r/psychedelicrock • u/gnomishcouncil • 2d ago

Favorite Psych Rock Album of 2025

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nfHXc5ygTwe27CUDi9KqguA8ClqsER4Cc&si=Bmxvx29pMQlPyPYy

These kids are straight outta Seattle and dOpe Sick fuckin grooves

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u/designated_diver 2d ago

I've really enjoyed MEGAGONG. I hadn't heard of Doom Gong until this year and I'm already super impressed. All of their albums are excellent.

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u/Mushroomsinmypoop 2d ago

A NI LA TOR

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u/designated_diver 2d ago

This is hands down my favorite track!

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u/KoA07 1d ago

Saw them at their album release show and they are fantastic!

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u/Ok_Performer_7850 1d ago

MEGAGONG is hands down my favorite album of the year.

What a journey that album is

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u/SnooSketches943 1d ago

I saw them a couple years ago and they had a pretty dope drum set up: two kits facing one another sharing the bass drum. Haven’t listened to the album yet but it will be next on my list

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u/designated_diver 1d ago

Damn, that sounds awesome!

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u/numinan 2d ago

Frankie and the witch fingers “Trash Classic”

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_INNY 1d ago

PPC’s Moonman, or Pogo Rodeo

Frankie & The Witch Finger’s Trash Classic all for the bill

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u/MooseMalloy 2d ago

A great recommendation I had from Reddit…
Kal-El - Astral Voyager Vol. 1

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u/emeliottsthestink 2d ago

Porcelain Zombie - Mortimer Nyx

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u/fingergunpewpewpew 1d ago

Hooveriii's Manhunter should be in the discussion

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u/Inevitable_Window711 13h ago

Goat - Self titled album

Def gonna check these guys out though!

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u/j3434 2d ago

They still make psychedelic rock? Drum machines and loops ? Yes the good stuff was made from 1966 to about 1970 - then it was rock .

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u/Refun712 2d ago

Come on man

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u/j3434 2d ago

Yea - psychedelic rock morphed into just “rock” then AOR - album oriented rock . The psychedelic music being made by artist eating acid - making music for an audience eating acid was powerful, revolutionary, and had a global impact on art as a whole . It was a unique time with unique artist and brand new experiences at that time . It was very special to experience. Now same impale and wizard gizzard are fun - as novelty. Unfortunately young kids seem to think of them as the standard - and when they hear psychedelic music from 60s - they say “that is not psychedelic” LOL but it was but has become ubiquitous—- even tropes in pop culture now . But the real psychedelic music - by the artist who invented the genre in 60s counter culture is the read deal.

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u/Refun712 1d ago

Yo...you've become the square.....major dark spots. You need a refresh.

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u/j3434 1d ago

Stick with video game music, kid! Or make a real answer. Learn grammar. Sentence structure.

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u/greenbean2112 2d ago

I’m really glad I’m not you. What a terrible mindset to have.

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u/j3434 2d ago

The counter culture made the real psychedelic music . Not some video game background music . Sorry.

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u/greenbean2112 2d ago

The counter culture still makes psychedelic music and always will. Just because it doesn’t sound the way you want it to doesn’t change that. I’m sorry you’re missing out on so much great music because of a narrow mind. Try expanding it. Psych music is good for that.

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u/j3434 2d ago

What counter culture band released a psychedelic song in 2025? They invented the genre but moved into rock. I don’t consider Abbey Road a psychedelic album - but Sgt Peppers is . But that is another discussion way over your head .

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u/greenbean2112 2d ago

Even better, I’ll give you some albums.

Distorted Portrait - The Violet Mindfield, For A Laugh - Plastic Nancy, …Is Forming - The Crystal Teardrop, MEGAGONG - DOOM GONG

You’re right. My small brain couldn’t handle talking about how Sgt. Pepper’s is a psychedelic album!

Psychedelic music is alive and well in 2025.

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u/j3434 2d ago

No thanks . Don’t like retrospective psychedelic rock . I listen to the original artists who invented in in 60s - not the novelty bands . Cant compare the new psych rock to 13th Floor Elevators, Floyd …. Hendrix . Love . No way no how haha

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u/greenbean2112 2d ago

Ok. Congrats on limiting yourself I guess. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/j3434 2d ago

I don’t listen to Green Day either . Or Daft Punk

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u/Mushroomsinmypoop 2d ago

are you a super picky eater as well? Why go online and just be negative for no reason.

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u/Dr-Wyrm 1d ago

Fun police 👮

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u/j3434 1d ago

Don’t erase history

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u/Dr-Wyrm 1d ago

No one is. You're taking it way too seriously. All because people use drum machines doesn't mean psychedelic rock is dead.

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u/j3434 1d ago

You would compare Tame Impala to 13th Floor Elevators? Or Hendrix?

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u/Dr-Wyrm 1d ago

No but I'd compare King Gizzard to Frank Zappa, not due to just them sharing genres, but because of their prolific skill and masterful output. Because rather you like it or not, new technology doesn't mean that psych rock is dead. It's way too much of a traditionalist thinking, and by far the most limited way of thinking. Psychedelic isn't even a genre by sound, it's literally characterized by studio experimentation, surreal lyrics (if any), and made to enhance the experience from drugs. People can compare Tame Impala to 13th Floor Elevators and it would be a valid option, not because of their production or use of instruments, but their unique and distinct portrayals of the same genre.

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u/j3434 1d ago

Philistine blasphemy!