A.V. Club's Best Albums of 2025 (So Far)

Japanese Breakfast, billy woods, Perfume Genius, and Bon Iver delivered some of our favorite albums of the year so far.

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# 1

hexed! by aya

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Deconstructed Club UK Bass

# 2

Only Dust Remains by Backxwash

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop

# 3

Album • Jan 05 / 2025 Reggaetón Caribbean Music

# 4

Cover The Mirrors by Ben Kweller

Album • May 30 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Indie Rock Slacker Rock

# 5

GOLLIWOG by billy woods

Album • May 09 / 2025 Experimental Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 6

SABLE, fABLE by Bon Iver

Album • Apr 11 / 2025 Pop Soul Art Pop

# 7

Lifetime by Erika de Casier

Album • May 08 / 2025 Downtempo Alternative R&B

# 8

EUSEXUA by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Electronic Dance Music Art Pop

# 9

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 10

Iris Silver Mist by Jenny Hval

Album • May 02 / 2025 Art Pop

# 11

Pirouette by Model/Actriz

Album • May 02 / 2025 Industrial Rock Dance-Punk

# 12

choke enough by Oklou

Album • Feb 07 / 2025 Alt-Pop Electronic

# 13

Glory by Perfume Genius

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 14

Album • Apr 18 / 2025

# 15

Evangelic Girl is a Gun by yeule

Album • May 30 / 2025 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Indietronica