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Oct 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 and followed by February’s albums, March’s albums, April’s albums, May’s albums, June’s albums, and July and August’s albums (which were in one shared post). Now here is a roundup of September 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 September’s best full-length releases.

Automatic: Is It Now? (Stone’s Throw)

Big Thief: Double Infinity (4AD)

Read our review of Double Infinity.

Bright Eyes: Kids Table EP (Dead Oceans)

David Byrne: Who Is the Sky? (Matador)

Neko Case: Neon Grey Midnight Green (ANTI-)

Coach Party: Caramel (Chess Club)

Read our review of Caramel.

Cut Copy: Moments (Cutters/The Orchard)

Read our review of Moments.

The Divine Comedy: Rainy Sunday Afternoon (The Divine Comedy Records)

Baxter Dury: Allbarone (Heavenly)

Read our My Firsts interview with Baxter Dury.

Geese: Getting Killed (Partisan)

Read our review of Getting Killed.

Guerilla Toss: You’re Weird Now (Sub Pop)

Sarah McLachlan: Better Broken (Concord)

Read our review of Better Broken.

Nation of Language: Dance Called Memory (Sub Pop)

Read our review of Dance Called Memory.

Nine Inch Nails: TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Interscrope)

Read our review of TRON: Ares (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Gruff Rhys: Dim Probs (Rock Action)

Saint Etienne: International (Heavenly)

SPRINTS: All That Is Over (Sub Pop)

Suede: Antidepressants (BMG)

Read our review of Antidepressants.

Tchotchke: Playin’ Dumb (Self-Released)

Read our review of Playin’ Dumb.

Jeff Tweedy: Twilight Override (dBpm)

Read our review of Twilight Override.

Wednesday: Bleeds (Dead Ocean)

Read our review of Bleeds.

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