Mid Year Favorite Albums of 2025

The only two albums I've paid any attention to this year are Parasomnia from Dream Theater and Hurry Up Tomorrow from The Weeknd.

Non-Metal

Lifeguard - Ripped and Torn

Wishy - Planet Popstar EP

Hotline TNT - Raspberry Moon

Momma - Welcome to My Blue Sky

Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table

L.A. Witch - Doggod

Metal

Rwake - The Return of Magik

Final Dose - Under the Eternal Shadow

Deafheaven - Lonely People With Power

Jade - Mysteries of a Flowery Dream

Conan - Violence Dimension

Ghost Bath - Rose Thorn Necklace

Good call on the Car Seat Headrest. Love that one too.

Ty Segall Possession
Billy Wood Golliwog (WARNING: this album contains RAP)
Turnstile Never Enough (rocker)
Folk Bitch Trio Now Would Be a Good Time (doesn't drop for another month but the three singles out are very good)
Tim Heidecker High School (Sirens of Titan sounds like it wss written just for me-if you lke Kurt Veil and Ty Segall will probably like this).
Darkside Nothing
Lucius Lucius
The Bones of JR Jones Radio Waves

I chated on a couple. Black Keys have an album coming out too.

I forgot one:

S.G. Goodman Planting by the Signs. From KY reminds me of Katie Crutchfield. Jim James produced her first album.

Were old mate. The only new albums I sought out were Ye and The Weeknd. Enjoyed but havent listened to them much except for one song from Ye

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I’m screwed ever since the days of vinyl or CDs.
Oh, and FM radio. lol

Discovering new music isn’t as much fun for me.

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Don't forget, you had to invest in an entire album/cd only to find out you only really liked the single and FM was the same shite over and over again unless you lived in a big city. Also, my funds always limited my album/cd buys. Today, I can have immediate access to an artist's entire catalogue. Discovering new music is easier than ever w/ platforms like Spotify. My Discover Weekly playlist they made for me this week was awesome.

I liked the Lifeguard I heard from the link The Seaward provided. I’ll check out the whole album later.

I’m seeing Lifeguard at the Blue Room in Nashville next week. I’m stoked!

Lambrini Girls - Who Let the Dogs Out
Sharp Pins - Radio DDR
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
The Innocence Mission - Midwinter Swimmers (late 2024)
Mclusky - The World Is Still Here and So Are We
Red Tuesdays - Na Na Na Na (EP)
Cutouts - Snakeskin
Jawdropped -Just Fantasy
Spacey Jane - If That Makes Sense
Girl Tones - Blame

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If you like Fust check out Florry

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Will do, thanks for recommendation

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Mclusky - The World Is Still Here and So Are We

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Had no clue there was a new Mclusky album, will be checking this out too.