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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

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July

Last Updated: 25.08.08

Let God Sort Em Out

Artist: Clipse | Release Date: 2025.07.11

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  • Pharrel solo stuff pretty trash, but he do be making beats.
  • Didn't really know much about them besides Grindin' before this comeback. Apparently one of them became a priest for a while?
  • Favorite Tracks: P.O.V., E.B.I.T.D.A., Inglorious Bastards
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NEW CAR

Artist: ๋ฅ˜์ˆ˜์ • (Ryu Sujeong) | Release Date: 2025.07.25

  • Pop of varying styles with tinges of rock.
  • Apparently "Venus & a bowl soup" is inspired by Gilmore Girls. Pretty funny.
  • Love when an idol grows into more of a musician, but I haven't been into much of her output so far.
  • Favorite Tracks: ๋น„๋ฐ”๋žŒ (Bibaram), Beautiful
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DON'T TAP THE GLASS

Artist: Tyler, The Creator | Release Date: 2025.07.21

  • Sweaty, unhinged, cathartic fun.
  • Old school synths and talkbox keeping the focus on making bodies move.
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  • Favorite Tracks: Sugar On My Tongue, Sucka Free, Stop Playing With Me, Don't You Worry Baby
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Run Club

Artist: Sam Gendel | Release Date: 2025.07.18

  • Real short, off-kilter, no saxophone.
  • Last track all of a sudden generative Morrowind BGM.
  • Definitely would not run to this music.
  • Favorite Tracks: I Strongly Believe in the Power of Making the Bed
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Acelero

Artist: Crizin da Z.O. | Release Date: 2024.01.18

  • Loud, dystopic, funky, experimental Brazilian music.
  • Good mix of genres, similar vocal flow throughout.
  • More of a collection of tracks to put in a DJ set rather than a whole album listening experience.
  • Favorite Tracks: O Fim Um, Festa da Carne, Simulado, Acelerado
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Ochestrator Emulator

Artist: The 8-Bit Big Band | Release Date: 2025.07.18

  • I like their mission of recording and reinterpreting game music, treating it like how jazz artists played with popular movie songs.
  • Maybe a little too much Mario on one album, but the Galaxy track definitely deserves its spot.
  • Happy to see some choro representation out here. Gotta dust off my pandeiro.
  • Favorite Tracks: No More What Ifs, Space Junk Road, Kass' Theme (Choro Version)
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์ˆจ์€ ๊ทธ๋ฆผ (Hidden Picture)

Artist: ๋†€์ด๋„๊ฐ (Noridogam) | Release Date: 2020.10.29

  • Understated, laidback, scenic, gentle.
  • I was looking up who fixed the mixing on a live performance Silica Gel did for TV. Found out that he's their guitarist and not only did he fix it himself, but he also has solo work.
  • A little Mac DeMarco, little 60s or 70s rock/folk rock, little 00s Korean acoustic soloist.
  • Favorite Tracks: ์ˆจ์€ ๊ทธ๋ฆผ (Hidden Picture), ์šฐ๊ธฐ (Rainy Days), ์†Œ๋‚˜๋ฌด์Šพ์˜ ์ „์„ค (The Legend of Pine Forest)
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Downward Is Heavenward

Artist: HUM | Release Date: 1998.01.27

  • Crunchy, warm 90s rock. Like Pearl Jam?
  • A few cool riffs, lots of fuzzy, nice acoustic guitar here and there.
  • It kind of launches my brain into focusing on anything else. Would probably enjoy it better actually feeling the sound live.
  • Favorite Tracks: Comin' Home, If You Are To Bloom
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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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