Dork's Top 9 EPs and mixtapes of 2025 (because that's what we had room for in the magazine layout)

EPs and mixtapes tend to arrive without much fuss, which is usually a good thing. No grand positioning, no sense of being The Statement, just a handful of songs released because someone felt like now was the moment. They’re often quicker, sharper and more revealing than the bigger, shinier things that follow. You hear artists thinking on their feet. Ideas pushed out before they’ve been sanded down, instincts trusted, emotions left to do the heavy lifting. It’s where confidence starts to show itself, sometimes mid-song, sometimes mid-run. Messy in places, sure, but rarely boring.

So yes, this is Dork’s Top 9 EPs and mixtapes of 2025. Not ten. Nine. Because magazine layouts are cruel, practical beasts, and because these releases rarely care for neat conclusions anyway.

9. Rachel Chinouriri - Little House EP

’Little House’ is pure emotional sunshine with sudden sharp edges; an EP that flips from euphoric to “oh no, my heart” before you can blink. Rachel Chinouriri writes songs that make you want to run into the sea fully clothed just to feel something, and she’s utterly incredible at it.