Good morning and welcome to the second part of fitzie’s top 10 songs of 2025. If you’re looking for Nos. 6-10, you best look in the hoddle before this. What? Don’t see the link? Well search in the archives, ya fool! Let’s get to it:
This is a late edition to the list, as evidenced by a recent TOTD. I overlooked this record when it came out, but I guess the fourth album is the charm for this band. I’m glad they finally made it to the centre of my radar. This is an unforgettable song. I hope it’s the beginning of a big run for them.
I love Cate Le Bon. And it’s my fault for not covering her record this year. I take full responsibility for not buying more albums this year. But that shouldn’t take away from the fact she put out another banger of an album. And that album is punctuated by the silky baroque pop song Mothers of Riches. She just keeps getting better and better.
I was talking to a bartender at my local watering hole about Suede on Monday night. I asked him if he liked it. “[Heck] yeah.” he said. And so I told him all about the new album Suede put out, and then he talked about the evolution of the band. Then we talked about Britpop, about Oasis and Blur and Pulp.
Suede will always reign supreme. I don’t care about this Oasis tour. Suede put out a solid, solid record this year in Disintegrate and the self-titled track is on the same level as Animal Nitrate. Turn off the lights, close your eyes and play it loud.
I never heard of Viagra Boys before this year. Wow, what the heck was I missing? They exploded onto the scene (at least fitzie’s) with viagr aboys, an incredible output of punk.
For me, this will go up there with Fontaines DC and Yard Act as one of the most formidable releases of 21st-century punk we have thus far encountered. It hits you in every single direction.
But really, is anything better than Wet Leg? NO !!!
I don’t care that there’s a contingent among the faithful here who think hating on Wet Leg is cool. Wanna know what’s cooler than that? Loving Wet Leg. And we know that one of you had a revelation when hearing Wet Leg on the radio in the car a few weeks ago.
This year is all about the Wet Leg. Their sophomore album contained so many bangers that it was hard to pick one to feature in my top 10 list but in the end I landed with mangeout. It’s not as sharp as their other songs - at least in musicianship - but the lyrics are far more pointed than many of Wet Leg’s previous songs. That shows a tonne of growth for this group. They’re one of the most exciting things happening in music right now.