Year-End Lists

A Closer Listen: The Top 20 Albums of 2025

1. Okkyung Lee
   just like any other day (어느날) : background music for your mundane activities
2. Gwenifer Raymond
   Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark
3. Patrick Shiroishi
   Forgetting Is Violent
4. Yara Asmar
   everyone I love is sleeping and I love them so so much
5. Whatever The Weather
   Whatever The Weather II
6. Ludwig Göransson
   Sinners (Original Motion Picture Score)
7. Sara Persico
   Sphaîra
8. Lyra Pramuk
   Hymnal
9. various artists
   Only Sounds That Tremble Through Us |
10. Macie Stewart
    When the Distance is Blue
11. Jake Muir
    Campana Sonans
12. Katarina Gryvul
    SPOMYN
13. µ-Ziq
    1979
14. Concepción Huerta
    El Sol de los Muertos
15. Aho Ssan & Resina
    Ego Death
16. Kieran Hebden + William Tyler
    41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s
17. Polje
    Incomplete
18. Natalie Beridze
    Street Life
19. Hammock
    Nevertheless
20. Disiniblud
    Disiniblud