Here are some of our favorite releases from May 2025 — listed in no particular order and grouped by genre. Most of these are also featured in our New Tracks and New Albums playlists on Spotify.

P.S. We update these lists throughout the year as we come across more standout releases — it’s impossible to catch everything right away 🙂 If we’ve missed something great, feel free to let us know in the comments!

AMBIENT

Albums

• Deaf Center – Reverie
  RIYL: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Neoclassical
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Hammock – Requiem For Johan
  RIYL: Ambient
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Almost An Island – What Got Us To Our Feet
  RIYL: Ambient
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Jordan Critz – Riviere
  RIYL: Cinematic, Neoclassical, Ambient
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Organ Mountain, Ghost & Hollow – Maranatha
  RIYL: Ambient, Cinematic
  LISTEN: Spotify 

ELECTRONIC

Albums

• N/A

Singles & EPs

• Arms And Sleepers – Muse
  RIYL: Downtempo, Trip Hop, Indietronica
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Pølaroit, Canea Quartett, Abbott – A Thread
  RIYL: Deep House, Downtempo
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Damian Boylan – Gossamer
  RIYL: Ambient-Electronic, Downtempo, Ambient Techno
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Idioteque, Isa Sin – 34, 33
  RIYL: Trip Hop, Downtempo
  LISTEN: Spotify

INDIE-ALT/FOLK

Albums

• Watchhouse – Rituals
  RIYL: Indie Folk
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• N/A

JAZZ FUSION

Albums

• Rumpistol – Nebula
  RIYL: Nu Jazz, Jazztronica
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Amero – Woe, Corgi Be Upon Ye
  RIYL: Progressive Jazz Fusion, Progressive Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Seraphine Noir, Mauricesax – Verdigris
  RIYL: Nu Jazz, Jazztronica
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Gus Hurteau – There’s Still Time To Regret Everything
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, jazz Fusion
  LISTEN: Spotify 

METAL

Albums

• Rivers Of Nihil – Rivers Of Nihil
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, Death Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Vildhjarta – + där skogen sjunger under evighetens granar +
  RIYL: Progressive Metal, Math Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• Ithaca – Ithaca
  RIYL: Post-hardcore, Alternative Metal, Metalcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Babymetal, Slaughter To Prevail – Song3
  RIYL: Nu Metal, Alternative Metal, Deathcore
  LISTEN: Spotify | YouTube

• Amiensus – Fields Of Emerald Fire
  RIYL: Atmospheric Black Metal, Progressive Black Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Mors Principium Est – Of Death
  RIYL: Melodic Death Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Dimscûa – The Dusteater
  RIYL: Post-metal, Atmospheric Sludge Metal
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

ROCK

Albums

• Bouquet – Feel In Color
  RIYL: Post-hardcore, Emogaze
  LISTEN: Spotify 

• Swans – Birthing
  RIYL: Post-punk, Noise rock, Drone, Post-rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Grails – Miracle Music
  RIYL: Ambient, Experimental Rock, Post-rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Holy Mountain Mavericks – Comfortable Sounds For Uncomfortable Times Vol I
  RIYL: Midwest Emo, Math Rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

Singles & EPs

• L.O.E – I Was Not Magnificent
  RIYL: Post-rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Grapefruit Astronauts – Duck King
  RIYL: Progressive Rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Picture Postcard – Returning
  RIYL: Alt Rock, Grungegaze, Shoegaze
  LISTEN: Spotify

• Slow Quit – Slowly Quitting
  RIYL: Shoegaze, Alternative Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Greet Death – Motherfucker
  RIYL: Shoegaze, Dream Pop, Emogaze
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

• Elusive Arizona – Longing For Solitude
  RIYL: Post-rock, Instrumental Rock
  LISTEN: Spotify | Bandcamp

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