We kick off the new year with a look at some of the albums we're most excited about for 2025, as well as the songs from them that we're obsessed with. This includes the transfixing sounds of Anna B Savage, moody club beats from FKA Twigs, '80s-influenced rock and pop from Sharon Van Etten, and more.
NPR Music's Hazel Cills joins host Robin Hilton. Enjoy the show? Tell a friend and leave us a review wherever you listen to podcasts. Questions, comments, suggestions or feedback of any kind always welcome: allsongs@npr.org.
Featured artists and songs
- Ela Minus: "Broken," from DIA
- Anna B Savage: "Lighthouse," from You & i are Earth
- Horsegirl: "2468," from Phonetics On and On
- Miya Folick: "This Time Around," from Erotica Veronica
- FKA Twigs: "Perfect Stranger," from EUSEXUA
- Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory: "Afterlife," from S/T
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