Paste's 40 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

Paste Magazine's picks for the 40 best albums of 2025 so far: Fust, Perfume Genius, Saya Gray, MIKE, Ela Minus, yeule, and more.

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# 1

Only Dust Remains by Backxwash

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

# 2

DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS by Bad Bunny

Album • Jan 05 / 2025 Reggaetón Caribbean Music

# 3

LOWER by Benjamin Booker

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Art Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 4

GOLLIWOG by billy woods

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

# 5

caroline 2 by caroline

Album • May 30 / 2025 Post-Rock Avant-Folk

# 6

Losin' by Colin Miller

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter

# 7

Lonely People With Power by Deafheaven

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 8

Moneyball by Dutch Interior

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Alt-Country Folk Rock

# 9

DÍA by Ela Minus

Album • Jan 17 / 2025 Electropop

# 10

Luminescent Creatures by Ichiko Aoba

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 11

EUSEXUA by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Electronic Dance Music Art Pop

# 12

Sounds Like... by Florry

Album • May 23 / 2025 Country Rock Alt-Country

# 13

Big Ugly by Fust

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Indie Rock Alt-Country

# 14

Phonetics On and On by Horsegirl

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Indie Rock Indie Pop C86

# 15

Revengeseekerz by Jane Remover

Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Digicore Experimental Hip Hop Electronic Dance Music

# 16

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 17

MAYHEM by Lady Gaga

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Dance-Pop Electropop

# 18

Ripped and Torn by Lifeguard

Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Noise Rock Post-Punk Slacker Rock

# 19

Tonky by Lonnie Holley

Album • Mar 21 / 2025

# 21

Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name by Lucy Liyou

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 22

Magic, Alive! by McKinley Dixon

Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop

# 23

Showbiz! by MIKE

Album • Jan 31 / 2025 Abstract Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop

# 24

Something Beautiful by Miley Cyrus

Album • May 30 / 2025 Pop Rock

# 25

Pirouette by Model/Actriz

Album • May 02 / 2025 Industrial Rock Dance-Punk

# 26

Hotel Paradiso by Moon Mullins

Album • May 02 / 2025

# 27

Cancionera by Natalia Lafourcade

Album • Apr 24 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Mexican Folk Music

# 28

You Are Always On My Mind by OHYUNG

Album • Mar 28 / 2025

# 29

choke enough by Oklou

Album • Feb 07 / 2025 Alt-Pop Electronic

# 30

Of The Highway. by Oldstar

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Alt-Country Country Rock

# 31

Glory by Perfume Genius

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Art Pop

# 32

From The Private Collection of Saba and No ID by Saba + No ID

Album • Mar 18 / 2025 Jazz Rap Conscious Hip Hop

# 33

People Watching by Sam Fender

Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Heartland Rock

# 34

Bloodless by Samia

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 35

SAYA by Saya Gray

Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Art Pop

# 36

Mortal Primetime by Sunflower Bean

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Indie Rock Alternative Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 37

Cotton Crown by The Tubs

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Jangle Pop Power Pop Indie Rock

# 38

Evangelic Girl is a Gun by yeule

Album • May 30 / 2025 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Indietronica

# 39

45 Pounds by YHWH Nailgun

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Experimental Rock Neo-Psychedelia

# 40

Rarely Do I Dream by Youth Lagoon

Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Indie Pop