It's awards season! Another year of recaps behind us means it's time to shine light on the best of the best that 2025 had to offer. In this episode, the four of us will be discussing our least favorite music of the year, our favorite lyrics, the best breakdowns the best features, and the best album openers/closers of 2025. Each of these superlatives will have a runner up and winner before we move onto discussing our Top 5 Songs of 2025 (1:00:05). We'll also be revealing each of our full top 10 songs of the year at the end of the episode before we all announce our #1 favorite songs of 2025!

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Track: "Drop For Drop"

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Author: Cedar Veils

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Track: Lock And Load

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Author: Klaatu Verada Necktie

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November 2025 marks our final monthly recap before we determine our end of year awards and there were a number of bands making their mark in the final moments of this year. In this episode we discuss new EPs & albums from Maybsomeday (49:20), Take Breath (56:46), RUNE (1:00:54), South Arcade (1:06:11), Caskets (1:13:26), VIOLENT VIRA (1:26:36), The Devil Wears Prada (1:37:51), Of Mice & Men (1:52:04), AVRALIZE (2:02:26), The Pretty Wild (2:08:21) & Valiant Hearts (2:21:49) along with new singles from MOTHICA, Skillet, Magnolia Park, Bad Omens, Vana & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/78iMJ5GGG0NWQrUiA2ic9a?si=b14893f7cab840e5

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Track: "Lock And Load"

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October 2025 is usually associated with Halloween, horror, darkness and pumpkins - and while we did get some of that, we also listened to much more than just the typical tropes of this time of year. In this episode we dicuss new EPs and albums from Gore. (56:10), Wind Walkers (1:04:12), senses (1:16:36), Cyan Kicks (1:21:36), Ladders on Tables (1:28:30), Adept (1:40:39), Dayseeker (1:56:54), Hail The Sun (2:11:06) and Solence (2:23:14) plus singles from South Arcade, SAVE US, Bad Omens, Like Moths To Flames, Electric Callboy & more!

All music discussed this month can be found in this playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/455OGsjMbcHXWvWZOaDFGX?si=b00762734b99457e

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Track: "Lock And Load"

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