Year-End Lists

The Passionate Ones

• #1 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Paste
• #2 Best Albums of 2025: Northern Transmissions
• #2 Top 50 Albums of 2025: Anthony Fantano: The Needle Drop
• #3 Albums of 2025: Gorilla vs. Bear
• #6 The Top 10 Albums of 2025: Chris Richards: Washington Post
• #9 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Pitchfork
• #9 Best Albums of 2025: Obscure Sound
• #9 The 20 Best Albums of 2025: Dazed
• #9 Top 50 Albums of 2025: Beats Per Minute
• #11 Top 20 Albums of 2025: Rob Sheffield: Rolling Stone
• #14 The Best Albums of 2025: The Line of Best Fit
• #14 Favorite Albums of 2025: Grace Robins-Somerville
• #17 The 25 Best Albums of 2025: The Ringer
• #18 Albums of the Year 2025: Quietus
• #22 The 50 Best Albums Of 2025: Stereogum
• #25 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Consequence
• #25 Favorite Albums of 2025: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• #26 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Treble
• #28 50 Best Albums of 2025: The Alternative
• #28 The Top 50 Albums Of 2025: Still Listening
• #28 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: NME
• #31 Albums of the Year 2025: Clash
• #32 50 Best Albums of 2025: Exclaim
• #33 The Best Albums of 2025: No Ripcord
• #34 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Our Culture
• #36 Top 55 Albums of 2025: Brooklyn Vegan
• #42 The 100 Best Albums of 2025: Rolling Stone
• #50 The 50 Best Albums of 2025: Guardian
• #93 Top 100 Albums of 2025: Under the Radar

• Top 10 Albums of 2025: Sheldon Pearce: NPR: NPR Music
• 10 Favorite New Albums of 2025: Hazel Cills
• Best Albums of 2025: NPR: NPR Music
• Our Favourite Albums of 2025: Vinyl Factory
• My Favorite Albums of 2025: Kelsie Herzog: The Yellow Button Other albums loved in 2025
• 50 Best Albums of 2025: Alternative Press
• Favorite Albums of 2025: Steve Erickson Runner-up
• Best Albums of 2025: AllMusic

Catching Chickens

• #19 Albums of 2024: Gorilla vs. Bear
• #19 Favorite Albums Of 2024: Steven Hyden: Uproxx
• #22 The Best Records of 2024: Resident Advisor

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• #1 Albums of 2023: Gorilla vs. Bear
• #5 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Pitchfork
• #7 The Best Albums of 2023: Chris Richards: Washington Post
• #17 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: Paste
• #34 The 50 Best Albums Of 2023: Stereogum
• #36 Top 50 Albums of 2023: Beats Per Minute
• #36 The Top 50 Albums Of 2023: Still Listening
• #39 Albums of the Year 2023: Loud And Quiet
• #39 Best Albums of 2023: Uproxx: Uproxx Music Critics Poll
• #43 The 50 Best Albums of 2023: The Fader

• Top Ten Albums of 2023: Clémence Polès Farhang
• Our Favorite Albums, 2023: Tone Glow Received Three Votes
• Our Favourite Albums of 2023: Vinyl Factory
• The 12 Best Albums of 2023: Carl Wilson: Slate Runner-up