Stream: New singles from Palms Station, the Birthdays and the Linda Lindas

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Palms Station, with Torii Wolf

Singles roundup: Check out the latest from Palms Station (feat. Torii Wolf), the Birthdays and the Linda Lindas …

PALMS STATION, “Blue Skies Back” (feat. Torii Wolf)

You can feel the clouds of the pandemic burn away in “Blue Skies Back,” the new single from Hillel Tigay’s new project Palms Station. Here, the singer-songwriter, known for his Jewish liturgical music, finds a worthy messenger in Torii Wolf, whose tender vocals prove especially mood-lifting. “Raise your glasses / to the future,” indeed. Now if only the clouds of war would cooperate.

THE BIRTHDAYS, “Baby Blur”

The follow-up to last summer’s “Bunny,” “Baby Blur” is the second single from the Birthdays, the side project of Dear Boy’s Ben Grey and Day Wave’s Jackson Phillips. Made during the lockdown, the beautifully soaring tune harks to the yearning of ’90s indie music. “‘Baby Blur’ was the birth of the Birthdays,” Grey says. “The first glimpse of what this project could be. We finished it a week ago and it honestly can’t come out fast enough. It all seems like a Postal Service origin story, save for the fact that we agreed not to finish the songs until we could be in the same room together. I’ve never had a creative experience like this and it’s been nonstop joy.”

THE LINDA LINDAS, “Talking to Myself”

The Linda Lindas are “Growing Up,” but they’re not too old for dolls. Earlier this week, the Epitaph signees shared a spunky new single called “Talking to Myself” along with a black-and-white visual that nods to the “Twilight Zone” episode “Living Doll.” Directed by Ryan Baxley, the video shows the pop-punk quartet – Bela Salazar, Eloise Wong, Lucia de la Garza, and Mila de la Garza – drinking boba, renting swan boats and shopping for records with their dolls in tow. It’s all fun and games until the Linda Lindas realize their companions are homicidal, at which point a onesie-clad doll brawl ensues. “Talking to Myself” is the fourth single off the band’s forthcoming album, which arrives April 8. The Linda Lindas’ show April 10 at the Troubadour is sold out; they’re also opening for Jawbreaker at the Wiltern on April 1-3. (Tickets for the April 3 show remain available.) — Matt Wallock