“New Gold”, the marvelous collaboration between virtual band Gorillaz, Australian alternative psychedelic music project Tame Impala, and American rapper Bootie Brown, remains at #1 for a second week. Holding at #2 for a second week is the beautiful “Tropic Morning News” by The National, which previously spent two weeks at #1. Depeche Mode‘s “Ghosts Again” holds at #3 for a second week, and “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus moves up a notch to #4. Moving up three spots each are “Soften” by Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Southey, to #5, and “Bluebell Wood” by British singer-songwriter Frank Joshua to #6. Entering the top 10 are “Kid” by The Revivalists, climbing three spots to #8, and “Eat Your Young” by Hozier, which jumps six spots to #10.

Two songs make their debut this week: the gorgeous “Those Eyes” by Toronto band New West, entering at #29. The song, which reminds me a bit of Coldplay’s beloved earlier songs like “Yellow” and “Fix You”, was actually released in May 2019 as their very first single, and later included on their debut EP Call Me When You Hear This Song. Like Beach Weather’s “Sex, Drugs, Etc.”, the song apparently went viral on Tik Tok, and has recently been climbing the Alternative charts. Entering at #30 is “Why”, a stunning song by British psychedelic indie rock band Future Theory, an immensely-talented act I’ve written about many times on this blog. This is their third song to appear on my Top 30, with their 2021 single “One and the Same” reaching #3.

1. NEW GOLD – Gorillaz, Tame Impala & Bootie Brown (1)
2. TROPIC MORNING NEWS – The National (2)
3. GHOSTS AGAIN – Depeche Mode (3)
4. FLOWERS – Miley Cyrus (5)
5. SOFTEN – Alex Southey (8)
6. BLUEBELL WOOD – Frank Joshua (9)
7. TRANSMITTER – Sea Power (4)
8. KID – The Revivalists (11)
9. THE WALK HOME – Young the Giant (10)
10. EAT YOUR YOUNG – Hozier (16)
11. PEPPER – Death Cab for Cutie (6)
12. LOVE FROM THE OTHER SIDE – Fall Out Boy (7)
13. PAID OFF – Oli Barton & the Movement (14)
14. WOLF – Yeah Yeah Yeahs (15)
15. I WANT YOU DEAD – Two Feet & Allie Cabal (12)
16. THE PERFECT PAIR – beabadoobee (17)
17. NOT STRONG ENOUGH – boygenius (18)
18. GO DOWN RIVER – The Heavy Heavy (20)
19. DUMMY – Portugal. The Man (21)
20. ESSENCE – Refeci & Shimmer Johnson (22)
21. BACKPATTERS AND SHOOTERS – The Zangwills (13) 20th week on chart
22. ANGELICA – Wet Leg (24)
23. 1982 – Morgendust (25)
24. RESCUE ME – Dirty Heads (26)
25. LEAVING – Au Gres (27)
26. TROUBLE WITH THIS BED – Beach Weather (19) 22nd week on chart
27. THE WAY – Manchester Orchestra (29)
28. IN MY HEAD – Mike Shinoda & Kailee Morgue (30)
29. THOSE EYES – New West (N)
30. WHY – Future Theory (N)