Music wrapped 2025
December 31, 2025 @ 12:49
I haven't been using much of any streaming services as of late, so I don't have an actual "Spotify Wrapped" or equivalent to share, so I thought instead I would share some of my favourite music I've been listening to on my FiiO/Snowsky Echo Mini this past year.
This year has been a good part review of music I already knew because I needed to rebuild my library after switching to using an MP3 player, but I also got way more into stuff I haven't listened to in a good while. I also just the other day set up Jellyfin and Finamp which is a really solid music experience too cause I can listen to all my Bandcamp purchases, as well as CDs I rip.
I discovered this album through a custom level for the game Soundodger 2, and I gotta say, it's really good. Somehow they made weird prog rock time signatures incredibly catchy, and Einar's voice is genuinely incredible. I own this album on CD and vinyl, and it's very cool. The first time I listened to the vinyl I genuinely verbally reacted like "woah" to some of the dynamics because you don't get that level of volume change in your typical mp3s. Songs I would recommend are Nighttime Disguise, which is a really good closer and people like to share it as an introduction to the band overall (and they also made this one in a livestream letting chat make decisions during the lockdown), and Castaway Angels, which is the calmest song of the album but it really brings out how much control Einar has over his voice and is just really pretty. Amazing album to sing along to, very nice.
I believe I found this album a long while ago from that guy on Instagram who wanted to listen to every music genre as to not be "genrephobic". I'm trying to completely stop using Instagram now, but they're alright. This one is really good to listen to through really bassy headphones to liquify your insides with. I recommend The Mint that Grows behind the Dumpster as that's the first song from this album I listened to, and it's also just really good.
Nelward is such a goofy guy. Weirdly this is some of his most normal music from what I've noticed, as I recently started listening to more of his singles (Nelward 1-5 albums). It's still a solid album, and pretty catchy. I recommend The Werewolf and Eat Your Dreams (title song), but it's all really good. Another song of his I really like is Ghost, which is not part of this album but it's a really good song nonetheless and the music video is incredible. Truly a work of art.
This album is really interesting. It's purely instrumental and pretty chill, just something to listen to while you lay down and not think. I really like Ancient Opaque Pathway, mainly because of the pulse it has. I really like music that evokes the visual of like a grandfather clock rocking back and forth. Same kind of feeling I get from Ember Valley (day) from Slime Rancher 2, and kind of like my own song A Lonely, Lost Ship, though mine is meant to feel more like a heartbeat.
- Last album I'll share is The Big Big Deal by tv room
Eli's songs always feel really cheer/hopeful even when they're not talking about something that's always the most happy or cheerful, and have some really weird and wacky instrumentation that I just really enjoy. Honestly I'm not even sure which song to recommend as it's all a very good album, though I do like the somber-ness of Head and Heart. Go listen to it, and more of his stuff.
Ok now I'm gonna quick-fire a few singles because I want to. Something You Said by tv room - yeah that's right, he's back. Love this song. Garage2 by 81.0x19 - they make some really funky weird electronic stuff, and yet nobody knows about them. Criminal. Sphere of Annihilation by ivri - I found this song in an episode of Big Shot & Friends (I forget which so I linked the remade pilot episode). Cosmic Relief by Nelward - he's back too, solid song and again, amazing music video.
That's all from me. Hopefully you find some neat music here, and I encourage you to do the same sort of "wrapped" thing on your own blog, forums, or wherever else! You absolutely don't need to follow my exact format or anything, this is just what works for me.
Goobye! 🩷
