When it comes to band names, the London duo NEW YORK has one of the best we’ve heard in recent memory. Their music is very good, too. The band’s 2024 release Rapstar* remains a Nina favorite; it’s at once playful and deadpan, glitchy and glossy. Their live set inside of our office, in all of its lazy glory, left an imprint: This is an Important Art Band, and they are doing Interesting Things With Culture. We are happy to report today that NEW YORK is back with a high-energy two-tracker. The poppy “think of you” has a turn-of-the-century electro feel and a chaotic, bitcrushed middle section. Flipping over the digital single, “2am” is just as good, a bouncy tune that hits a little like Green Velvet in miniature.