Each week, 8 new releases are selected to go head to head, with one weekly winner which will then go up against future weekly winners later in the year at the end of each quarter of the year, and then again at the end of the year to determine the ultimate winner of 2025.

Last week's results:

Twenty One Pilots - The Contract [5]

Biffy Clyro - A Little Love [3]

All Time Low - SUCKERPUNCH [1]

Japanese Breakfast - My Baby (Got Nothing At All) [1]

Nova Twins - Anxiety [1]

David Byrne - Everybody Laughs [0]

Kevin Abstract & Dominic Fike - Geezer [0]

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - Aerodynamic [0]

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Total Votes: 14

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Each week, choose one song only that you feel is your favourite from the selection of releases that week. If you wish to post a rate of the selection of songs in the thread, please feel free to do so.

Here are this week's contenders:

CMAT - The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station

Lola Young - Not Like That Anymore

Lorde - Hammer

HAIM - All over me

Miles Kane - Love Is Cruel

Muse - Unravelling

sombr - we never dated

Sydney Minsky Sargeant - I Don't Wanna

Results of this week's poll will be revealed in next week's thread. The poll will remain open until the following Friday.

2025 Indie/Rock/Alt Track of the Week Winners

Week 1: N/A

Week 2: Ethel Cain – Amber Waves

Week 3: Mumford & Sons – Rushmere

Week 4: Nova Twins – Monsters

Week 5: SOFIA ISELLA – Dog's Dinner

Week 6: Oklou – blade bird

Week 7: Sam Fender – Remember My Name

Week 8: Fontaines D.C. – It's Amazing To Be Young

Week 9: Doves - A Drop In The Ocean

Week 10: Black Country, New Road – Happy Birthday

Week 11: Sleep Token – Emergence

Week 12: SOFT PLAY feat. Kate Nash – Slushy

Week 13: Linkin Park - Up From The Bottom

Week 14: Wet Leg - catch these fists

Week 15: Lana Del Rey - Henry, come on

Week 16: Lana Del Rey – Bluebird

Week 17: Lorde – What Was That

Week 18: Nilüfer Yanya - Cold Heart

Week 19: Sleep Token - Even In Arcadia

Week 20: Wolf Alice - Bloom Baby Bloom

Week 21: Pulp - Got to Have Love

Week 22: Pendulum - Save The Cat

Week 23: Ethel Cain - Nettles

Week 24: Twenty One Pilots - The Contract

What a week for new releases! Not even enough room to include The Black Keys, Sam Fender, YUNGBLUD, The Hives and others! ☹️

FYI sombr appears in both Pop and Indie polls this week, which isn't an issue as we know there is some crossover from time to time.

Lola easily! I think it’s already my favourite song of the year! I’m obsessed! Really strong week though! So many great songs

My personal rankings for Week 25;

1. Muse – Unravelling

2. Lorde – Hammer

3. sombr – we never dated

4. Miles Kane – Love Is Cruel

5. HAIM – All over me

6. Sydney Minsky Sargeant – I Don't Wanna

7. Lola Young – Not Like That Anymore

8. CMAT – The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station

Muse, the only one for me.

Added to playlists this week -

Hot Milk - The American Machine

The Molotovs - Today's Gonna Be Our Day

Dinosaur Pile Up - Sick of Being Down

Several OK songs but voted for Miles Kane, think most of these artists have had better recently.

More votes please!

Voted for Lorde!

I enjoyed some HAIM album tracks this week like 'Million Years' and 'Spinning' but the focus track wasn't as standout for me

Muse the one for me!

Haim by some distance for me this week

Voted for Muse but enjoyed most of them to a degree.

2 Cmat

3 Sombr (put this top in the pop poll haha)

Last day to vote!

For me:

1. Muse

2. sombr

3. Lola Young

4. HAIM

5. Miles Kane

6. CMAT

7. Sydney Minsky Sargeant

8. Lorde