SPRING Album Releases 2025: YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO MUSICAL BANKRUPTCY

(A running list of everything you need to hear - and probably can't afford)

New albums are dropping faster than your New Year's resolutions, and it's becoming increasingly impossible to stay in the know about them all. If keeping track feels like trying to count raindrops in a storm, here's your lighthouse. From Lady Gaga's arena-ready "Mayhem" to underground gems that'll make your algorithm question everything it knows about you, we're tracking every notable release dropping this spring.

Your 2025 Soundtrack Is About To Get Weird

The heavy hitters are out in force this year: Bon Iver's bringing their signature cryptic energy, Black Country, New Road's back to bring orchestral anxiety to the masses, and Lucy Dacus is here to make you cry in public (again). But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

THE FULL ROSTER:

Blondshell's coming for your introspective moments, while Panda Bear's here to twist your reality sideways. Destroyer's Dan Bejar never disappoints, and Charley Crockett's keeping country weird. The Horrors are still horrifyingly good, Mdou Moctar's confirming his guitar hero status, and Black Country, New Road are proving post-rock isn't dead, it just got more interesting. Sasami's ready to blow your speakers, Japanese Breakfast's got something for melancholy brunettes everywhere, and DJ Koze's sorting your 3 AM soundtrack. Perfume Genius is bringing beauty to chaos, Deafheaven's louder than your existential crisis, and Saya Gray's definitely one to watch. Throwing Muses are back (thank god), Edith Frost's in space (apparently), Yung Lean's uniting the sadboys, Baths is cleansing your musical palette, Youth Lagoon's rarely dreaming but frequently releasing, and Beirut's studying losses while creating gains.

This guide tracks all streaming and digital release dates

FEBRUARY RELEASES

February 20

• Baalti: Mela EP [Steel City Dance Discs]

February 21

• Baths: Gut [Basement's Basement]

• Kelora: Sleepers [True Panther]

• Nao: Jupiter [RCA]

• Pissgrave: Malignant Worthlessness [Profound Lore]

• Porridge Radio: The Machine Starts to Sing EP [Secretly Canadian]

• Q Lazzarus: Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus [Sacred Bones]

• Sam Fender: People Watching [Capitol]

• Saya Gray: Saya [Dirty Hit]

• Tate McRae: So Close to What [RCA]

• Ted Lucas: Ted Lucas (Extended) [Third Man]

• Tim Hecker: Shards [Kranky]

• Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream [Fat Possum]

February 27

• Rebecca Black: Salvation [self-released] (Yes, that Rebecca Black)

February 28THE BIG ONES:

• Darkside: Nothing [Matador] (The irony of that title isn't lost on us)

• Panda Bear: Sinister Grift [Domino]

• Mdou Moctar: Tears of Injustice [Matador]

PLUS:

• The Chills: Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs [Fire]

• Domestic Drafts: Only the Singer [Glamour Gowns]

• Edith Frost: In Space [Drag City]

• Everything Is Recorded: Temporary [XL]

• Ichiko Aoba: Luminescent Creatures [Hermine/Psychic Hotline]

• Kilbourne: If Not to Give a Fantasy [Hammerhead]

• Lucrecia Dalt: Cosa Rara EP [Rvng Intl.]

• Marie Davidson: City of Clowns [Deewee]

• The Men: Buyer Beware [Fuzz Club]

• Miya Folick: Erotica Veronica [Nettwerk]

• Shygirl: Club Shy Room 2 EP [Because Music]

• Unknown Mortal Orchestra: IC-02 Bogotá [Jagjaguwar]

• Yo La Tengo: Old Joy EP [Mississippi]

MARCH MADNESS

March 7 - HEADLINERS:

• Lady Gaga: Mayhem [Interscope] (Prepare accordingly)

• Bob Mould: Here We Go Crazy [Granary Music]

• Neil Young: Oceanside Countryside [Reprise]

New music releases for Friday, February 28, 2025, include: Panda Bear: Sinister Grift [Domino]

PLUS:

• Alabaster DePlume: A Blade Because a Blade Is Whole [International Anthem]

• Hamilton Leithauser: This Side of the Island [Glassnote]

• Jason Isbell: Foxes in the Snow [Southeastern]

• Marina Zispin, Bianca Scout & Martyn Reid: Now You See Me, Now You Don't [Scenic Route]

• Sasami: Blood on the Silver Screen [Domino]

• Star 99: Gaman [Lauren]

• Vundabar: Surgery and Pleasure [Loma Vista]

March 14

• Charley Crockett: Lonesome Drifter [Island]

