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15 June 2025

Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.

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PulpMore

"Let us celebrate More for what it is: a surprisingly thoughtful and often breathtaking coda to the Sheffield legends’ wonderful career" (9/10 - The Line Of best Fit)

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LifeguardRipped And Torn

"Chicago trio put their own fresh twist on classic art-punk" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "A blast of circular-saw guitars, baffling lyrics and effervescent melody" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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TurnstileNever Enough

"On their exceptional new album, the US band double down on the vibrant eccentricity of 2021’s ‘Glow On’" (10/10 - NME). "It’s nothing short of a masterpiece" (10/10 - Dork

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StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Julien Baker & TorresSend A Prayer My Way

"On their first album as a duo, the singers reclaim the honky-tonk music they grew up on" (9/10 - Slant). "A heart-bursting record that underlines the power of unity in a fractured world. A must-listen" (8/10 - Dork)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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7.2

Francis Lung

Miracle

Second solo album from the Manchester-based singer-songwriter and ex-Wu Lyf bassist recorded in rural Wales

Added: 18/06/2021
7.2

Flohio

Out Of Heart

Debut full-length release from the Nigerian-born, London-based hip-hop artist features a guest appearance from HAWA

Added: 09/10/2022
7.2

Fionn Regan

The Bunkhouse Vol. I: Anchor Black Tattoo

Fourth release from the Irish folk singer-songwriter recorded to four-track with one mic

Added: 25/01/2013
7.2

Femi Kuti

Journey Through Life

Latest full-length release from the London-born, Lagos-raised saxophonist who is the oldest son of the late Afrobeat artist Fele Kuti

Added: 28/04/2025
7.2

Esben And The Witch

Older Terrors

Fourth album from the English indie rock trio recorded in Berlin, their new base

Added: 06/11/2016
7.2

Enumclaw

Home Is Another Life

Second album from the Tacoma, Washington indie rock quartet

Added: 30/08/2024
7.2

Eleanor Friedberger

Rebound

Fourth studio album from the American singer-songwriter and Fiery Furnaces member

Added: 30/04/2018
7.2

E.m.m.a.

Blue Gardens

Debut album from Liverpool-born, London-based producer with contributions from Sully and Rebel MC

Added: 21/08/2013
7.2

Dutch Interior

Moneyball

Debut full-length release from the slowcore, country-rock California collective who rotate singer/songwriters

Added: 21/03/2025
7.2

Duke Special

Oh Pioneer

Album number ten from the Irish singer-songwriter and pianist Peter Wilson

Added: 09/07/2012
7.2

Doug Paisley

Constant Companion

Second album of Alt country from the Toronto-based singer-sonwriter

Added: 21/01/2011
7.2

Devendra Banhart

Ma

Tenth studio album of alt indie folk from the Texas-born singer-songwriter/guitarist

Added: 10/09/2019
7.2

Denai Moore

Modern Dread

Third album from the British-Jamaican soul/R&B singer

Added: 06/07/2020
7.2

Deerhoof

Noble And Godlike In Ruin

Album number nineteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet featuring a guest appearance from Saul Williams

Added: 25/04/2025
7.2

Death In Vegas

Death Mask

Sixth album and first for nine years from the English psych-rock / electronica band led by original member Richard Fearless

Added: 06/06/2025
7.2

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Second self-titled album from the Toronto-based electro duo

Added: 07/05/2010
7.2

Creep Show

Yawning Abyss

Second collaboration between John Grant, Wrangler's Stephen Mallinder, Phil Winter and Benge

Added: 22/06/2023
7.2

Courtney Marie Andrews

Honest Life

Third album from the Phoenix, Arizona indie-folk singer-songwriter

Added: 29/01/2017
7.2

Corinne Bailey Rae

The Sea

Second soul/R&B album from Leeds singer-songwriter informed by death of her husband Jason Rae

Added: 26/01/2010
7.2

Conquering Animal Sound

Kammerspiel

Debut album of experimental pop and ambient textures from the Glasgow duo

Added: 25/03/2011
7.2

Conquering Animal Sound

On Floating Bodies

Second album of experimental pop and ambient electro from Glasgow duo James Scott and Anneke Kampman

Added: 18/03/2013
7.2

Connie Constance

Miss Power

Second album from the Watford-born indie-pop singer-songwriter Constance Power

Added: 06/11/2022
7.2

Coliseum

Anxiety's Kiss

Fifth album of metal tinged pop-punk from the Louisville, Kentucky three-piece

Added: 12/05/2015
7.2

Chubby and the Gang

The Mutt’s Nuts

Second album from the London-based punk rock five-piece produced by Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco

Added: 01/09/2021
7.2

Calexico

Edge of the Sun

Ninth album from the Tucson indie band with Latin and jazz-funk influences, featuring contributions from the Greek instrumental group Takim

Added: 10/04/2015
7.2

Brigid Mae Power

The Two World

Second album from the Irish folk singer-songwriter, featuring her husband Peter Broderick

Added: 12/02/2018
7.2

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

Pond Scum

A collection of career-spanning tracks recorded for the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel over a period of 8 years

Added: 26/01/2016
7.2

Blood Red Shoes

Ghosts On Tape

Sixth full-length album from the Brighton based indie rock duo released on their own label

Added: 18/01/2022
7.2

Blakroc

Blakroc

Damon Sash-curated rap rock collaboration between The Black Keys and a bevy of hip hop and R&B MCs

Added: 30/11/2009
7.2

Black Mountain

Wilderness Heart

Album No3 from the Canadian psych-rock five-piece

Added: 09/09/2010

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Latest Reviews

Lifeguard Ripped And Torn

The young Chicago band crams its debut album with streamlined hooks and a reverence for pop, punk, and post-punk history Pitchfork

Alan Sparhawk With Trampled by Turtles

The outcome of this pairing is an uneven affair, with deep troughs and high peaks The Quietus

Addison Rae Addison

Addison simultaneously feels like a coronation and a make or break moment, and Rae has brilliantly cemented herself among pop’s newest faces Paste Magazine

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All-time top 10

Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.