STN's albums of 2025: 40-21

40 Cheekface - Middle Spoon America's local band signal more dispatches from the nerdy, mostly impoverished artist ranks, looking out wryly at the outside world 39 C Duncan - It's Only A Love Song An unexpected turn into romantic chamber pop, ornate swooning and swooping strings flavouring Nilsson-inspired songwriting that borders on the timeless 38 Tulpa - Monster Of The Week Score another for Skep Wax! Ringing guitars and iridescent melodies nodding at US college rock's early 90s golden age, harmonies and knowing raggedness intersecting 37 Little Simz - Lotus Inflo doesn't come out of it well. What does, for the most part, is a sense of Simbi trying to find herself again and finding a jazzy stillness 36 Sudan Archives - THE BPM Taking a turn to the club, while crucially not letting the trap beats, vocal effects and house 303s overtake her well established personality 35 Adwaith - Solas A 23-track odyssey pushing their expanding post-punk into new musical corners and emerging as…