Playlist of the Month: July 2025

While this is my usual one-playlist-per-month, it doesn’t actually feel like the playlist of this month to me. That goes to the one my sister and cousin and I put together to play while we trekked over to the camping spot we used to go to as kids. I won’t be sharing that one here, though; it’s what we played while we scattered dad’s ashes, it’s a bit too personal.

Instead, here’s the regular monthly playlist; check it out here, or see the individual tracks below:

Oklahoma Smokeshow – Zach Bryan on Summertime Blues – EP

Hotel Bible – Max McNown on Night Diving

Medusa – Cameron Whitcomb on Medusa – Single

Drunk Again – Aidan Canfield on Rivertown – EP

Heartbreaker – Hayden Blount on Heartbreaker – Single

Rattlesnake – Jack Van Cleaf & Zach Bryan on JVC

Options – Cameron Whitcomb on Clean Country 2025

Azalea Place – Max McNown on Night Diving

There’s A Rhythmn – Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE

Since I Fell – Aidan Canfield on Since I Fell – Single

St. Helens Alpenglow – Max McNown on St. Helens Alpenglow – Single

Alright Now – Hayden Calnin on Alright Now – Single

Virgo – TROY on Virgo – Single

Flicker – Yoste on Flicker – Single

Something Beautiful and Bright – SYML on Nobody Lives Here

Follows You – Michael Marcagi on Midwest Kid – EP

Sincerely, Your Son – Waylon Wyatt on Sincerely, Your Son – Single

Take Me Away (Stripped) – Noah Brigden on Take Me Away (Stripped) – Single

Silence Underneath – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life

Nowhere to Go – Luke Beling on This Parlor Trick Life

Hikikomori – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

Livin’ Missing You – Hayden Blount on Livin’ Missing You – Single

Build – Sleeping At Last on Build – Single

Saturn – Sleeping At Last on 2016 Sampler

Fiending – Noah Brigden on I’m Fine – Single

In the Nick of Time – Waves_On_Waves, Sonic Shades Of Blue & Waves On Waves Orange Crush on In the Nick of Time – Single

The War Was With Myself – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)

Calliope Prelude – Lucy Dacus on Forever Is A Feeling

Lose You – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

life is beautiful – heylucas on hey

Basement beds – SYML on Basement beds – Single

Destroy – Sleeping At Last on Destroy – Single

American Trail – Dylan Gossett on Westward

I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Amber Run on I Found (with Freya Ridings) – Single

Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Gryffin on Hard Time Lover (feat. Chance Peña) – Single

Find a Way – Harrison Storm on Find a Way – Single

Slow Down – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

Carolina – Blake Whiten on Carolina – Single

Life – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

Out Of The Blue – Waylon Wyatt on Out Of The Blue – EP

Klonopin – Vic Mensa on Hooligans – EP¹

Aries – TROY on Aries – Single

Whiskey Tears – Pardyalone on FUHLK MUSIC VOL. 2 – Single

Couch Potato – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

Normal Day – Brendan Walter on Normal Day – Single²

Good Old Days – Daniel Leggs on Good Old Days – Single

God Loves Weirdos – Mt. Joy on Hope We Have Fun

Green – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Enrique Iglesias on Space in My Heart (Original Version) – Single³

The Funeral (2025 Edit) – Gryffin & Band of Horses on The Funeral (2025 Edit) – Single

Hot Mess – Landon Smith on Reckon So – EP

Minus Sixty One – Woodkid on WOODKID FOR DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

heaven will have to wait – flora cash on heaven will have to wait – EP

RED FLAG. – Kesha on .

Bloodline – Alex Warren & Jelly Roll on Bloodline – Single⁴

Piñata – Jack Van Cleaf on JVC

I Am Digital, I Am Divine – Erin LeCount on I Am Digital, I Am Divine – EP

Led Me – Elskavon on Panoramas

Hole In The Wall – Zach John King on Slow Down – EP

Accusations – Anella on 831: The Series

Pocket (montreal) – EDEN on gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EP

Sea Shanty Medley – Home Free on Sea Shanty Medley – Single⁵

gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EDEN on gggiiiiirrrrlllll – EP

LOVE FOREVER. – Kesha on .

Dead to Me – Hayden Blount on Dead to Me – Single

TRASHMAN. – Kesha on . (…)

Snow – Matt Ryder on Snow – Single

You and Me – heylucas on hey

Rearranged – honestav on hara-kiri (Deluxe)

Better Days – Anella on 831: The Series

1. I kept getting the opening “hooligans!” stuck in my head, so here we are. ↩
2. everything about this track feels like a commentary on the fact that I am aging ↩
3. I like that, 20 years later, this has a similar (though, fortunately, less rape-y) vibe/plot to Escape. ↩
4. I’ve accepted that I just don’t know what genre Jelly Roll actually works in, and have done nothing to attempt to fix this confusion. ↩
5. Sometimes you just need some a cappella in your life ↩