The Japanese House, Maren Morris, Mark Lanky, Sean McVerry, Haint Blue, Mat Kerekes, Kim Petras, Emily Scott Robinson and many others.

In all, we’ve got 50 new songs to bop along to as you ready for the impending three-day weekend. Leggo and let music.

Each playlist will be refreshed every Friday morning/afternoon. We reserve the right to update anytime during the week, so make sure you bookmark this page.

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