London-based producer and singer-songwriter Liza Lo has shared a new single titled “What I Used To Do”. The Philadelphia’s Greg Mendez signed to Dead Oceans and released his new EP, First Time / Alone on October 18th.

First Time / Alone came together in late summer and the early autumn of 2023, on the heels of the release of Greg Mendez, his self-titled breakthrough album, also being reissued via Dead Oceans.

The forward momentum of that release came to a quick halt following an intensive surgery on Mendez’s right wrist – a four-month purgatory of bad TV, cancelled touring, and physical therapy ensued, a painful stretch of boredom leaving Mendez unable to play guitar. The EP’s A-side is a time capsule of that fever-dream. There’s something almost sacred in the weary bleating of the electric organ, Mendez’s left hand plucking out the chords, lonesome and unadorned. Enjoy ‘First Time’: This Is Pop? today’s song of the day is here for you.