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No matter the context, it’s hard not to look back at 2025 as the year that orange asshole returned to the presidency and started making everything awful. We can only hope that he will eventually be made to answer for the atrocities we all know he has committed. In the meantime, music has been more important than ever as a place of solace and as a conduit for escaping from the daily shitshow that is life in the United States. While there certainly were more than just 10 albums worth of music that did that for me, these are the ones I returned to again and again this past year to find catharsis, joy, or tranquility as needed.<\/p>\n

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\"Doves,<\/a>#10
\nDoves
\nConstellations for the Lonely
\nEMI North<\/h4>\n

Doves\u2019 second album since reuniting in 2019 after a nine-year hiatus, Constellations for the Lonely<\/i> was made while bassist and singer Jimi Goodwin was struggling with mental health and substance abuse issues that also saw the band touring without him to support it. As a result, the record is decidedly darker thematically and feels more insular sonically than past albums, but is nevertheless as strong as any in the band\u2019s catalog of stellar records. Even with all three members of the band taking turns on vocals, it\u2019s a cohesive effort, and songs like \u201cIn the Butterfly House\u201d and \u201cStrange Weather\u201d exhibit a mix of intricate guitar detailing paired to sweeping atmospherics. Constellations<\/i> shows that there\u2019s still beauty to be found even when the world seems to be crumbling down around you.<\/p>\n

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\"Bill<\/a>#9
\nBill Fox
\nResonance
\nEleventh Hour Recoding Company<\/h4>\n

Like a musical JD Salinger, Bill Fox has been something of a reclusive cult figure for the past 30 years. After breaking up notable Cleveland power-pop band The Mice in the \u201880s, he resurfaced in the \u201890s with a pair of solo albums recorded primarily on four-track that gained acclaim for their songs of aching lyrical poignancy and pop-inflected folk. Despite the recognition, he dropped off the radar, only to pop up again with another wonderful record in 2012 and again this year with Resonance<\/i>. This past year even saw him play some shows! With about half of the record culled from material recorded on four-track during the \u201990s and the other half being more recent recordings of greater fidelity, Fox again shows his knack for both poignant folk simplicity, as well as exquisite pop, and that every fleeting glimpse of his innate talent is to be treasured.<\/p>\n

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\"Bar<\/a>#8
\nBar Italia
\nSome Like It Hot
\nMatador Records<\/h4>\n

After releasing two excellent records in 2023<\/a>, London\u2019s Bar Italia returned this year with one record to eclipse them both. Some Like It Hot<\/i> ups the pop quotient in their mix of post-punk and post-grunge influences. This is immediately noticeable in leadoff cut \u201cFundraiser,\u201d with a slinky bassline and snappy beats paired to the back-and-forth of singers Nina Crisante and Sam Fenton. Elsewhere, the sultry \u201cPlastered\u201d shows noir tones replacing the jagged rhythms and jittery riffs, revealing the band to be equally adept at being languid as animated. But where such sonically divergent paths made past records feel disjointed, here Bar Italia seem more sure-footed and confident, lending an overriding aesthetic and cohesion to the album.<\/p>\n

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\"Chime<\/a>#7
\nChime Oblivion
\nChime Oblivion
\nDeathgod Records<\/h4>\n

As one of Adam\u2019s original Ants and drummer in Bow Wow Wow, David Barbarossa was responsible for the tribal beats that were intrinsic to both bands\u2019 sounds and overarching aesthetics. In the intervening years, he played in Beats International with Norman Cook (a.k.a. Fatboy Slim), Republica, and The Hangovers with Gina Birch (of The Raincoats<\/a>), among others, but it\u2019s been a minute since his name has appeared on a record. (He\u2019s also a novelist.) So it was something of a surprise when it was announced that he had teamed up with the Osees\u2019 John Dwyer<\/a> for this album. Fortunately, it\u2019s everything you might hope it would be. With Barabrossa\u2019s signature rhythms paired with HL Nelly\u2019s Ari Up\u2013esque vocals and Weasel Walter\u2019s jagged guitar lines, it\u2019s a thrillingly frenetic mix of post-punk touchpoints that hits all the right notes.<\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>#6
\nThe Tubs
\nCotton Crown
\nTrouble in Mind Records<\/h4>\n

After debuting with Dead Meat<\/i>, one of our favorites of 2023<\/a>, The Tubs returned with an equally enthralling follow-up in Cotton Crown<\/i> this year. Like its predecessor, the record hints at latter-day H\u00fcsker D\u00fc while also displaying a penchant for guitar jangle worthy of the Flying Nun label. Throughout the album, principal songwriter Owen Williams explores the duplicitous, neurotic nature of his romances. On \u201cNarcissist,\u201d he goes searching for self-destruction, repeatedly pleading to the subject of the song, \u201cYou should do it to me.\u201d The song features guest vocals from Lan McArdle, who, along with Williams and bassist Max Warren, was in Joanna Gruesome, the Welsh quintet that had one of our favorite albums of 2013<\/a>. It\u2019s hard to resist the song\u2019s inherent sweetness, even after realizing such sentiments are being directed at someone who\u2019s likely a sociopath. But like the rest of the album, that\u2019s its greatest strength: being so much more than you initially suspect.<\/p>\n

