Maria Somerville tells us about her favorite albums of 2025

Maria Somerville‘s lovely, ethereal new album Luster has been showing up on lots of year-end lists, and if you’ve been wondering what’s on her list of favorite albums of 2025, you’re in luck. Her picks include YHWH Nailgun (who features on her upcoming remix album), Los Thuthanaka, Joanne Robertson, Samuel Reinhard, naemi, and more. Check out her list with commentary below.

MARIA SOMERVILLE – FAVORITE ALBUMS OF 2025

Joanne Robertson – Blurrr
My heart

YHWH Nailgun – 45 Pounds
don’t wake me up

naemi – breathless, shorn
“blue blushes past
blue-breasted spectres
that carved me of grate
and woe
i cut it out me
to stop a lie
to crop a glowering girl
who never drew”

Olan Monk – Fate
Connemara heart core

Asa Nisi Masa – A Fog Stuck Its Claws In Me
“Even when I’m high I never tell a lie”

Los Thuthanaka – Los Thuthanaka
!!

Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru – Church of Kidane Mehret
Amazing reissue, beautiful music

Samuel Reinhard – Movement
We listened to this while driving on tour in Europe..it brought great calm

U.e – Hometown girl
Lavender

Blod – Den Oändliga Historien
Discreet Music label from Gothenburg is great

Nyahh Records – A Collection of Slow Airs by Some Very Fine Fiddlers
Fiddle tunes

Eterna – Debunker

Kelora – Sleepers

Having just opened for My Bloody Valentine in Dublin and Manchester, Maria will be on a North American tour this spring surrounding her appearance at Big Ears 2026 in Knoxville, and she’ll play Brooklyn at Pioneer Works on March 24 with Joanne Robertson. See all her upcoming dates below.

MARIA SOMERVILLE – 2025 TOUR DATES
Feb 11 – Limerick, IRE – Kasbah
Feb 12 – Galway, IRE – Róisín Dubh
Feb 13 – Dublin, IRE – Whelans
Feb 14 – Glasgow, UK – Flying Duck
Feb 15 – Newcastle, UK – Cobalt Studios
Feb 18 – Manchester, UK – White Hotel
Feb 19 – Cardiff, UK – Clwb for Bach
Feb 20- Birmingham, UK – Hare & Hounds
Feb 21 – Liverpool, UK – District
Feb 22 – Bristol, UK – Strange Brew
Feb 23 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
Feb 25 – London, UK – The Dome
Feb 26 – Brighton, UK – Green Door Store
Mar 19 – Toronto, ON – TBA
Mar 20 – Montreal, QC – SAT
Mar 21 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
Mar 22 – Boston, MA – ICA
Mar 24 – Brooklyn, NY – Pioneer Works *
Mar 25 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas
Mar 26 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
Mar 27 – Durham, NC – BOOM Club
Mar 28 – Knoxville, TN – Big Ears Festival
Mar 30 – Nashville, TN – Cannery Hall
Mar 31 – Memphis, TN – Crosstown Arts
Apr 03 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
Apr 04 – Austin, TX – Radio/East
Apr 07 – Phoenix, AZ – Palabra
Apr 08 – San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop
Apr 09 – Los Angeles, CA – Lodge Room
Apr 10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
Apr 12 – Portland, OR – Holocene
Apr 13 – Seattle, WA – Belltown Yacht Club
Apr 14 – Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt

* with Joanne Robertson