We're back with another ten of our favorites from 2025. There's no shortage of chillwave and shoegaze on this episode (no surprise), but the boys from Animal Collective also make an extensive appearance, alongside some choice emo tunes and, as promised, absolutely no K-Pop Demon Hunters this time.

Tracklist:

Sunbeam Sound Machine - Mercy
Greet Death - Same But Different Now
No Joy - Bugland
The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die - Dimmed Sun
Algernon Cadwallader - Shameless Faces (even the guy who made the thing was a piece of shit)
Panda Bear - Left in the Cold
Animal Collective - Buddies on the Backboard
Legowelt - Med Liquidium 1995
The Belair Lip Bombs - Again and Again
Slow Crush - Haven
Slow Crush - Cherry

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Best of 2025 - Part Two