Choke Enough is a very intense album for me. It's filled with directions, tentatives and irregularities, reflecting on my last years on this planet as my heart and conscience has really decentered from myself.

 

01 'endless'

02 'thank you for recording'

03 'family and friends'

04 'obvious'

05 “'ct'

06 'choke enough'

07 '(;´༎ຶٹ༎ຶ`)'

08 'take me by the hand (feat. Bladee)'

09 'plague dogs'

10 “forces'

11 'harvest sky (feat. underscores)'

12 'want to want to come back'

13 'blade bird'

Just another AOTY contender barely into 2025 and a debut nonetheless (this could easily fit into the dance or pop forum so I trust the mods will move if necessary)

 

'blade bird' is stunning and so unexpected

 

:wub:

Obsessed with this and the entire soundscape she's exploring — so much of it sounds like a nineties videogame score

 

Between this, Ela Minus and FKA twigs — the girlies are bringing it this year

 

'blade bird' is stunning and so unexpected

 

:wub:

If this is your favourite, make sure to vote in this weeks Indie Track of the Week poll.

What a week for my song contest alumni with both Heartworms and Oklou releasing albums *.*

 

The sound of choke enough is so dreamy and nostalgic. I loved the warmth of the trumpets and flutes, especially the latter on 'family and friends' - properly fell in love with that in the context of the album, while ‘ict' and 'blade bird' are my immediate favourites of the new songs. Looking forward to getting to know this album more and more, probably late at night in my feelings.

 

Totally agree that Ela Minus, FKA Twigs and Oklou have all delivered with 3 smashing alt-pop / electronic albums already this year <3

I'm really enjoying “choke enough” currently, I did love the previous single “harvest sky” too but “choke enough” is a complete vibe at the moment for me, the melancholia and ambient/trance crossover is one of my favourite sounds. Will definitely check the whole LP out as I've enjoyed everything that I've heard so far, this review from RA kinda sold me too. So much great music already in 2025.

 

I also love this quote from her recent interview in Crack magazine.

“I would spend hours watching documentaries, digging through the deepest corners of YouTube, making infinite playlists of house and techno,”

<3

I’m loving this too. Love the y2k feel to it, can’t get enough of that spacey, dreamy soundscape. Early contender for AOTY already, I can tell I’ll be listening to it a lot.

I feel I'll be returning to this one quite a bit, "harvest sky", "choke enough", "family and friends" and "blade bird" are all incredible tracks in different ways and that's not to slight the rest of the tracks, this all sounds great.

 

first real wow album of 2025 that i've heard.

same, love choke enough

 

Pitchfork gave it a great review (8)

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/oklou-choke-enough/

 

indie girl emergency

So glad the album of the year is getting a deluxe edition

viscus is everything I hoped it would be and more

The deluxe is out today and 'dance 2' is unreal 🤩

Can't wait to listen 'viscus' just keeps getting better and better for me

‘dance 2’ might be my favourite thing she’s ever done

love, love, this album. ❤️ Became a fan of Oklou as soon as I heard "god's chariots" for the first time, what a song!! Oklou just seems to get better and better as an artist, the addition of the songs on the choke enough deluxe album are really great too.

I enjoyed this album! It's been a minute since I've listened to it in full, but I enjoyed the vibe and production a lot. 'ict' was an instant bop-fave and 'blade bird' is probably the one that has had the most staying power for me (it has stayed with me the longest, so beautiful and melodic).

I was early on the Oklou train - I first discovered one of her earlier songs 'Friendless' on YouTube and put it in a playlist, then sometime later I discovered 'Forever' on YT as well and was obsessed with the combination of the song + music video! It's soo sweet. The song sounds kinda like a 90s/early 00s pop song, and if you haven't seen it, in the video she's video calling like a potential lover or whatever and they have a shared interest in insects. Then at the end they meet in-person in a forest, surrounded by bugs. ❤️

Discovered her by listening to Danny L. 's remix of Harvest Sky which is marvelous!

I will defo buy the vinyl if the rest of the album is as good as that song.

EDIT: i think deluxe is not released as one vinyl package, no?

Edited December 11, 2025Dec 11 by jszmiles