The Listener’s songs of the week: New tracks from girl in red, Sabrina Carpenter, Elbow and Glass Beams

By girl in red feat. Sabrina Carpenter

Fellow Taylor Swift opening acts Norwegian star girl in red and American songstress Sabrina Carpenter are evidently very excited to be collaborating, which is a fun contrast given girl in red’s huskier voice compared with Carpenter’s silky smoothness. And you can tell they are having the time of their lives, and aren’t afraid of a dose of whimsy, when she introduces Carpenter mid track as if it were live, gushing about how cool it would be should she sing on the song before she does just that. You Need Me Now? is a girly, pop-rock diss song that’s as speedy as it is eloquent – Alana Rae

By Elbow

Britrock’s favourite arty uncles return with 10th album Audio Vertigo, which a quick listen to and a great lead single, Love’s Leap, both suggest is something of a comeback, having gone off the boil on offerings seven through nine. Good Blood Mexico City is the big blast near the album’s end, starting off sounding sweetly Smiths-like before an impressively dirty guitar riff interrupts. The decibels don’t seem to perturb singer Guy Garvey as he entreats “Marigold” run off with him to the Mexican capital to watch the sunset. What a Guy. – Russell Baillie

By Glass Beams

A tasty slice of groovy electronic-psychedelic Indo-fusion Bollywood blues on a second EP of the stuff by masked Melbourne trio signed to UK label Ninja Tune. Khruangbin fans, this way. – Russell Baillie

By Matt Maltese feat. Dora Jar