Best Album of 2025 was a Royal Rumble between multiple S Tier offerings (I'll post some in the comments) but my Album of the Year based on dozens of front to back listens is 'Crushed' from @highspire.bsky.social
Pure #shoegaze & incredibly catchy and hummable, a surpassingly rare combination
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Merry Christmas and happy holidaze! Your boss may have forgotten your X-Mas bonus, but we haven’t!
Featuring Mo Dotti, The First Eloi, highspire, The Suncharms, Pillow Fight, and much, much, MUCH more!
Find this three mixtape episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
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Here's our #FestiveFifty #Shoegaze & #Dreampop #playlist for 2025, as compiled by @knillz.bsky.social Zeddy and myself.
We've had so much fun this year enjoying these bands and chatting with friends on Twitch.
Starting at 50, did we include your favourite?
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Into the top 10 of my favourite physical records I've bought .
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Highspire
Crushed .
Discovered on that streaming company then bought .
Its a beautiful piece of wax and sound.
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Highspire - "Gloria" (2025)
#Shoegaze
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8. Highspire - Crushed
It’s not often AppleMusic’s algorithms are spot on, but with this it absolutely nailed it!!
I’d never heard of Highspire until they popped up on a recommended playlist and from first stream I was blown away, what an album! Probably my find of the year 🧡
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let's talk about my favorite albums of the year, starting with 'Crushed' by @highspire.bsky.social, definitely the album I have listened to most
#shoegaze is almost never 'catchy' or 'listenable' but this entire LP is both, this band came back from 10 years off and dropped their best record ever
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My Big Takeover review of the long awaited release from highspire.
My @bigtakeover.com review of the long awaited record from PA shoegazers, @highspire.bsky.social:
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Crushed by Highspire sleeve and record
A closer picture of this amazing record
Genuinely one of the most gorgeous records I've ever seen (also it's amazing, listen to Crushed by Highspire)
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Shelflife has had a busy 2025 and next year is already shaping up to be even bigger! We hope you enjoyed these wonderful releases as much as we have.
If you're still looking to pick anything up, use coupon code: "thankyou2025" to save 20% off for Bandcamp Friday today!
That's quite humbling. Thank you.
Drop nineteen of the latest episode of the Afterglow Echoplex #shoegaze & shoegaze-adjacent podcast features 16 post-Thanksgazing rave downs from the likes of Pink Breath Of Heaven, highspire, The Crushing Violets, Ashby, headsoused, & more!
Find this episode on the podcast catcher of your choice!
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YouTube year in review showing my top 4 songs are all from CRUSHED by Highspire
YouTube music dropped my year in review and it's a big W for @highspire.bsky.social 🙌
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