Year-End Lists

Gabbie: Best Albums of 2025, as published by New Bands for Old Heads. Presented in four tiers, with albums in alphabetical order within each tier. Numbers do not indicate preference.

Albums Worthy of a #1 Slot

1. Foxwarren
   2
2. John Michel & Anthony James
   Egotrip
3. McKinley Dixon
   Magic, Alive!
4. The New Eves
   The New Eve Is Rising
5. Prewn
   System
6. Smerz
   Big City Life
7. Um, Jennifer?
   Um Comma Jennifer Question Mark
8. Victor Jones
   Zookeeper

Albums Worthy of a Top 10 List

1. Anna von Hausswolff
   Iconoclasts
2. Chime Oblivion
   Chime Oblivion
3. clipping.
   Dead Channel Sky
4. Daughter of Swords
   Alex
5. Deep Sea Diver
   Billboard Heart
6. Doseone & Steel Tipped Dove
   All Portrait, No Chorus
7. GANS
   Good for the Soul
8. Hilary Woods
   Night CRIÚ
9. Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
   Electric War
10. Natalie Bergman
    My Home Is Not in This World
11. Nourished by Time
    The Passionate Ones
12. Open Mike Eagle
    Neighborhood Gods Unlimited
13. pôt-pot
    Warsaw 480km
14. Shame
    Cutthroat
15. Water From Your Eyes
    It's a Beautiful Place

Albums Worthy of a Top 50 List

1. The Convenience
   Like Cartoon Vampires
2. Deradoorian
   Ready for Heaven
3. Gelli Haha
   Switcheroo
4. Greg Freeman
   Burnover
5. Heartworms
   Glutton for Punishment
6. Long Fling
   Long Fling
7. Norman Sann
   The Audition
8. Paper Lady
   Idle Fate
9. Rocket
   R Is for Rocket
10. Saya Gray
    Saya
11. Self Improvement
    Syndrome
12. Sharp Pins
    Radio DDR
13. Spellling
    Portrait of My Heart
14. Titanic
    Hagen
15. Your Grandparents
    The Dial

Noteworthy Releases

1. Artificial Go
   Musical Chairs
2. Automatic
   Is It Now?
3. Blanco Teta
   La Debacle de las Divas
4. Cleo Reed
   Cuntry
5. Dez Dare
   Cheryl! Your Love Shines Down Like a Supernova’s Death
6. The Discussion
   All the Pretty Flowers
7. La Dispute
   No One Was Driving the Car
8. Lael Neale
   Altogether Stranger
9. Lake Ruth
   Hawking Radiation
10. Lucy Gooch
    Desert Window
11. Maiya Blaney
    A Room With A Door That Closes
12. Marie Davidson
    City of Clowns
13. Maura Weaver
    Strange Devotion
14. Ninajirachi
    I Love My Computer
15. Peki Momés
    Peki Momés
16. Phoebe Rings
    Aseurai
17. Shepparton Airplane
    Forecast
18. TVOD
    Party Time
19. Twen
    Fate Euphoric
20. Upchuck
    I'm Nice Now