A smirking new PUP song, an introvert's paradise from The Vaughns, and a clever re-imagining from Mansions were among our staff's favorites from last week. Check out all eight new releases that we deem 'must-hear':

Common Sage's newest EP is a huge improvement in production over the band’s previous album. The crunchy yet brilliant guitar tones and consistently rocking instrumental bridges have carried over but the sound quality and structuring has been refined and more deeply considered.

On 'Apple,' the second album of the year from PC Music founder A. G. Cook, Cook switches his focus from high concept pop to classic songwriting.

'Up & Up' takes you on a journey, hopping in and out of different decades and influences, making for a surprising mix of textures and sounds behind Dan LaFave’s affable slacker lyrical style. Aaron reviews Coupons, Albany's next big thing.

Mendez’s songs are full of subtle implications of something less optimistic below the surface. Watch the video for the new track, Long Divison.

Jordy reviews Barely Civil's classically emo and definitive statement in "I'll Figure This Out."

'Hanging Garden,' the debut album from Philadelphia trio Corey Flood, is filled with immediately memorable hooks and lines.

Zac reviews Closure's move beyond emo in their latest album, "I Don't Mind."

On 'Hannah,' the phenomenal new LP from Lomelda, songwriter Hannah Read takes the intimate nature of her songwriting even further, making for one of the most thoughtful and poignant self-titled records in recent memory.

Three years after 2017’s Feel Something, the mood is heavier on Movements' new album, but the sentiment is the same: “I feel so fucked / At least I’m feeling,” vocalist Patrick Miranda belts in the opening track. Check out Michelle's discussion with the band about their upcoming LP.