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19. The Purple Bird by Bonnie Prince Billy

Another fine album from Will using great Nashville musicians

Such an accomplished debut!

And we haven't even reached my top 10 yet 😅

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Richard's list

We've just discovered games on Netflix, where you get it up on the telly then use phones etc as controllers.

Can see this becoming a family addiction, it's ace!

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19. Drive to Goldenhammer by Divorce

Fantastic debut album from Nottingham band, Divorce. Their duel vocals work a treat here, and their brand of somewhat theatrical, alt-country tinged indie-rock, is surely taking them onto bigger and better things!

open.spotify.com/album/1j5F5Z...

There's also a pretty decent cover of Christian Brothers by Elliott Smith on the Deluxe version.

open.spotify.com/track/6kr5gd...

Listening to this one again. Shares similarities with the new Rocket album ... you might like it @ricrus77.bsky.social

For what it's worth, this scene is the single funniest thing I've ever seen in my life.

Remember watching it on Xmas Day with tears rolling down my face and a general inability to breathe!

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Here's every album I listened to on my personal 2025 music challenge (365 previously unheard albums) as well as personal ranking.

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Share an iconic scene

You're welcome 😊

There's not a lot separating all their albums, but Morbid Stuff pips it imo.

Hope you like it. Volume up 🙂

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20. Forever by Lilly Hiatt

Good tunes with a 90’s alt rock vibe.

A song kept alive by the greatest fans of any footy team! #NFFC

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20. Automatic by The Lumineers

I bucked the trend on this, it's not their most popular album! Musically more sparse, which gives the vocals & underlying message space to breathe. Still rustic, but a more cynical & bleak edge than is usual for them.

open.spotify.com/album/5WMQEz...

The 9000 different artists is an incredible stat! I've listened to pretty much nothing but 'new to me' artists this year and I'm currently at 1171 different ones, but that's probably because I've been listening to entire albums and not playlists.

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21.Fatal Optimist by Madi Diaz

Very stripped back break up album.

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21. Downpour by Charmer

The 1st of several emo-oriented albums in my top 25, it's broodily melancholic yet verging on anthemic, with overdriven, punchy grunge era guitars. Deeply introspective, influenced by the transition from youth into adulthood.

open.spotify.com/album/6RauAR...

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I could live without it. I'd be fine. Absolutely fine.

Apparently it's Ben G's fave album, and he's done it justice!

I've listened to Spotify for 59,190 minutes so far this year, I'd be a tad lost without it 😅

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22. Through this fire across from Peter Balkan by The Mountain Goats

Another fine album from a band that do love a concept album

Would definitely recommend this to anyone that harbor's any affection towards Teenage Fanclub!

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22. Bleeds by Wednesday

Whilst not quite hitting the chaotic peaks of RatSawGod, this is a more refined album and continues their fine form of making raw, intimate & erratic music that, for me, got better with each listen (at least initially).

open.spotify.com/album/29HKbQ...