As always, we here at FTL are proud to ring in the New Year with a fantastic wrap up of some of the best music to come out in the past year. This year, like so many before, Greg Habeeb has compiled an excellent and eclectic mix of recommendations that truly captures the dynamic spirit of 2025.
Like so many fans of this masthead, I anxiously looked forward to this year’s blog, and, on my first reading, found myself nodding along in agreement: Getting Killed has been top-10 list bait since it dropped in September; Bleeds has been on heavy rotation for me and anyone else listening to 107.1 The Peak; and I truly believe that Hayley Williams’ Ego Death is going to be a defining album for aging millennials for the next decade.1
But while reading this list always engenders a warm and fuzzy feeling of companionship for our fellow man, all of this firm agreement is not what drives engagement here at For The Love. Instead, it is time to take part in the time-honored internet tradition of manufacturing beef to chase clout.
So, with that in mind, I, Pete Wheeler, the clear-headed, true lover of indie-rock, alt-country, and Americana/folk, do firmly and totally disavow and condemn Greg Habeeb, and all of his followers who enjoy a slightly different flavor of indie-rock, alt-country, and Americana/folk. You and all of your readers are splitters!
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