The Anti-ICE Anthem That’s Meeting the Moment

Five Songs is a weekly series for paid Hearing Things subscribers in which we each choose a new (or newly relevant!) song we like and write about why we can’t stop listening to it. These are tracks that speak to us in particular, and we have a good feeling they will speak to you, too.

This week, we’ve got an anti-ICE anthem that’s soundtracking America’s latest constitutional crisis, a yearning folk-rock song about realizing one’s nonbinary trans identity, a gorgeous instrumental that underlines the perpetual connection between jazz and hip-hop, ambient-adjacent music for late nights, and one of the most heartfelt songs Pulp have ever made. There’s also a Must Hear track—i.e., a song we really, really love—among the five picks. Enjoy!