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All Songs Considered: Wet Leg, Vince Staples, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien

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4.33.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The best new tracks of the week include a raging, dance floor remix of Wet Leg’s “Catch These Fists,” a touch of vintage soul from rapper Vince Staples, Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien and more.

NPR Music’s Tom Huizenga joins host Robin Hilton.

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Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org  

Featured artists and songs:

(00:00) Intro

(01:03) Wet Leg

(07:05) Katia & Marielle Labèque

(15:23) Balming Tiger

(22:42) Wild Up

(31:00) Vince Staples

(36:06) Ed O’Brien


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0:00.0

This episode of All Songs Considered comes to you from the NPR Music Podcast.

0:04.4

We've got new shows, new episodes of all songs considered in this feed.

0:08.9

Every Tuesday, you'll also find new episodes of Alt Latino, that program, every Wednesday.

0:14.7

And then, of course, New Music Friday.

0:16.9

That's every Friday.

0:18.3

Stands to reason.

0:19.3

Wow.

0:20.3

NPR Music also home to Tom Heisinga.

0:23.2

Hey Tom.

0:23.7

Hey, Robin.

0:25.1

Tom, you're our classical music editor, but your tastes run pretty broad, much broader than that.

0:30.9

I think of you as one of NPR Music's secret weapons.

0:33.9

Mm, thank you.

0:35.3

Which is why I always love hanging out and just hearing what you're listening to and loving because you always turn me on to the, to something amazing. That's what we're doing on this episode, on this week's show. We're sharing our picks for the best new songs out now. Do you have something you want to kick us off with or should I get us going or what do you want to do? I think, why don't you get us going? I mean, this is your show, bro. It's kind of my deal here. That's right. Well, how about I start off with a new cut from the band Wet Leg? I know you love Wet Leg. It's actually a remix, I should say.

1:11.1

It's a remix of a song that they put out last year called Catch These Fists from their album, Moisturizer, came out last year.

1:18.1

One of the best cuts from that record, I thought.

1:20.1

I don't normally buy into the whole remix game.

1:26.2

It's artists usually just trying to extend the life cycle of an album

1:30.9

with deluxe versions, remixes. And so many of the remixes I hear, I just don't think they add that

1:38.5

much to it. It's like they just put a disco beat behind it or something. But man, this new one from

1:43.6

Wetleg really gets it, I think. It's done by

1:45.8

FDC DJs and FDC is otherwise

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