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Album Logs

A list of albums I have listened to in the year 2025.

Includes first-time listens and the occasional revisited work I have something to say about.

New content is added to the top of the list.

Ratings are based on my personal enjoyment at time of writing on a scale ranging from

"I don't think I'll listen to this again. โ˜…โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†โ˜†" to "This album has given me life. โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…โ˜…".

July

Last Updated: 25.07.16

Catching Chickens EP

Artist: Nourished By Time | Release Date: 2024.03.22

  • More energy, but the energy still mellow in a good way. More guitar, too.
  • A wide range of styles tried out in a tracklist totaling only five.
  • Endearing in its timbre. Authentic in its heart. Might not shine as bright to me though after listening so soon after EB2.
  • Favorite Tracks: Hand On Me, Had Ya Called
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A Montage of ( )

Artist: VIVIZ | Release Date: 2025.07.08

  • The single sounds like a title track for a much newer, more minor group.
  • Not sure what image they're pushing with this music. Feels like after all this time they still don't have a unique color.
  • Gfriend was one of my favorite groups, so I be out here rooting for them all, but I can't say I be listening to much.
  • Favorite Tracks: La La Love Me, Hands Off My Heart
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Episode 25

Artist: ์กฐ์œ ๋ฆฌ (Jo Yuri) | Release Date: 2025.07.14

  • Starts off with a bright, sentimental rock single. Completely of the current meta of kpop soloists learning how to do a power chord and doing a QWER/Day6 inspired song, but nonetheless well done.
  • Second track has the structure of a ballad, but with a beat that's both laidback and uptempo plus literal dog and cat sounds. Older (track 3), and newer (track 4) RnB inspired tracks follow. Reminds me of her last EP "Love All".
  • Last track is a darker pop song with rock elements that reminds me of Choi Yena's "Wicked Love". Enjoyed the EP overall, but not sure if I'll feel the same way in a few months.
  • Favorite Tracks: ๊ฐœ์™€ ๊ณ ์–‘์ด์˜ ์‹œ๊ฐ„ (Growls and Purrs), ์ž ์ˆ˜ํ•ด (Going Under)
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ANTIHERO

Artist: ์•ˆ๋‹ค์˜ (Ahn Dayoung) | Release Date: 2020.11.20

  • Mellow rumbling, glacial tempos, a voice just below the surface.
  • A weighted blanket slightly rough to the touch.
  • Good to space out to.
  • Favorite Tracks: ์ง€๋ฌธ (Fingerprint), ๊นŠ๊ณ  ๋ง‘๊ฒŒ! (Submergence), ๋ฆฌ๋ณผ๋ฒ„ (Revolver)
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Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity

Artist: Jasmine Guffond | Release Date: 2025.07.03

  • A critique of technofeudalism and the contemporary landscape of ambient and drone music.
  • Interesting concept and very calming.
  • Love the brass and flute elements.
  • Favorite Tracks: Muzak for the Encouragement of Unproductivity Three
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Radial Gate

Artist: Sluice | Release Date: 2023.03.03

  • Ambient-y folk-y, americana type songs evoking imagery of warm, comforting times.
  • Cover gives off thrift store $1 vinyl bin energy.
  • Soundtrack to a winter morning.
  • Favorite Tracks: Ostern, Fourth of July
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Erotic Probiotic 2

Artist: Nourished by Time | Release Date: 2023.04.21

  • Quiet storm ahh voice singing the catchiest hooks over velvety beats.
  • Passionate, existential, introspective. Crying in the R&B club.
  • Could imagine this being a hidden gem from the myspace era. Downloading low quality mp3s and burning them on CDs for the car.
  • Favorite Tracks: Quantum Suicide, Daddy, Unbreak My Love
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COOL

Artist: ์ฃผํ˜œ๋ฆฐ (Joo Hyelin) | Release Date: 2024.02.27

  • That angry expression you make when you something tastes unbelievably good.
  • Each track a heavy hitter. Listening on headphones gave me goosebumps.
  • It's officially a kiss or fight summer.
  • Favorite Tracks: Kiss!, B-YUM
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Those Who Throw Objects at the Crocodiles Will Be Asked to Retrieve Them

Artist: Bruno Pernadas | Release Date: 2016.09.23

  • Genre-hopping jams that evolve at their own pace over the course of their runtimes.
  • Felt like being swept through the old city to the jungle to the desert to the sky to the...
  • You could even call it psychadelic, probably. I'm calling it that. Peace and love.
  • Favorite Tracks: Problem Number 6, Anywhere in Spacetime, Ya Ya Breathe
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