New Music Friday: From Skrillex’s SOMA to horsegiirL’s Ritual Debut & More

The Albums

Skrillex – SOMA

The fifth studio album arrived as a surprise release through OWSLA. Thirteen tracks and forty-two minutes pull Brazilian phonk, progressive house and underground techno into one coherent arc. The contributions from Nitepunk, ISOxo, Feid and Young Miko sit inside the structure rather than on top of it. The record moves with control. It knows exactly how long it wants to hold the listener.

horsegiirL – NATURE IS HEALING

The Berlin producer’s debut album presents a fully formed persona and a fifteen-track world built from trance, hyperpop and emotional club music. The material carries the trace of an ayahuasca journey in Ecuador and frames eco-anxiety as something to be processed through sound rather than described. It treats the TikTok-era attention span as a creative constraint rather than a limitation. The result feels like a fairytale that understands the speed of the feed it will enter.

DJ Seinfeld – If This Is It

On his third album for Ninja Tune the producer continues the move toward cleaner, more open house music. Twelve tracks keep the lo-fi roots but add space and a sharper sense of dynamics. The tension between dancefloor lift and after-party pull feels central to the record’s identity. Maturity here shows itself in the decisions about what to leave unsaid.

Vince Staples – Cry Baby

The new full-length continues Vince Staples’ commitment to economy. The productions stay minimal and the storytelling stays direct. Introspection and dry observation share the same register. The album does not reach for big statements. Its weight comes from the consistency of its own temperature.

Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars – Spatial, No Problem.

The posthumous album pairs the dub legend’s voice and vision with the Berlin electronic duo’s rhythmic and textural approach. Eight tracks recorded at Paraverse Studio blend motorik drive, digital glitch and Perry’s characteristically visionary phrasing. It extends a legacy into new territory without softening its edges. The collaboration feels natural because both sides understand space as an active material.

The Singles

Nia Archives – Vertical

The single pushes jungle forward with fast breaks, direct low end and a vocal line that connects UK rave lineage to current pop and social media realities. It appears in official New Music Friday playlists for good reason. The track understands how to carry cultural memory into the present without nostalgia.

PAWSA – Ride On Me

A tech-house single built for immediate and repeated use. The groove stays essential, the vocal hook stays clear, and the whole thing knows its role in festival sets and late-night Italian rooms. It delivers exactly what it promises with no extra decoration.

Bimini – TANK TOP BUM BOYS

The release turns a familiar insult into a queer dancefloor chant. Punk energy meets aggressive pop in a chorus designed to be screamed back in clubs and captured on phones. It arrives with perfect timing for Pride season and for the platforms that will amplify it.

The Through Line

What stands out across these releases is not a single genre or scene but a shared refusal to waste the listener’s time. Whether the scale is a full album or a three-minute single, the work here carries its own context and its own reason for existing. In a week full of noise, these are the signals that hold.