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\"Optic<\/a>#5
\nOptic Sink
\nLucky Number
\nFeek It Records<\/h4>\n

The third album from Memphis\u2019 Optic Sink finds the band expertly fusing together their influences into something that echoes post-punk\u2019s \u201880s heyday without sounding derivative. Vocalist Natalie Hoffman (formerly of NOTS, who had one of our favorite records of 2014<\/a>) sounds not unlike Siouxsie Sioux in her younger years, especially on the sharp-edged \u201cHow Can I Help You?\u201d while it\u2019s hard not to hear Peter Hook’s calling card in the melodic bass leads on cuts like the leadoff \u201cLaughing Backwards.\u201d Yet Optic Sink sounds like neither the Banshees nor New Order. Instead, Lucky Number<\/i> is a thorough reconceptualization of those elements that, while scratching the same itches, is wonderfully unique in its own way.<\/p>\n

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\"Just<\/a>#4
\nJust Mustard
\nWe Were Just Here
\nPartisan Records<\/h4>\n

After releasing one of our favorite albums of 2022<\/a>, the band\u2019s sophomore album, Heart Under<\/i>, Just Mustard finally returned in 2025 with an album every bit as impressive as its predecessor, if not more so. Like Heart Under<\/i>, We Were Just Here<\/i> occupies the kind of heightened sonic realm first divined by My Bloody Valentine, with clamorous guitars caught up in a vortex of whirling effects while singer Katie Ball\u2019s girlish vocals float overtop the cacophony. The cumulative soundscape is absolutely mesmerizing, with songs like the title track and lead single \u201cPollyanna\u201d being at once equally ethereal and cathartic.<\/p>\n

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\"Ty<\/a>#3
\nTy Segall
\nPossession
\nDrag City Records<\/h4>\n

Compared to some years where he\u2019s released a ridiculous number of records, 2025 was fairly quiet for Ty Segall, with just this album and a collaboration with Corey Madden under the name Freckle. Perhaps the focus has done him good, as Possession<\/i> is his strongest solo effort in more than a decade. Largely eschewing the psych and garage sounds on which he\u2019s long hung his proverbial hat, on Possession<\/i>, Segall seems to have honed in on creating a classic pop record in the tradition of the masters. Leadoff cut \u201cShoplifter\u201d is more reminiscent of Harry Nilsson than Wooden Shjips, while the title track is a superb mix of chooglin\u2019 guitar licks and orchestrated pop tones. There\u2019s something of a \u201870s LA vibe at play here, but Segall has the smarts to make it sound completely fresh and invigorated.<\/p>\n

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\"Wet<\/a>#2
\nWet Leg
\nMoisturizer
\nDomino Recordings<\/h4>\n

When Wet Leg splashed down in 2021 with the seemingly nonsensical manic pop thrill of \u201cChaise Lounge,\u201d they could have easily just been a flash in the pan. Fortunately, it turned out to be just a drop in the bucket, as evidenced by the band\u2019s self-titled debut full-length, and even more so, by this year\u2019s follow-up, Moisturizer<\/i>. A definitive answer to any lingering questions about Wet Leg\u2019s long-term legitimacy, the record explores desire from both sides of the equation, with singer Rhian Teasdale one minute positing, \u201cYou wanna fuck me, I know most people do,\u201d on \u201cMangetout,\u201d and the next admitting, \u201cEvery night I fuck my pillow, I wish I was fucking you,\u201d on \u201cPillow Talk.\u201d Fortunately, the record is as catchy as it is provocative and proves Wet Leg is deserving of the highest praise.<\/p>\n

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\"Sharp<\/a>#1
\nSharp Pins
\nRadio DDR
\nK Records<\/h4>\n

Lifeguard\u2019s Kai Slater released another album under his Sharp Pins guise this year, Balloons, Balloons, Balloons<\/i>, but released at the beginning of 2025, Radio DDR<\/i> is the one that dominated my turntable more than any other. Live, you can tell that he\u2019s definitely channelling a \u201860s mod infatuation. That comes through here too, especially on cuts like \u201cLorelei\u201d where he uses multiple tracks to create vocal harmonies. Nonetheless, with the album\u2019s apparent recording limitations, that British Invasion predilection is filtered through a lo-fi aesthetic that recalls Guided By Voices or Elliott Smith, depending on the particular song\u2019s cadence. Throughout, his blend of sweetly sung refrains and irresistible guitar hooks amounts to an album that\u2019s endlessly charming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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