• Circuit des Yeux: Halo on the Inside [Matador]

• Of Montreal: The Sunlandic Twins (20th Anniversary Edition) [Polyvinyl]

• Throwing Muses: Moonlight Concessions [Fire]

March 20

• Hiroshi Yoshimura: Flora [Temporal Drift]

March 21 - SPOTLIGHT RELEASES:

• Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) [Dead Oceans]

• The Horrors: Night Life [Fiction]

• My Morning Jacket: Is [ATO]

  
  

PLUS:

• Lonnie Holley: Tonky [Jagjaguwar]

• Phil Cook: Appalachia Borealis [Psychic Hotline]

• Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco: I Said I Love You First [Interscope]

• YHWH Nailgun: 45 Pounds [AD 93]

• Young Widows: Power Sucker [Temporary Residence Ltd.]

New music releases for Friday, March 21, 2025, include: Japanese Breakfast: For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) [Dead Oceans]

March 28 - THE HEAVY HITTERS:

• Deafheaven: Lonely People With Power [Roadrunner]

• Lucy Dacus: Forever Is a Feeling [Geffen]

• Perfume Genius: Glory [Matador]

• Destroyer: Dan's Boogie [Merge]

APRIL BRINGS THE HEAT

April 4 - THE ONES YOUR INDIE FRIENDS WON'T SHUT UP ABOUT:

• Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong [Ninja Tune] (Because nothing says spring like existential British post-rock)

• DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us [Pampa] (The soundtrack to your next 3 AM crisis)

• Florist: Jellywish [Double Double Whammy] (Finally, an album title that sounds like a typo but isn't)

PLUS THE COLLAB WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED:

• Elton John & Brandi Carlile: Who Believes in Angels? [Interscope] (Your mom's gonna love this one)

AND THE REST OF THE PACK:

• Barker: Stochastic Drift [Smalltown Supersound]

• Craig Finn: Always Been [Tamarac]

• David Longstreth, Dirty Projectors & Stargaze: Song of the Earth [Nonesuch/New Amsterdam]

• Djo: The Crux [AWAL]

• L.A. Witch: Doggod [Suicide Squeeze]

• Penelope Trappes: A Requiem [One Little Independent]

• Scowl: Are We All Angels [Dead Oceans]

• Sleigh Bells: Bunky Becky Birthday Boy [Mom + Pop] (What even is that title?)

• The Waterboys: Life, Death and Dennis Hopper [Sun]

New music releases for Friday, April 4, 2025, include: DJ Koze: Music Can Hear Us [Pampa]

April 11 - THE BIG ONE:

• Bon Iver: SABLE, fABLE [Jagjaguwar] (Justin Vernon continues his war against lowercase letters)

PLUS:

• Ken Carson: More Chaos [Opium/Interscope]

• Röyksopp: True Electric [Dog Triumph]

April 18 - EMOTIONAL DAMAGE INCOMING:

• Beirut: A Study of Losses [Pompeii]

• Julien Baker & Torres: Send a Prayer My Way [Matador] (Stock up on tissues now)

• Quickly, Quickly: I Heard That Noise [Ghostly International]

• Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz [Sub Pop]

New music releases for Friday, April 18, 2025, include: Tunde Adebimpe: Thee Black Boltz [Sub Pop]

April 25 - THE "WHY ISN'T EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS?" SQUAD:

• Broncho: Natural Pleasure [Broncho Worldwide]

• Nazar: Demilitarize [Hyperdub]

• Sumac & Moor Mother: The Film [Thrill Jockey] (Prepare for beautiful chaos)

• William Tyler: Time Indefinite [Psychic Hotline]

MAY BANGERS:

May 2

• Blondshell: If You Asked for a Picture [Partisan] (Get ready to feel things)

• PUP: Who Will Look After the Dogs? [Little Dipper/Rise] (The real questions being asked here)

• Yung Lean: Jonatan [World Affairs] (Sadboys unite)

New music releases for Friday, May 2, 2025, include: Yung Lean: Jonatan [World Affairs]

PLUS:

• James Krivchenia: Performing Belief [Planet Mu]

• Sextile: Yes, Please. [Sacred Bones]

May 9

• Mclusky: The World Is Still Here and So Are We [Ipecac] (The most optimistic title of 2025?)

May 16 - THE LAST HURRAH:

• Pelican: Flickering Resonance [Run for Cover]

• Rico Nasty: Lethal [Fueled by Ramen] (Spoiler: It will be)

• Spill Tab: Angie [Because Music]

  
  

  

  New music releases for Friday, May 16, 2025, include: Pelican: Flickering Resonance [Run for Cover]

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