Albums of 2025

I didn't have time to do a big write up of my favourite albums of the year for '25 (that nobody reads anyway 😉) ... but still did a list:

30. Arcade Fire    -    “Pink Elephant”

29. The Raveonettes    -    “Pe'ahi II”

28. Daniel Avery    -    “Tremor”

27. Just Mustard    -    “We Were Just Here”

26. Grandbrothers    -    “Elsewhere”

25. Elias Rønnenfelt    -    “Speak Daggers”

24. The Antlers    -    “Blight”

23. Scaler    -    “Endlessly”

22. Ethel Cain    -    “Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You”

21. Matt Berninger    -    “Get Sunk”

20. Tiernan    -    “The Ribbon Songs”

19. Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan    -    “Public Works and Utilities”

18. The Lemonheads    -    “Love Chant”

17. Wednesday    -    “Bleeds”

16. Sorry    -    “Cosplay”

15. Nation of Language    -    “Dance Called Memory”

14. Maruja    -    “Pain to Power”

13. Abul Mogard    -    “Quiet Places”

12. The Mars Volta    -    “Lucro Sucio; Los Ojos del Vacío”

11. Black Foxxes    -    “The Haar”

10. Idlewild    -    “Idlewild”

9. The Black Dog    -    “My Brutal Life 2”

8. Rival Consoles    -    “Landscape From Memory”

7. The Wedding Present    -    “Maxi”

6. Mogwai    -    “The Bad Fire”

5. We Lost the Sea    -    “A Single Flower”

4. Deafheaven    -    “Lonely People With Power”

3. Deftones    -    “Private Music”

2. The Murder Capital    -    “Blindness”

1. bar italia    -    “Some Like It Hot” 

... and the ubiquitous accompanying playlist: