The Passionate Ones is the second studio album by American musician Nourished by Time. It was released on August 22, 2025, by XL Recordings.[1][2] The album follows his 2023 debut album Erotic Probiotic 2 and his 2024 EP Catching Chickens.
XL describes the record as a "twelve-track catharsis" and Nourished by Time's first full-length release for the label.[1] The project was crafted between Baltimore, London and New York.[3][4] Early coverage that frames the album's themes around love, labor and everyday existential pressure, "howled from the underbelly of late-stage capitalism."[3][5]
Release and promotion
The Passionate Ones was announced alongside the lead single "Max Potential" on May 7, 2025, with an accompanying music video.[6][7] The second single, "9 2 5," followed on June 17, 2025.[4] The album's third single, "Baby Baby", was released on July 29, 2025 with a video.[8] The album was released on August 22, 2025, via XL Recordings in multiple formats.[2][9]
According to Metacritic, The Passionate Ones has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on fifteen reviews.[11]Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8.4/10, highlighting it as Best New Music.[19] Writing for The Guardian, Katie Hawthorne described the album as "committed" and "full-hearted," highlighting "9 2 5" as a "song of the summer" contender.[15]NME also reviewed the record under the headline "welcoming and deservedly self-assured."[18] In December 2025, Paste Magazine named The Passionate Ones the best album of 2025.[22]
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