Headlights
by Alex G
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Rearview (2025)
nilminListening to a (Sandy) Alex G album always feels like a full journey. These journeys have stunning mountain top views that remind you of what life is really about, but they also tend to have stretches of potholed roads you don't remember much of, as well as dense and crowded canopies that you can't fully wrap your head around.
To me, Headlights is Sandy's best work. Not because it's all one big mountain top, that view would get boring no matter how pretty it is. What's so great about this album is that he has kept the potholed roads and the crowded canopies, but molded them in such a way as to make them memorable sights of their own, not to mention making the travel a little smoother as well.
Sometimes a musician breaks into the mainstream and the mainstream breaks them, their unique qualities lost within the formulacra of commercialisation. But in this case, the added resources of working with a major label seem to be have helped to refine and elevate the work. He might have shaved back the (Sandy), but there's no mistaking it's still Alex G in there.
Fave tracks: June Guitar, Real Thing, Afterlife, Far and Wide.
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Albums Listened 2026
BigBurken8/365, good album
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Listening log 2026
LeoLiked some songs.
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Best of 2025
Mat HWistful indie #1
There's always at least one all timer with Alex G and this time it was Real Thing
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Best, Favorite, & Most Interesting Albums Of 2025
Mark- Genre: Indie Rock / Alternative / Singer-Songwriter / Folk-Pop.
- Influenced by: Neil Young, Elliott Smith, Lucinda Williams, Pavement, Wilco, Daniel Johnston.
- Similar artists: mac deMarco, Frankie Cosmos, Beach Fossils, The National (indie era), Spoon, Car Seat Headrest.
- About this album: The tenth studio album by Philadelphia-born singer-songwriter Alex G (Alex Giannascoli), released July 18, 2025 on RCA Records. It marks his major-label debut after years of critically acclaimed independent releases, and finds him refining his sound into a mix of intimate indie rock, soft folk-pop, and textured alt-rock arrangements.
- Metacritic Score: 83 (universal acclaim).
- Awards / Nominations: None.
- Song To Sample: “Afterlife” — a mandolin-tinged, wistful standout that exemplifies the album’s blend of nostalgic lyricism, melodic clarity, and emotional warmth.
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Bryson Frye’s 2025 Year End List
thefourthfryeThis record is a pop-rock, psychedelic experience full of catchy tunes and singer-songwriter elements.
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New in 2025
Trevor RiceAside from spamming 🔂 on Runner at various points over the past few years I haven't listened to Alex G much lately.
This is probably my most listened to album of the year so far though. It makes me feel like I'm back in college.
Favs 🌟
- Louisiana
- Oranges
- Far and Wide
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