We're happy to present "Post-Trash's Staff Picks: The Best of 2025" as voted by the site’s wonderful contributors (including their individual lists). With 15 of our writers submitting their votes, we had 234 different records nominated and only the top record received a collected score of sixty or higher.
When Burlington singer-songwriter Greg Freeman quietly dropped I Looked Out, his first record released under his own name, there was little fanfare. Looking back at it two years later, with this new vinyl reissue and a follow-up record seemingly imminent, it stands as a showcase of an exciting songwriter who came out of the gate with a fully realized musical vision and unique lyrical style, and nowhere to go but up.
