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for me, honestly, it's not a matter of genres or even generations, but a matter of inflation. Primavera sound stopped being an alternative or indie festival a long long time ago; nowadays, it's on the same level as coachella, which is the pinnacle of capitalism and the drive to make things profitable, over time, if you want to have the 6 most influential or biggest artists of the year, you will inevitably have to sacrifice part of the rest of the lineup and the prices will have to increase... honestly, as of today, it makes no sense to spend the incredible amount of money the festival costs if you're not going to see the big names that make it worth it... that's just how it is, and we have to accept it
IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.
I’ve finished my final Top 20. I’ve just been messing around with it so much these last few days, listening back to albums over and over, and I’m starting to do my own head in a bit with it so I’ve decided I need to cut it off at some point so I’m doing it now 😂
With that in mind, here are my Top 20 Albums of 2025:
1. Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
2. Poppy - Negative Spaces
3. Heriot - Devoured By The Mouth of Hell
4. Fontaines D.C. - Romance
5. Kublai Khan TX - Exhibition of Prowess
6. Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed To
7. Sabrina Carpenter - Short n’ Sweet
8. Justice - Hyperdrama
9. The Story So Far - I Want To Disappear
10. Touché Amoré - Spiral in a Straight Line
11. Boundaries - Death Is Little More
12. 200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic Procedures
13. Speed - ONLY ONE MODE
14. Fu Manchu - The Return of Tomorrow
15. Unto Others - Never, Neverland
16. Bleachers - Bleachers
17. Jamie xx - In Waves
18. Wristmeetrazor - Degeneration
19. Swamp Coffin - Drowning Glory
20. Drug Church - PRUDE
Here are my Top EPs:
1. Counterparts - Heaven Let Them Die
2. Little Simz - Drop 7
3. Sylosis - The Path
4. Fleshgate - Violent Nature
5. Bodysnatcher - Vile Conduct
6. Simulakra - Reincarnation