Best New Music January 2025

FRXDAY Team
Feb 7, 2025
2 min read

Updated: May 20, 2025

The best new music (albums & EPs) released in January 2025. All from artists with under a million monthly listeners. Playlist is available at the bottom of the post.

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Artist: Delivery

Album: Force Majeure

Listen to First: "Focus, Right"

Artist: Luna Morgenstern

Album: heartbreak hotel EP

Listen to First: "miss u"

Artist: some fear

Album: some fear

Listen to First: "Worm"

Artist: The Veils

Album: Asphodels

Listen to First: "O Fortune Teller"

Americana & Roots

Artist: Larkin Poe

Album: Bloom

Listen to First: "Bluephoria"

Country

Artist: Willow Avalon

Album: Southern Belle Raisin’ Hell

Listen to First: "Tequila or Whiskey"

Electronic & Dance

Artist: Ela Minus

Album: DIA

Listen to First: "BROKEN"

Experimental

Artist: Son Lux

Album: Risk of Make Believe EP

Listen to First: "Risk of Make Believe"

Folk

Artist: Cecilia Castleman

Album: Cecilia Castleman

Listen to First: "It's Alright"

Artist: Flora Hibberd

Album: Swirl

Listen to First: "Auto Icon"

Artist: Rose City Band

Album: Sol Y Sombra

Listen to First: "Lights on the Way"

Indie

Artist: Blue Violet*

Album: Faux Animaux

Listen to First: "Imagine Me"

Artist: Delights*

Album: If Heaven Looks A Little Like This

Listen to First: "Take A Picture"

Artist: ELLUR*

Album: God Help Me Now EP

Listen to First: "God Help Me Now"

Artist: Mary Eliza

Album: Spider

Listen to First: "Fire"

Artist: Milk & Bone*

Album: Baby Dreamer EP

Listen to First: "FORGONE"

Artist: Victoria Canal

Album: Slowly, It Dawns

Listen to First: "swan song"

Pop

Artist: Tinsley

Album: Tinsley

Listen to First: "Back in Time"

Pop Punk

Artist: Pigeon Pit

Album: Crazy Arms

Listen to First: "keys to the city"

Reggae

Artist: Skiifall

Album: Lovers Til I’m Gone EP

Listen to First: "Problems"

Rock

Artist: Benjamin Booker

Album: Lower

Listen to First: "SAME KIND OF LONELY"

Artist: — Godzillionaire

Album: Diminishing Returns

Listen to First: "3rd Street Shuffle"

Shoegaze

Artist: High.

Album: Come Back Down EP

Listen to First: "Bomber"

Artist: Pastel

Album: Souls in Motion

Listen to First: "Deeper Than Holy"