Treble's 40 Best Albums of 2025 So Far

As we reach the halfway point, we survey 40 of the best albums of 2025 so far, from jazz legends to noise rock upstarts

Published: June 10, 2025 14:18 Source

# 1

Alan Sparhawk with Trampled by Turtles by Alan Sparhawk + Trampled By Turtles

Album • May 30 / 2025

# 2

After the Last Sky by Anouar Brahem + Anja Lechner + Django Bates + Dave Holland

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Chamber Jazz Arabic Jazz

# 3

Only Dust Remains by Backxwash

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

# 4

Birthmarks by BAMBARA

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Gothic Rock Post-Punk

# 5

Stochastic Drift by Barker

Album • Apr 04 / 2025 IDM Ambient Techno

# 6

GOLLIWOG by billy woods

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

# 7

Halo On The Inside by Circuit des Yeux

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Post-Industrial Darkwave Art Pop

# 8

Last Leg of the Human Table by Cloakroom

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Shoegaze

# 9

Nothing by DARKSIDE

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Neo-Psychedelia Electronic Art Rock

# 10

Lonely People With Power by Deafheaven

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Blackgaze Post-Metal

# 11

Dan's Boogie by Destroyer

Album • Mar 28 / 2025 Art Rock Art Pop

# 12

Never Exhale by Ditz

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Post-Punk Noise Rock

# 13

A Trick of the Light by Eli Winter

Album • May 02 / 2025

# 14

Weirdo by Emma-Jean Thackray

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Jazz Fusion

# 15

EUSEXUA by FKA twigs

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Electronic Dance Music Art Pop

# 16

Soft Spot by Honningbarna

Album • Feb 28 / 2025 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 17

Phonetics On and On by Horsegirl

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Indie Rock Indie Pop C86

# 18

For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) by Japanese Breakfast

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Indie Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 19

Waiting Room by Kathryn Mohr

Album • Jan 24 / 2025 Avant-Folk Dark Folk

# 20

Ripped and Torn by Lifeguard

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

# 21

New Dawn by Marshall Allen

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Third Stream Cool Jazz

# 22

Magic, Alive! by McKinley Dixon

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

# 23

The Spin by Messa

Album • Apr 11 / 2025 Doom Metal

# 24

Pirouette by Model/Actriz

Album • May 02 / 2025 Industrial Rock Dance-Punk

# 25

Flamingo Tower by Monde UFO

Album • Mar 07 / 2025 Neo-Psychedelia Jazz-Rock

# 26

Another Place by Pachyman

Album • May 23 / 2025 Dub

# 27

Black’!Antique by Pink Siifu

Album • Jan 27 / 2025 Experimental Hip Hop Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 28

More by Pulp

Album • Jun 06 / 2025 Art Rock

# 29

End of the Middle by Richard Dawson

Album • Feb 14 / 2025 Singer-Songwriter Progressive Folk

# 30

The Return Of Magik by Rwake

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Sludge Metal

# 31

Are We All Angels by Scowl

Album • Apr 04 / 2025 Alternative Rock Melodic Hardcore

# 33

Radio DDR by Sharp Pins

Album • May 19 / 2024

# 34

Cowards by Squid

Album • Feb 07 / 2025 Post-Rock Art Rock Experimental Rock

# 35

Instant Holograms On Metal Film by Stereolab

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

# 36

The Film by Sumac + Moor Mother

Album • Apr 25 / 2025 Poetry Atmospheric Sludge Metal Avant-Garde Metal

# 37

Whatever the Weather II by Whatever The Weather

Album • Mar 14 / 2025 Ambient Glitch

# 38

Black Rain Falls by Wren

Album • Feb 21 / 2025 Atmospheric Sludge Metal Sludge Metal

# 39

Power Sucker by Young Widows

Album • Mar 21 / 2025 Post-Hardcore Noise Rock

# 40

Alluvion by Mizmor + Hell

Album • Apr 04 / 2025