1. Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down - Margo Price
Hard Headed Woman (Lorna Vista, 2025)
2. Hungover in a Deer Stand - Dylan Marlowe
Mid-Twenties Crisis (Sony, 2024)
3. Wristwatch - MJ Lenderman
Manning Fireworks (Anti-, 2024)
4. Am I Okay? - Megan Moroney
Am I Okay? (Sony, 2024)
5. Ankles - Lucy Dacus
Forever is a Feeling (Geffen, 2025)
6. Afterlife - Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar, 2025)
7. No One Knows Us - Brandi Carlile
Returning to Myself (Interscope, 2025)
8. Golden - HUNTR/X
KPop Demon Hunters OST (Republic, 2025)
9. Glum - Hayley Williams
Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party (Post Atlantic, 2025)
10. Euro-Country - CMAT
Euro-Country (CMATBABY, 2025)
I didn't listen to music very intently in 2025, so it's no surprise that existing favourites and familiar sounds are most of this, led by Sharon Van Etten and Brandi Carlile - garlanded by the late-arriving breath of fresh air that is CMAT. In general - country vibes, pop gloss, pretty melodies, drama and feels.
(spotify)
