Every month, our writers and editors spotlight a few of their favourite new music from the previous 4 weeks for Consequence’s Staff Picks column. Take a look at the alternatives for the perfect albums of June 2025 under.
Earlier this month, Consequence surveyed the primary half of 2025 with our mid-year report, highlighting the perfect music the 12 months has provided followers up to now. Nicely, simply inside the few weeks since then, there’s already an extended listing of recent contenders which are proper there in competition with our earlier favourite. Like, an extended listing. Far be it from us to complain about an inflow of worthwhile music, although!
From Addison Rae proving her star energy to our June CoSigns Hotline TNT persevering with their sizzling streak, Little Simz wowing us as soon as once more to Greet Demise offering the soundtrack to a summer season of melancholy, these are the data from the previous 4 weeks which have us coming again for pay attention after pay attention. Learn on for the complete listing of our favourite albums of June 2025 under, listed in alphabetical order.
Addison Rae — Addison
Look, I used to be simply as stunned as you. I, too, thought she was a TikTok dancer — no, wait, actress? — and when she began making music, I in all probability uttered a “yeah, positive, no matter” to myself and carried on. After which I heard “Headphones On” when it dropped in April and I didn’t want way more convincing that Addison Rae was the actual deal. Her music is heat and serene and steadily attractive, cleverly toying with nostalgic concepts and marrying them to extra up to date, moody manufacturing selections. Her feather-light voice may be downright medicinal, and songs like “Weight-reduction plan Pepsi” and “Summer season Eternally” really feel like light, euphoric recollections. She’s not reinventing the wheel, however her imaginative and prescient of pop music is nonetheless intoxicating and stylish. — Paolo Ragusa
Stream Addison on Apple Music or Amazon Music | Purchase on Vinyl/CD
Annahstasia — Tether
Thank God Annahstasia broke away from her early handlers. The business hobnobbers who first grew to become conscious of the Nigerian-American’s immense expertise initially tried to shoehorn her into R&B and pop areas, a lot to the chagrin of the folks singer-songwriter, guitarist, and mannequin (whom you will have seen as Kendrick Lamar’s love curiosity within the music video for the chart-topper “Luther”). As heard within the hovering highs and deeply-felt lows of her debut LP Tether, Annahstasia’s husky, intimate growl is significantly better suited to the folks area. Throughout the album, she sings startlingly over stripped-down soundscapes, typically pushing her earthy vocals into heartrending territory. “It’s the identical, similar unrest/ Sitting in my chest,” she sings on “Unrest,” a realizing, quavering ache echoing all through her supply. — Kiana Fitzgerald
Stream Tether on Apple Music or Amazon Music | Purchase on Vinyl/CD
BAMBII — INFINITY CLUB II
The Toronto-based DJ’s followup to her 2023 EP, INFINITY CLUB, is greater than a easy continuation of her earlier undertaking. The polyglot works her magic on the brand new set, exploring a variety of genres, from jungle to dancehall to R&B. The EP additionally consists of showstopping visitor options, akin to, Ravyn Lenae, Yaeji, Aluna, and BEAM, who all add their very own flavors. Above the whole lot, BAMBII showcases the significance of group constructing on the dance ground. — Solar Noor
Stream INFINITY CLUB II on Apple Music or Amazon Music
