Favourite EPs of 2025

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I love EPs and definitely feel I must’ve missed a whole bunch this year. What were your favourites? Descriptions help!

Some of mine:

Blue Lake - Weft
Warm folky ambient instrumentals

DJ Python - I was put on this earth
The electronic/reggaeton producer brings more vocals into his chilled mix

georg-i & Older Brother - Warm Skin EP
The ghost of Mezzanine era Massive Attack looms large over this.

MUN SING - Frolic
Saw them support Model/Actriz and they were delightfully mental and this captures that sound completely. Punishing beats and warped techno mix with ambient washes and ultra processed vocals.

Kelly Lee Owens - KELLY
Have loved KLO up until last year’s Dreamstate, which oddly did nothing for me. But this is much better, and captures some of the more techno-y feel of her debut album, but still looking fowards.

Sex Week - Upper Mezzanine
Still a terrible band name, but these tracks are a more sophisticated and interesting evolution of their debut album’s alternative indie pop sound.

The Null Club - The Null Club
1/3 of Gilla Band made this brilliant experimental noise pop EP with great guest vocal spots. Favourite EP of the year.

Penelope Trappes - Æternum EP
Her album from this year is one of my AOTYs and this is more of her beautifully dark and vaporous ambient pop.

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Alex Kassian - Body Singer

Krautrock, Balearic, Ambient, that’s what Discogs says anyway. My most played piece of music from 2025, it’s a total joy.

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Same! Been on constant rotation.

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MSPAINT - No Separation

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Same Deep Water - Will I Still Wake Waiting To Be Something.

Skramz!

Khotin - Peace Portal

Nice nostalgic electronica.

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More than I thought don’t even know if they are still on band camp

BAR:LOW - BAR:LOW 1 & 2
Dean Blunt - Lucre
Silkback - Data
Bruxism - Bruxism
Dawuna - Love Jaunt
Ruthven - Preognition

Think that’s it there have been a few good 7 inches this year Elaine Howley’s release for the Modern Love series in particular.

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TTSSFU - Blown

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she’s green - Chrysalis

The first two tracks in particular are some of the finest shoegaze that these ears have been blessed with.

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Oh yeah, forgot about

Sofia Kourtesis - Volver

At 28 minutes I might allow it into my top 50 of the year.

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Not sure whether it was a min-album or EP but Winter Gardens released this lovely bit of showgaze. https://wintergardensband.bandcamp.com/album/uncomfortable-unlovable

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that’s just an album!

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both will make my top 50 list

Wishy - Planet Popstar

More perfect shoegaze-fuzz-pop after last year’s great debut

Sarah/Shaun - Someone’s Ghost

Lovely shiny Scottish dream-pop, reminds me quite a bit of School of Seven Bells. Good live too

Not a standalone release but the deluxe version of Momma’s Welcome to My Blue Sky would count if they’d just released it separately - 4 great new tracks and a good cover, that should be an EP!

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Mould - Almost Feels like Purpose

For those of a certain vintage has very strong Tanner or maybe Drive Like Jehu vibes or for a more recent reference Future Of The Left. Very excited for the debut early next year.

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Death Goals - Survival is an Act of Defiance

Queercore, excellent live band as well.

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Rosy Overdrive has Pacing’s 9 tracks in 12 minutes EP/mini-album at number 1 in their best of list and I loved that one - Kimya Dawson-esque anti-folk by Katie McTigue. Her full album released later in the year was great too.

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Good old MSPAINT

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I always forget what EPs I listen to. Actually remember some this year…

These are both excellent

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Some of my favourites in chronological order

hey, nothing - 33° (indie with sparks of Midwest emo)

Drunk Uncle - Fiction Years II (noodly mathy upbeat emo)

Sunday 1994 - Devotion (moody dream pop)

Aisle Knot - Aisle Knot (slow, sad indie)

Thomas Dollbaum - Drive All Night (plainspoken folk-country)

Guest Room Status - Eventually? (Power pop, emo)

Perinneal - Perinneal '65 (garage rock)

And that pacing mini album is great as well

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Adore this, played it to death. A discovery I can thank DiS for (think it was @plasticniki who mentioned it in the new releases thread)

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Mrcy - Volume 2

These guys will be the next Jungle, Gabriels, Black Pumas taking up sunny Saturday afternoon slots at festivals near you soon. British duo on Dead Oceans, so have a big label behind them. Hoping for a debut album in 2026. See also: Volume 1.