So far, 2025 has been a solid year for new music releases. Yes, I know this is technically a few weeks early of the “halfway” point but I figure most music releases don’t extend beyond Thanksgiving so I decided to roll this list out earlier than usual. These are the 40 albums and EPs that…

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18.06.2025

Ranking Sixpence None The Richer – joshbalogh

In my mind the band Sixpence None The Richer is best described by four words: contrast, melancholy, limbo, and expectation. First, the word Melancholy is defined as a "pensive sadness, with no discernible cause." I feel like this description aptly fits the overall tone of most of their lyrics and some of the musical stylings.…

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19.06.2025

CCM: Burn it All Down or Reform it? – joshbalogh

The future of Christian Contemporary Music is at stake. Maybe that’s too dramatic, but it certainly feels like things cannot continue with the current system. This moment in history feels like an important crossroads in CCM. Other opportunities to step up may have been missed (aka 9/11 and 2020) but this feels like another chance…

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06.07.2025

Top 25 Songs: The Cranberries – joshbalogh

The Cranberries rock! You could be forgiven for thinking them a flash in the pan 1-2 Album wonder known most for the evergreen placement of their hit songs “Dreams” and “Linger on movie soundtracks. But hey…hear ye, hear ye! I have discovered that they have a tremendous body of work, with nary a bad album…

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Best 2025 Albums & Songs of Christian Music so Far… – joshbalogh

Ranking Sixpence None The Richer – joshbalogh

CCM: Burn it All Down or Reform it? – joshbalogh

Top 25 Songs: The Cranberries – joshbalogh

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