Best New Music • 2025
Dive into a meticulously Sodwee curated playlist of 400 standout tracks released over the past year — a hand-picked treasure trove of fresh sounds, hidden gems, and pure musical gold.
Robyn – Dopamine
After a seven-year hiatus, Robyn returns with her new single “Dopamine,” out now — a euphoric, emotional synth-pop comeback that promises to light up the dance floor all over again.
Fruity Loops: Blood Orange
“My Old Ways” tastes like a blood orange cut under neon light — bittersweet nostalgia dripping through synth haze, where every bite reminds you change was inevitable… but damn, it still tastes good.
PVA – Enough
London trio PVA return with “Enough”, a darkly infectious electro track from their upcoming album No More Like This — out January 23, 2026. Expect distorted basslines, swapped instruments, and a VHS-soaked fever dream of desire and control.
Fruity Loops: Cherry
FRMTN’s ‘Drugs’ pulses like a sour cherry — slick, bold and bittersweet. A vivid track review pairing the sound of the London band with the fruit you’ll taste in the groove.
Fruity Loops: Peach
Lemin.’s ‘Cookie Dough Skin’ glows like a sun-ripened peach — warm, velvety, and emotionally lush.
Minot – Walls / People Pleaser
Missoula’s Minot unleash Walls / People Pleaser, a scrappy lo-fi garage punk 7-inch that pairs fuzzed-out workplace despair with a deranged slice of 60s pop. Dual songwriting, DIY charm, and percussive chaos make this Lathe Cut a beautifully unhinged listen.
Formal Sppeedwear – Hit ‘n’ Run
Formal Sppeedwear return with ‘Hit ’n’ Run’, a fuzzed-out, rhythm-twisting indie banger recorded DIY in Stoke-on-Trent. Channeling DEVO and Steve Reich in equal measure, the trio deliver a high-octane groove that’s part chaos, part genius, and 100% Formal Sppeedwear.
Anna Calvi – I See A Darkness ft. Perfume Genius
Anna Calvi and Perfume Genius breathe haunting beauty into Bonnie “Prince” Billy’s “I See a Darkness.” A cinematic, queerly intimate reimagining that feels both raw and redemptive. Discover the story behind their collaboration and Calvi’s new Substack, Carving Silver in Strange Weather.
Fruity Loops: Lime
Explore how Monsune’s ‘Nothing In Return’ delivers the crisp, tangy energy of a lime – a radiant indie pop moment featured on Sodwee.