{"id":10042753,"date":"2025-12-08T11:46:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/?p=10042753"},"modified":"2025-12-11T06:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:17:43","slug":"year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanyaland.com\/2025\/12\/08\/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and as we noted at the year’s midway point, that theory has been put to the test in this miserable and exhausting 2025. So to wrap up a year where music either inspired action or helped soundtrack distraction, we’re rounding up our 20 most favorite tracks that have helped ease life’s firehose of chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our long and tiresome days. As is Vanyaland’s<\/em> true nature, the bangers we’re feeling the most this year span a spectrum of genres, from SpiritWorld’s hellacious Americana acre of death metal to Madison Beer’s white-hot electro seduction to Wet Leg getting their Britpop on to City Builders bumping a 3 a.m. blog house afterparty to Fontaines D.C. further cementing a place as one of Ireland’s greatest exports. To kick off Vanyaland’s<\/em> week-long 2025 Year in ReView<\/strong>, here are 20 standout jams, listed alphabetically, that have shaped the sound of 2025, whatever that may be, and have helped provide a needed respite from our daily scream through the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

away fans<\/strong>, ‘Keeping On’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Break-ups are hard, but true reconciliation is even more difficult. The panic and confusion that comes with a desperate attempt to make amends is usually soundtracked by some lovelorn ballad soaked in solemn emotion and tear-stained reflection.\u00a0away fans<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0are having none of that shit. The London foursome reflect the beating heart of internal disorientation with propulsive and restless October single \u201cKeeping On.\u201d Buoyed by backing vocals from SEY.MOUR., British indie magnetism, post-punk urgency, and Madchester rhythms combine with hyperactive jungle and drum and bass breaks to craft a head-spinning kind of kinetic indie-rave tension where the walls of hysteria are quickly closing in. In fewer than four minutes, \u201cKeeping On\u201d is a cinematic house of mirrors, where self-doubt and inner confidence spiral in lockstep, echoing out loudly and ricocheting across our emotional states as one of the most interesting and engaging tracks we\u2019ve heard in a hot minute. \u201cThe song is about that moment post-argument with your partner, when the initial anger has faded and you just wanna sort things out but don\u2019t know how,\u201d says vocalist Tom Fisher. \u201cThat sort of malaise when you\u2019re desperate to get back to how things were but aren\u2019t quite sure how to get there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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