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Mar 04, 2025 By Mark Redfern

At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums. Now here is a roundup of February 2025’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release.

All of this is in an effort to be better prepared when it comes to putting together our Top 100 Albums of 2025 list at the end of the year.

Unlike our Top 100 Albums lists, we didn’t do a formal vote. I put together a list of albums and asked our writers to suggest additional titles. So the list below is in alphabetical order and is a more casual collating of February’s most notable releases.

Marshall Allen: New Dawn (Mexican Summer)

Read our review of New Dawn.

Andy Bell: pinball wanderer (Sonic Cathedral)

Read our My Firsts interview with Andy Bell.

bdrmm: Microtonic (Rock Action)

Read our review of Microtonic.

Cheekface: Middle Spoon (Self-Released)

DARKSIDE: Nothing (Matador)

Deep Sea Diver: Billboard Heart (Sub Pop)

Read our review of Billboard Heart. Buy our new print issue to read our new interview with Deep Sea Diver.

Doves: Constellations For the Lonely (EMI North)

Read our review of Constellations For the Lonely. Buy our new print issue to read our new interview with Doves.

Heartworms: Glutton for Punishment (Speedy Wunderground)

Read our My Firsts interview with Heartworms. Read our review of Glutton for Punishment.

Horsegirl: Phonetics On and On (Matador)

Read our review of Phonetics On and On.

Mandrake Handshake: Earth-Sized Worlds (Tip Top)

Marinero: La La La (Hardly Art)

Read our interview with Marinero. Read our review of La La La.

Oracle Sisters: Divinations (22Twenty)

Panda Bear: Sinister Grift (Domino)

Read our review of Sinister Grift.

Porridge Radio: The Machine Starts to Sing EP (Secretly Canadian)

Read our review of The Machine Starts to Sing.

Caroline Rose: year of the slug (Self-Released)

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory: Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar)

Read our review of Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory.

Bartees Strange: Horror (4AD)

Read our review of Horror. Buy our new print issue to read our new cover story interview with Bartees Strange.

Squid: Cowards (Warp)

Read our My Firsts interview with Squid. Read our review of Cowards.

Sunny War: Armageddon in a Summer Dress (New West)

Youth Lagoon: Rarely Do I Dream (Fat Possum)

Read our review of Rarely Do I Dream.

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