I've always considered The Weeknd the most consistent modern, popular artist when it comes to albums, consistently dropping 7/10 albums.
I'd now argue Joji is a contender because every single project of his is a disappointing 5/10.
2026 emo playlist. Just hit 20 songs, one per artist. Will be keeping updated all year.
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The entirety of this new album from The Lampreys is amazing, but I can't stop playing "My Dreams Always Haunt Me" in particular.
It's like The Strokes and J Dilla made the best song of all time back in the early 2000s and bottled it up until just now.
My 25 favorite emo projects of 2025.
Narrowed this down from ~75 records I thoroughly enjoyed of the few hundred I heard. It's roughly in order from 1-25. I cut a lot of good stuff, and there's plenty I never got around to. Cheers to 2026!
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Hello, dead app. My best emo songs of the year playlist will be out by year's end. That is all. Merry Christmas and whatnot.
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS A CHARITY COVER ALBUM OF @cheekface.bsky.social TRACKS HAS HIT BANDCAMP. cheekcordcharitycomp.bandcamp.com
FIVE AMERICAN DOLLARS!
SUPPORTS:
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights
National Immigration Justice Project
Chicago Community Jail Support
Lavender Rights Project
One of the wildest parts of the Luigi story is that he didn’t actually do it lol
We’ve been saying that since day one
@sephirothtits.bsky.social
If you like any of the artists named, I'd recommend putting the time aside to hear one of the most exciting and compelling records of 2025. I'm gobsmacked.
Here's every artist this album made me think of:
JPEGMAFIA
Injury Reserve
Brian Eno
The Avalanches
Tommy Wright III
Autechre
Frank Ocean
Jane Remover
Arca
Slauson Malone
Don Salsa
$ilkMoney
RXK Nephew
Sweet Trip
Flying Lotus
Any vaporwave artist
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All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
My favorite song of the year so far. The perfect modern folk song. Excellent songwriting and structure, stellar playing, clever lyrics, and wonderful production courtesy of Philip Weinrobe. I can't stop replaying it.
??? Crazy takeaway
I still have A LOT to listen to, but these are my favorite emo releases of the year so far.
I still have A LOT to listen to, but these are my favorite emo releases of the year so far.
I’m a simple man: I see a Dalton rec, and I hit play. Bonus points for a Harlan Ellison reference. This rips my face clean off.
Best screamo vocals I've heard all year, bar none. Master is great, too; the bass sounds amazing. Massachusetts screamo on top yet again.
Holy shit.
Two coworkers of mine have been arguing politics for the past two hours, and I'm almost at the point of splattering my brains on the wall if I have to hear another second.
That new Pokémon demo looks really promising. I can't wait for them to drop the actual game after another year or two of development.
If I had a genie, I'd wish for Game Freak to be turned into a living person, and then I'd beat that person to death with hammers.
The worst part is that the songwriting—and what I can hear of the performances—is really solid. There's a good album hidden in here, but you'd need a remaster to uncover it.
Listening to a midwest emo record I found through reels, and it's a premier example of why mixing is so important.
Every song here wants to be dynamic, but it all falls flat. It's the sonic equivalent to a wet paper towel. It sounds as if it were recorded inside a ziploc bag.
NEW OAKWOOD SONG WHAT?!
Very amusing that an emo band dropped the best ambient song of 2025. music.apple.com/us/album/ret...
