Happy New Year! The holidays are now officially over and it’s time to get back to business as usual, which is equal parts exciting and depressing. You’re filled with that spirit of renewal that comes with a new year, but it’s tainted with fear for how everything will turn out. Either way, you can rest assured that Faronheit will press onward, content in the goal of delivering some of the freshest and best new music straight to your browser for the foreseeable future. So you’ve got that going for you, which is nice. Great tracks today from Consuumer, The Ferdy Mayne, Lazy Legs and Soft Lashes. In the Soundcloud section after the jump, stream songs from BANANA, Boss Hog, Elliott Smith, Jens Lekman, Julie Byrne, Loose Tooth, Said the Whale, Ten Fe, Thievery Corporation, Turn to Crime, Uniform and YELLE.

Big Lo – Yuri Gagarin

Consuumer – Shattered Fruit

Def Manic – You Need Someone

The Ferdy Mayne – Define My Name

King Fantastic – Doc Holliday

LaJIT – How It Feel

Lazy Legs – Small Talk

Soft Lashes – LANCER

SOUNDCLOUD

BANANA – Banana C

Boss Hog – 17

Elliott Smith – I Figured You Out

Jens Lekman – What’s That Perfume That You Wear?

Julie Byrne – I Live Now As A Singer

Loose Tooth – Garlic Soup

Said the Whale – Step Into the Darkness

Ten Fé – Twist Your Arm

Thievery Corporation – Let the Chalice Blaze

Turn to Crime – Chasing

Uniform – The Killing of America

YELLE – Ici & Maintenant (Here & Now)