Once again we have reached the end of a calendar year and one of the greatest days of the blogging year: the unveiling of my favorite songs of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year the process was as fun as I can recall. As you know, I keep a running list throughout the year, constantly shuffling songs in and out as they catch my fancy. When fall arrived this year I wasn\u2019t really sure about the songs I had stashed away for the final evaluation. But once I dove in I realized this was a pretty solid collection. Often when I begin that review process, I immediately delete a swath of tracks. This year, though, my list stayed pretty constant at around 30 songs. That kept the final size of this year\u2019s favorites in question until just a few days ago. In the end I saw a pretty clear delineation right around the #20 spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, I present my twenty favorite songs of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple other notes before we dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Be warned, there are a lot of gay songs this year. Well, the songs themselves aren\u2019t gay, but they are performed by queer artists and are about queer love. Although since I believe love is universal, their sentiments apply to us all. Unless you\u2019re a fascist and think we should deport the gays. If that\u2019s you, you\u2019re probably not reading this post or listening to the music I listen to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The geographic breakdown this year:
8 artists from the US
7 from the UK
2 from Australia
2 from Canada
1 from Ireland<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, honorable mention goes to the following bands, who each released multiple excellent tracks from excellent albums but weren\u2019t quite good enough to crack my top 20: Momma, Rocket, The Berries, and Snocaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
20 – \u201cForever\u201d – TTSSFU
Tasmin Stephens is one of the most innovative, daring, and interesting artists in the indie rock world at the moment. And here she made a song that would have sounded perfect in an \u201880s or \u201890s teen movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n