Favorite 2025 Albums So Far

[The Great Owl]

1. Automatic - Is It Now?
2. Sextile - yes, please.
3. L.A. Witch - DOGGOD
4. Heartworms - Glutton For Punishment
5. Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
6. Nation of Language - Dance Called Memory
7. Observation Room - Observation Room EP
8. Ela Minus - D​Í​A
9. Pixel Grip - Percepticide: The Death of Reality
10. Wet Leg - moisturizer
11. Rocket - R is for Rocket
12. Stereolab - Instant Holograms on Metal Film
13. Blondshell - If You Asked For A Picture
14. The Discussion - All the Pretty Flowers
15. Carrellee - Carrellee
16. Alison Goldfrapp - Flux
17. girlpuppy - Sweetness
18. Water From Your Eyes - It's a Beautiful Place
19. Bootblacks - Paradise
20. yeule - Evangelic Girl is a Gun
21. Nuovo Testamento - Trouble EP
22. Curse Mackey - Imaginary Enemies
23. Lust For Youth & Croatian Amor - All Worlds
24. Minuit Machine - QUEENDOM
25. Peter Murphy - Silver Shade
26. Nourished by Time - The Passionate Ones
27. Lady Gaga - Mayhem
28. Garbage - Let All That We Imagine Be the Light



This is an ever-evolving list that I am starting right off the bat with some records that I already have on preorder.

[Max Solo]

Lambrini Girls - Who let the dogs out

[Gacivory]

Ethel Cain - Perverts

Lucy Dacus & Destroyer announced new albums! So those are two I’m most excited about right now!

[sandboxgamer]

Well the first album of 2025 for me is a winner. I was a big fan of the first couple albums Franz Ferdinand put out back in the day. For some reason I didn’t keep up with them. After listening to this album I’m going to have to go back check out the albums I missed. This new album was a very enjoyable breezy 11 track 35 minute album. It’s very catchy and replayable.

Favorite Tracks: Bar Lonely, Hooked, Black Eyelashes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8oXUfUocs0

[sandboxgamer]

Teddy Swims avoided the sophomore slump and knocked it out of the park with this album. He has such an incredibly soulful beautiful voice. Love the production. So many great songs. Been listening to this constantly since it came out.

Favorite Tracks: Not Your Man, Funeral, Bad Dreams, It Ain't Easy, If You Ever Change Your Mind, She Got It (feat. Coco Jones & GloRilla), Hammer to the Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qh8QwVYOSVU

[sandboxgamer]

Closing out his synth wave-inspired trilogy in an ambitious fashion and accompanying a feature film with the same title that will release on May 16th, you have to give Abel credit for continuing to challenge himself. The Weeknd is one of the biggest artists in the world, but I never really got into his music until the first album of this trilogy, After Hours (2020). That’s when his music finally clicked with me. The second album Dawn FM (2022) was incredible. It’s still my favorite of the trilogy, and it was my album of the year for 2022.

Hurry Up Tomorrow is my least favorite of the trilogy, but it's still a solid album with great production. Length is the main issue. It is the longest of the trilogy, being 1 hour and 22 minutes. I really feel it should’ve been cut down to about an hour. The first half is very strong though, filled with great catchy tracks that seamlessly flow into the next track. I feel that Abel's writing has continually strengthened, as well as the song structures. It was a good cap to the trilogy, and I'm very much looking forward to the film.

Favorite Tracks: Wake Me Up (feat. Justice), Cry for Me, São Paulo (with Anitta), Baptized In Fear, Open Hearts, Given Up on Me, Timeless (with Playboi Carti), Take Me Back to LA, Without a Warning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll6sBa3Dafs

[Max Solo]

The Velveteers - A Million Knives

I didn’t get into their first album much, but this one doesn’t have a bad song.

Good stuff.

[MTRodaba2468]

1. Dream Theater: Parasomnia
2. Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire

[Max Solo]

The Darkness - Dreams on Toast

This band has never put out a bad album. This one is a little more poppy and that’s not a bad thing.

[Gacivory]

Backxwash - Only Dust Remains
Scowl - Are We All Angels
Craig Finn - Always Been
Destroyer - Dan’s Boogie
Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power
Ethel Cain - Perverts
Doomsday - Never Known Peace

[Al_The_Strange]

I will keep updating when I get around to listening to more stuff.

1. Yagya - Vor
2. Lacuna Coil - Sleepless Empire
3. Epica - Aspiral
4. Edge of Paradise - Prophecy
5. Tetrarch - The Ugly Side of Me
6. Dream Theater - Parasomnia
7. Skrillex - F*ck U Skrillex You Think Ur Andy Wahol But Ur Not!! <3

[sandboxgamer]

It's always fun discovering a new band. What struck me about Turnstile almost immediately was how much they reminded me of Jane's Addiction. There's an infectious energy that really clicked with me. The production sounds great, and the songs are quite catchy. This album apparently marks a big change in sound for the band, from hardcore punk to alternative rock. I really hope they continue in this direction because this was a great album.

Favorite Tracks - Never Enough, Sole, I Care, Light Design, Look Out For Me, Slowdive

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m95ZCq4mQrE&list=PLEpjZ6a3i26dzpOuD1rgEm5uNK7OO6nm7&index=9

[The Great Owl]

Automatic is back! One of my favorite bands of the new millennium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcXsQq1FjJY&list=RDbcXsQq1FjJY&start_radio=1

[MTRodaba2468]

Haven't updated my list in a while...

-Turnstile: Never Enough
-Saba & No ID: From The Private Collection Of…
-Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz
-Aesop Rock: Black Hole Superette
-Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear
-Dream Theater: Parasomnia
-Superheaven: s/t
-L’Avenue: Tokyo Nights
-The Clipse: Let God Sort Them Out
-Mogwai: The Bad Fire
-Bambara: Birthmarks
-Pulp: More
-Stereolab: Instant Holograms On Metal Film
-Jason Isbell: Foxes In The Snow
-Steven Wilson: The Overview
-Cyberwalker: Another World
-Anxious: Bambi
-Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire

[Gerby]

I'm not sure how many 2025 albums i've listened to (not many) but i know this one blew me away. A great heavy psych rock album.
Electric Citizen - EC4

Smokey - YouTube

[citizenbrain]

Epica - Aspiral

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hccXTr_AJSc

[Osmanm]

Originally Posted by MTRodaba2468

Haven't updated my spotify list in a while...

-Turnstile: Never Enough
-Saba & No ID: From The Private Collection Of…
-Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz
-Aesop Rock: Black Hole Superette
-Franz Ferdinand: The Human Fear
-Dream Theater: Parasomnia
-Superheaven: s/t
-L’Avenue: Tokyo Nights
-The Clipse: Let God Sort Them Out
-Mogwai: The Bad Fire
-Bambara: Birthmarks
-Pulp: More
-Stereolab: Instant Holograms On Metal Film
-Jason Isbell: Foxes In The Snow
-Steven Wilson: The Overview
-Cyberwalker: Another World
-Anxious: Bambi
-Lacuna Coil: Sleepless Empire

I am surprised I also have same list haha

[stvn1974]

Unreleased album from 1977 which is better than anything released in 2025.