Each month, our Workers Picks column sees Consequence writers and editors spotlight a few of our favourite new music from the previous 4 weeks. Try the picks for the most effective albums of January 2025 beneath.
And identical to that, 1/twelfth of 2025 has handed us by — how time flies whenever you’re listening to good music! (Okay, technically 31/365ths, however don’t get pedantic on us…) Regardless of it being fairly early within the yr, loads of high-profile and underground artists alike have already come by means of with tasks that we’ll be listening to all 2025 lengthy. Dangerous Bunny continues to be on the high of his sport, Ethel Cain switched on darkish mode, FKA twigs stuns once more, and Mac Miller’s newest posthumous launch reveals new sides of a expertise we misplaced too quickly. Plus, much more!
Try the entire employees picks for our favourite albums of January 2025 beneath, listed in alphabetical order.
Dangerous Bunny — DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS
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<p>A transferring reflection on residence, reminiscence, and fame, Dangerous Bunny’s 2025 challenge may simply be described as his most private launch to this point. Even within the extra lighthearted tracks, his affection for his residence of Puerto Rico drips by means of the signature reggaeton-trap, however he by no means pulls again on the vitality and charisma that gained over so many followers in recent times. There’s a purpose he’s not simply one of many most-streamed artists on the planet, however a beloved one at that, and it’s all included in <em>DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS</em>. For anybody that hasn’t listened simply but, begin with the six-minute journey of “BAILE INoLVIDABLE” and get swept away from there. — <em>Mary Siroky</em></p>
<p>Stream: Apple Music | Amazon Music</p>
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Ethel Cain — Perverts
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<p>With <em>Perverts</em>, Ethel Cain takes the following step outlined within the playbook of how to achieve the trendy music business. The 1st step: Drop a compelling, if barely gloomy indie pop file with a definite aesthetic — <em>Preacher’s Daughter</em>. Step two: Get your most accessible songs trending on TikTok and domesticate one thing of a stan military. Step three: [checks notes] Unleash a nine-song, 90-minute EP of ambient drone tracks, noise experiments, and darkish slowcore. Wait… that may’t be proper.</p>
<p>Okay, so <em>Perverts </em>won’t rating Cain any new hits, however it was by no means meant to. <em>Perverts</em> is Cain following nothing however her personal creative pursuits, chart efficiency and TikTok be damned. What’s extra, the gathering isn’t merely an affordable imitation of outsider music, a toothless rise up towards her rising profile that’s off-putting for solely the sake of being off-putting. Slightly, it’s a genuinely well-executed tackle the subgenres Cain dips into, the product of somebody who clearly loves and appreciates the musical kinds she embraces. It’s a haunting, gorgeous closing consequence, and one of many boldest releases the scene has seen in years. — <em>Jonah Krueger</em></p>
<p>Stream: Apple Music | Amazon Music</p>
<h2>FKA twigs — <em>Eusexua</em></h2>
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She’s performed it once more, people: FKA twigs’ third album Eusexua is one other feat of digital and pop, proving as soon as extra that she’s utterly in her personal lane. Eusexua takes hefty sonic dangers whereas additionally emphasizing the smallest particulars and textures, presenting a kaleidoscope of dance music that by no means compromises her susceptible thesis. twigs facilities on themes of identification dissolution, intimacy, and the transformative energy of bodily alternate, whether or not by means of dance or intercourse. She additionally offers a few of her most exuberant, pop-forward cuts in her catalogue, like the wonderful “Woman Feels Good” and “Excellent Stranger.” When experiencing Eusexua, it’s arduous to not give up to FKA twigs’ enthralling, transcendent glow. — Paolo Ragusa
Stream: Apple Music | Amazon Music
Purchase: Vinyl
Excessive. — Come Again Down
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<p>New Jersey shoegazers Excessive. supplied a formidable debut this month, and a number of other of <em>Come Again Down</em>‘s heat rock songs are nonetheless ringing round my head. The quartet are for followers of newer shoegaze acts like Hotline TNT and Julie, or older hybrid favorites like Title Battle and From Indian Lakes — to not point out the unavoidable ’90s flavoring within the band’s streaks of guitars and hazy presentation. There’s a moody rigidity in every track between serenity and anguish, epitomized by the nice single “Catcher” and later reduce “Lifetimes.” There are such a lot of bands in Excessive.’s lane proper now, however they’ve nonetheless managed to place their robust songwriting and inimitable aura nicely on show. — <em>P. Ragusa</em></p>
<p>Stream: Apple Music | Amazon Music</p>
<p>Purchase: Vinyl</p>
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