Best New Ambient (April 2025)

These records will take you places

As much as I love ambient music, the so-called ambient boom wasn’t just a net positive trend.

In its wake, we’ve been experiencing an avalanche of generic wallpaper music without any artistic ambition, produced for seemingly no other reason than a shot at monetization through lean-back playlists.

I’m happy to report we’re past peak ambient boom though, as…