Another year, another bazillion new albums released in the world. That’s too many for me to digest, though I did sample a few and listen to a lot more than my streamlined selection of favourites below. These are the albums that were played again and again, stuck in my head and reached into my soul, the real ones.
KOKOROKO – Tuff Times Never Last (Brownswood)
Youth Lagoon – Rarely Do I Dream (Fat Possum)
Credit Electric – Salvation (Self Released)
Paul Coleman – The Weather Man (Athens Of The North)
Ryan Sambol – Friend Of The Show (Self Released/Abrahamic Music BMI)
Salty Miller – Album 1 (Miles Away Records)
Nourished By Time – The Passionate Ones (XL)
Trystero – Humming Fuzz (Knekelhuis)
Golomb – The Beat Goes On (No Quarter)
J Mahon – Begin Again, Again (Unique Records)
Joanne Robertson – Blurrr (AD 93)
Smerz – Big city life (Escho)
Sharp Pins – Radio DDR (Perennial Death)
Sharp Pins – Balloon Balloon Balloon (Perennial Death)
Headache – Thank You For Almost Everything (PLZ Make It Ruins)
IE – Reverse Earth (Quindi Records)
Geese – Getting Killed (Partisan/Play It Again Sam)
Tobacco City – Horses (Scissor Tail Records)
EsDeeKid – Rebel (XV Records/Lizzy Records)
And finally, just released this month in December 2025 and already picking up repeat listens is the new one by The Roves, who have expanded their sound just enough to make this release one of their best yet, while keeping it raw and tuneful as ever!
The Roves – Pope & The Computer (Discotif)
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