Thanks for this list, I had personally felt like I was in a music rut and found a lot of albums I really enjoyed.
Not sure the 2nd half of the year dropped as many great things as the 1st half. But exciting to make a list for year end nonetheless.
Without digging too deep, here's a whole bunch of stuff I really liked from the second half of the year (with my current 1011 favorites of those in bold): AFI Agriculture Algernon Cadwallader Aren't We Amphibians Astronoid Ben Quad The Beths Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo Dave Hause The Dirty Nil Drain Dying Wish Fleshwater Geese Hayley Williams JER Josh Ritter La Dispute Lakes Liquid Mike Militarie Gun Motion City Soundtrack Paul Meany Petey USA Pinkshift Pool Kids Portugal. The Man Primitive Man Rise Against Rocket Rosalia Runnner Snocaps Snooper The Starting Line Sydney Sprague They Are Gutting A Body of Water Thrice Tribal Gaze Wednesday Wolf Alice White Reaper Yellowcard EDIT: Forgot Wolf Alice! So now there's my current favorite 11 from the second half of 2025.
first and second half are night and day for me, maybe even by pure volume (pun intended if you know). My first half playlist feels like a lifetime ago… guess it’s been a long year