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6 Must-Hear New Country Songs: Benjamin Tod, Midland, Kaitlin Butts, Bailey Zimmerman & More

This week's crop of the best new country music includes songs from Benjamin Tod, Midland, Bailey Zimmerman and more.

Tod, known for his work as part of the Lost Dog Street Band, issues his fourth solo album with Shooting Star, a set that weaves through a sampling of sounds drawn from the spectrum of country music decades, with each song helmed by his raw, aching vocal. Here, he comes alongside a lover who “can’t shake that sinking feeling,” provides a heartening, hope-filled reassurances, reminiscing on times they “sipped on wine and swore we’d change the world.” Overall, “Hotel Bible” marks a solid follow-up to McNown’s breakthrough hit, one that positions him as a newcomer worth watching. Sonically, this bruising track falls squarely within Zimmerman’s wheelhouse, a vessel for his grainy vocal — though it pares back slightly on the heavily rock-oriented instrumentation of some of his previous efforts, enough to let the song’s timely message shine through.

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