2025 "Best of the Rest" (Album Divers top 10 albums of the year)

About this episode

Trevor and Shane share their top 10 albums of 2025, discussing musical styles and personal connections to the music.

On this final episode of 2025, Trevor and Shane each select 5 albums and together compile their top 10 albums of the year. The ground rules were simple and were the same this year as prior years: 1. They couldn't select an album from 2025 that already had a "deep dive" episode. 2. They wouldn't be ranking their top 5 or the final top 10 in any particular order 3. They couldn't both select the same album. Finally, at the end of the episode, Shane and Trevor each announce their #1 album of the year, information they have not previously shared with one another until this moment recording. With these self-imposed rules in place, Trevor and Shane took turns sharing their picks for the year one by one. The list is as follows: Trevor: Tunng - Love You All Over Again, Sam Fender - People Watching, Perfume Genius - Glory, Turnstile - Never Enough, Reny Conti - Renny Conti Shane: Oklou - Choke Enough, Joshua Burnside - Teeth of Time, Lily Seabird - Trash Mountain, Alan Sparhawk - With Trampled by Turtles, Djon - Baby For each pick they discuss musical style, production choices, lyrical themes, notable tracks, and personal reactions — from cathartic indie-folk storytelling to experimental…

People in this episode

Hosts: Trevor, Shane

Topics covered

• top albums of the year
• music discussion
• album selection process
• personal reactions
• thematic analysis
• musical styles

Keywords

• 2025 albums
• music podcast
• album reviews
• indie-folk
• experimental pop
• hardcore energy

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Love You All Over Again, People Watching, Glory, Never Enough, Renny Conti, Choke Enough, Teeth of Time, Trash Mountain, With Trampled by Turtles, Baby