Rough Trade's Albums of the Year 2025

Rough Trade's favourite albums of 2025 featuring Viagra Boys, Hayley Williams, Clipse, Samia, Lambrini Girls, Pulp, Geese, and more.

Published: November 11, 2025 14:54 Source

# 51

GOLLIWOG by billy woods

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

# 52

Night Life by The Horrors

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Darkwave Gothic Rock Alternative Rock

# 53

Birthing by Swans

Album • May 30 / 2025 Post-Rock Experimental Rock

# 54

Dead Channel Sky by clipping.

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Industrial Hip Hop Electronic Dance Music

# 55

LOVED by Parcels

Album • Sep 12 / 2025 Soft Rock Boogie

# 56

Till the Morning by Brian D'Addario

Album • Mar 20 / 2025 Folk Rock Pop Rock Singer-Songwriter

# 57

Evangelic Girl is a Gun by yeule

Album • May 30 / 2025 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Indietronica

# 58

Oblivion by Alice Phoebe Lou

Album • Oct 24 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter

# 59

The Art of Loving by Olivia Dean

Album • Sep 26 / 2025 Pop Soul

# 60

Music Can Hear Us by DJ Koze

Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Electronic Dance Music

# 61

Iconoclasts by Anna von Hausswolff

Album • Oct 31 / 2025 Art Rock Post-Rock

# 62

The Clearing by Wolf Alice

Album • Aug 22 / 2025 Soft Rock

# 63

The Hives Forever Forever The Hives by The Hives

Album • Aug 29 / 2025 Garage Rock Revival

# 64

Paradise Now by Obongjayar

Album • May 30 / 2025 Alternative R&B

# 65

Instant Holograms On Metal Film by Stereolab

Album • May 23 / 2025 Neo-Psychedelia Indie Pop Ambient Pop Indie Rock

# 66

Worldwide by Snõõper

Album • Oct 03 / 2025 Garage Punk

# 67

The Collapse of Everything by Adrian Sherwood

Album • Aug 22 / 2025

# 68

Showbiz! by MIKE

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

# 69

Luminescent Creatures by Ichiko Aoba

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Folk

# 70

God Save The Gun by Militarie Gun

Album • Oct 17 / 2025 Indie Rock Post-Hardcore

# 71

Motionblur by Split Chain

Album • Jul 11 / 2025 Alternative Metal Shoegaze

# 72

moisturizer by Wet Leg

Album • Jul 11 / 2025 Indie Rock

# 73

Phonetics On and On by Horsegirl

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Indie Rock Indie Pop C86

# 74

Death Mask by Death In Vegas

Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Industrial Techno Acid Techno Ambient Techno

# 75

Very Human Features by The Bug Club

Album • Jun 13 / 2025 Indie Rock

# 76

Who Is The Sky? by David Byrne

Album • Sep 05 / 2025 Art Pop Chamber Pop

# 77

Cutthroat by shame

Album • Sep 05 / 2025 Post-Punk Revival

# 78

Happiness Is Going To Get You by Allie X

Album • Nov 07 / 2025 Alt-Pop

# 79

Bin Juice by The Lovely Eggs

Album • Oct 17 / 2025

# 80

yes, please. by Sextile

Album • May 02 / 2025 Electroclash Synth Punk

# 81

Welcome to My Blue Sky by Momma

Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Alternative Rock Indie Rock

# 82

A Dawning by Ólafur Arnalds + Talos

Album • Jul 11 / 2025

# 83

Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom by The Delines

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Country Soul Chamber Pop

# 84

Heavy Metal by Cameron Winter

Album • Dec 06 / 2024 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk Chamber Folk

# 85

NATIONAL AVERAGE. by BIG SPECIAL

Album • Jul 04 / 2025 Post-Punk Post-Punk Revival

# 86

black british music (2025) by Jim Legxacy

Album • Jul 18 / 2025 Pop Rap UK Hip Hop

# 87

Self Titled by Kae Tempest

Album • Jul 04 / 2025 Conscious Hip Hop UK Hip Hop

# 88

Parasites & Butterflies by Nova Twins

Album • Aug 29 / 2025 Industrial Rock Rap Rock Alternative Rock

# 89

Humanhood by The Weather Station

Album • Jan 17 / 2025 Art Pop Art Rock

# 90

Heard Noises by Matt Berry

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Psychedelic Pop Psychedelic Rock

# 91

Trouble by Gina Birch

Album • Jul 11 / 2025

# 92

Heartache in Room 14 by The Altons

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Smooth Soul

# 93

New Place by Pale Blue Eyes

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Indie Rock Dream Pop

# 94

A Study of Losses by Beirut

Album • Apr 18 / 2025 Chamber Pop Chamber Folk Indie Folk Soundtrack

# 95

LOTTO by They Are Gutting a Body of Water

Album • Oct 17 / 2025 Shoegaze Noise Pop

# 96

Bleeds by Wednesday

Album • Sep 19 / 2025 Slacker Rock Alt-Country

# 97

Last Missouri Exit by Case Oats

Album • Aug 22 / 2025 Alt-Country

# 98

Straight Line Was a Lie by The Beths

Album • Aug 29 / 2025 Indie Rock Indie Pop

# 99

Strawberries by Robert Forster

Album • May 23 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Folk Rock

# 100

Decius Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience) by Decius

Album • Jan 31 / 2025 Acid House Tech House