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1 August 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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Tyler, The CreatorDon't Tap the Glass

"Half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years" (8/10 - The Guardian). "A crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula" (8/10 - NME)

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Folk Bitch TrioNow Would Be A Good Time

"Breathtaking vocal harmonies, razor-sharp lyrical edge and delicate darkness set this Melbourne band apart" (10/10 - NME). "In short, it’s gorgeous. All ten tracks. Gorgeous" (9/10 - Far Out)

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Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse BandNew Threats From the Soul

"Jam-packed with arresting turns of phrase, collapsing structures, and revelatory and bizarre unions of form" (9.7/10 - Paste). "An essential new voice in American indie rock" (8.7/10 - Pitchfork)

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LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

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)

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7.2

Flume

Flume

Sydney producer Harley Streten with a debut album meshing together electro, glitch, R&B, dubstep and soul

Added: 12/02/2013
7.2

Chilly Gonzales

The Unspeakable Chilly Gonzales

Eighth album of eclectic orchestral hip-hop from the versatile Canadian

Added: 17/06/2011
7.2

Charlotte Hatherley

New Worlds

Third solo album of indie rock from former Ash guitarist

Added: 18/10/2009
7.2

Charlotte Gainsbourg

IRM

The actress and singer's second album, in collaboration with Beck, blending psych pop and offbeat electro pop

Added: 13/01/2010
7.2

Car Seat Headrest

Making a Door Less Open

Fourth label-backed album of low-fi indie pop from the Will Toledo-led band

Added: 29/04/2020
7.2

Ben Howard

I Forget Where We Were

Second album from the Devon-based folk / pop singer-songwriter

Added: 16/10/2014
7.2

Avi Buffalo

At Best Cuckold

Second album of guitar-based indie pop from the Californian band led by songwriter/guitarist Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg

Added: 08/09/2014
7.2

Arctic Monkeys

Suck It & See

Fourth album from the Sheffield indie rock quartet recorded in LA produced by James Ford

Added: 25/05/2011
7.2

Antibalas

Antibalas

The Brooklyn-based Afrobeat ensemble with their 5th album

Added: 04/08/2012
7.2

Wavves

King of the Beach

Nathan Williams' San Diego surf rock/punk one-man act with his 3rd album, boasting a more produced, less lo-fi sound

Added: 05/07/2010
7.2

Warpaint

Warpaint

Sophomore album from LA-based indie rock quartet. Mixed by the legendary Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich

Added: 16/01/2014
7.2

U.S. Girls

Bless This Mess

Eighth solo album of dark baroque pop from Toronto-born Meghan Remy

Added: 24/02/2023
7.2

Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

The Oscar-winning duo return with a score for the US version of the Stieg Larsson novel

Added: 30/12/2011
7.2

Treefight For Sunlight

Treefight For Sunlight

Debut album from Danish indie pop quartet

Added: 11/02/2011
7.2

Torche

Admission

Fifth album from the Miami sludge-rock band and the first with new new bassist Eric Hernandez of Wrong

Added: 12/07/2019
7.2

Tony Molina

Kill The Lights

Third album from the San Francisco Bay Area power pop singer-songwriter

Added: 30/07/2018
7.2

Tiny Ruins

Brightly Painted One

Second album from indie folk trio from Auckland, New Zealand fronted by singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook

Added: 05/05/2014
7.2

This Is The Kit

Bashed Out

Third album from the British folk-rock band fronted by Kate Stables produced by The National's Aaron Dessner

Added: 07/04/2015
7.2

The Tallest Man On Earth

Henry St.

Seventh album and first with a full band from the Swedish singer-wongwriter Kristian Matsson produced by Sylvan Esso's Nick Sanborn

Added: 17/04/2023
7.2

The Lathums

How Beautiful Life Can Be

Debut album from the Wigan indie rock quartet produced by The Coral's James Skelly

Added: 24/09/2021
7.2

The King Khan & BBQ Show

Bad News Boys

Canadian garage rock duo with their fourth album of punk doo-wop

Added: 24/02/2015
7.2

Son Lux

Lanterns

New York based producer Ryan Lott with his third album of post-rock and alternative hip-hop, his first with Joyful Noise Recordings

Added: 29/10/2013
7.2

Shelby Lynne

I Can't Imagine

Album number thirteen from the Grammy Award-winning country / pop singer-songwriter

Added: 15/05/2015
7.2

Sebadoh

Act Surprised

First album in six years from lo-fi indie rock Massachusetts trio led by Lou Barlow

Added: 28/05/2019
7.2

Sam Amidon

Salt River

Eighth full-length release from the Vermont-born singer-songwriter featuring contributions from saxophonist and producer Sam Gendel

Added: 27/01/2025
7.2

S.C.U.M.

Again Into Eyes

Debut album from London post punk / art rock band

Added: 05/09/2011
7.2

Raphael Saadiq

The Way I See It

Fourth album from the American soul / R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 02/03/2009
7.2

Rainer Maria

S/T

New album and first since 2006 from the reformed Madison, Wisconsin emo band

Added: 20/08/2017
7.2

Quicksand

Interiors

Third studio album from the post-hardcore four-piece, and first album since 1995

Added: 09/11/2017
7.2

Porches

Shirt

Fifth album from the New York-based synth-pop singer-songwriter Aaron Maine

Added: 13/09/2024

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