WhoOdyssey

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: Bastille - SAVE MY SOUL [4] Fleet Foxes - Angel in the Snow [2] Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - Wild Woman [1] Artemas - you and i could never be friends [1] DON BROCO - Euphoria [1] Sam Fender - I'm Always On Stage [1] Bad Omens - Left For Good [0] Sleaford Mods - Bad Santa [0] Here are this week's contenders: Bryan Adams & Friends - California Christmas The Enemy - Trouble Inhaler - Nightcall (Triple J Like A Version) Lizzy McAlpine - Celebrate Me Home Pulp - The Man Comes Around Rachel Chinouriri - Little House South Arcade - Blood Run Warm YONAKA - Hit Me When I'm Sore 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 Week 25: Muse - Unravelling Week 26: Lorde - Shapeshifter Week 27: Ethel Cain - F*ck Me Eyes Week 28: Wolf Alice - The Sofa Week 29: The Last Dinner Party - This is the Killer Speaking Week 30: Tame Impala - End Of Summer Week 31: Fat Dog - Pray To That Week 32: Wolf Alice - White Horses Week 33: Steve Lacy - Nice Shoes Week 34: Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Week 35: Hayley Williams - Parachute Week 36: Tame Impala - Losers Week 37: Gorillaz (feat. Sparks) - The Happy Dictator Week 38: Nine Inch Nails - Who Wants To Live Forever? Week 39: Tame Impala - Dracula Week 40: Dry Cleaning - Hit My Head All Day Week 41: Of Monsters and Men - Fruit Bat Week 42: Sam Fender (feat. Elton John) - Talk to You Week 43: Mumford & Sons & Hozier - Rubber Band Man Week 44: ROSALÍA (feat. Björk & Yves Tumor) - Berghain Week 45: ROSALÍA (feat. Yahritza Y Su Esencia) - La Perla Week 46: FKA twigs - HARD Week 47: Bastille - SAVE MY SOUL

It just depends what it’s marketed at really - Bring Me The Horizon’s EP that got to #1 was over 30 minutes.

A cover of Johnny Cash's 'The Man Comes Around' released a few days ago - from ITV's 'The Hack':

Last day to vote!

No, just an assumption from the midweeks!

Thought this would be an interesting list after recent discussions. This is all according to Wikipedia, so hopefully they haven't missed anything! #1 Aerosmith & YUNGBLUD - One More Time (2025) Bring Me The Horizon - POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR (2021) BTS - MAP OF THE SOUL : PERSONA (2019) Keane - Night Train (2010) #2 ATEEZ - THE WORLD EP.FIN : WILL (2023) Glee Cast - The Music, Journey to Regionals (2010) #3 Aitch - AitcH20 (2019) The Saturdays - Headlines! (2010) The Weeknd - My Dear Melancholy (2018) #4 Bugzy Malone - King of the North (2017) Glee Cast - The Music, The Power of Madonna (2010) #5 dodie - Human (2019) Sabrina Carpenter - fruitcake (2024) Troye Sivan - Wild (2015) #6 dodie - You (2017) Mumford & Sons - Johannesburg (2016) #7 Aitch - Polaris (2020) Bad Meets Evil - Hell: The Sequel (2011) Sam Tompkins - Who Do You Pray To? (2022) #8 Bugzy Malone - Walk with Me (2015) Ghost - Phantomime (2023) #9 Jorja Smith - Be Right Back (2021) Ryan O'Shaughnessy - Ryan O'Shaughnessy (2012) Mimi Webb - Seven Shades of Heartbreak (2021) #10 ATEEZ - THE WORLD EP.2 : OUTLAW (2023) David Bowie - Is It Any Wonder? (2020)

Press releases from the time seem to bill that as an album - as does Wikipedia

In fairness, it's all Canadian artists involved.

Bryan Adams is teaming up with fellow Canadians: Alessia Cara, Alan Doyle, Barenaked Ladies, Lights, and The Sheepdogs for an album and TV special out on 8th December. Lead single ‘California Christmas’ released yesterday:

A visualiser for ‘Problems’ is out now:

We had NF’s EP chart last week too, just outside the Top 10 though.

Cool to see Cigarettes After Sex's 'Cry' new in the Top 200.

There’s loads of official ones - at least 50 I’d say. As well as the usual Christmas Hits, etc, every genre has at least one, and some have several.

More votes please!

Nope! Could’ve just been a nice picture he was posting I guess 😂

Yeah, my feed has been filled with videos making fun of it - particularly the one with the line about Tesco.

Great to see this set for #1 - YUNGBLUD's second this year!

New tour, new logo, new music! Coming soon: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRaZ4-2jAYT

He's only actually been Christmas album #1 once - in 2011! He tends to get to the top in the chart week after Christmas.

The soundtrack to new film 'Oh. What. Fun.' has lots of good names on it - including Fleet Foxes! This song released yesterday:

+5: Rein Me In +4: Man I Need +3: So Easy (To Fall In Love) +2: Opalite +1: The Fate of Ophelia -1: Elizabeth Taylor -2: Die On This Hill -3: Golden -4: Where Is My Husband -5: Raindance

The albums chart will be interesting, with The Beatles, Aerosmith/Yungblud & Olly Murs in contention.

The International Single category is based on sales - so it'll definitely be nominated.

It was just a joke - he's followed up with a video of him laughing.

I'm enjoying this new effort from Picture This - out today: