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22 June 2026

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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Graham CoxonCastle Park

"It’s a rare delight to hear him back in the driving seat" (8/10 - DIY). "Blur guitarist's 'lost' ninth solo album mixes a strong '60s aesthetic with some interesting stylistic tangents" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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Vince StaplesCry Baby

"An urgent manifesto against American injustice and complacency" (9.1/10 - Consequence of Sound). "The Long Beach lyricist delivers his most passionately political release to date" (8/20 - NME)

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Death Cab For CutieI Built You A Tower

"Their hardest-rocking and emotionally urgent set in a while" (9/10 - All Music). "Death Cab is here to stay, my friends, and here's to hoping that there's many more to come" (9.6/10 - Sputnik Music)

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Ed O’BrienBlue Morpho

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

Kevin MorbyLittle Wide Open

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

KneecapFENIAN

"After their Glastonbury fracas and legal troubles, political friction provides the backbone to this dense, musically adventurous third album" (9/10 - musicOMH).

FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

last 12 months

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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7.9

Jade

That's Showbiz Baby!

Debut full-length solo album from the Little Mix member Jade Thirlwall includes contributions from Cirkut, Lostboy, MNEK, RAYE, Sabath and Tove Lo

Added: 12/09/2025
7.9

Cola

Cost Of Living Adjustment

Third album from the post-punk Canadian trio

Added: 08/05/2026
7.9

Lorde

Virgin

Fourth album of electronic pop from New Zealand-born Ella Yelich-O'Connor co-produced with Jim-E Stack

Added: 27/06/2025
7.9

Westside Cowboy

So Much Country ‘Till We Get There

Second extended play from the Manchester indie rock quartet who won Glastonbury's Emerging Talent Competition in 2025

Added: 16/01/2026
7.9

Snocaps

Snocaps

Debut from the indie rock band featuring Katie and Allison Crutchfield and featuring Brad Cook, who also produced the album, and MJ Lenderman

Added: 01/11/2025
7.9

Kae Tempest

Self Titled

Fifth album of spoken word hip-hop/poetry from the London-born artist featuring contributions from Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers

Added: 04/07/2025
7.9

Folk Bitch Trio

Now Would Be A Good Time

Debut full-length album from the Melbourne indie folk band recorded in New Zealand by producer Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins, the Chills)

Added: 25/07/2025
7.9

Boards of Canada

Inferno

Fifth studio album and first in thirteen years from the influential electronica Scottish duo Michael Sandison and Marcus Eoin

Added: 27/05/2026
7.9

Kneecap

FENIAN

Third studio album from Belfast hip-hop trio produced by Dan Carey (Black Country, New Road, Black Midi, Squid)

Added: 27/04/2026
7.9

Picture Parlour

The Parlour

Debut full-length album from the indie rock band led by Katherine Parlour and Ella Risi

Added: 17/11/2025
7.9

Kelsey Lu

So Help me God

Second album from the North Carolina-born cellist and singer-songwriter featuring contributions from Jack Antonoff, Kim Gordon, Oli Jacobs, Yves Rothman, Sampha and Kamasi Washington

Added: 15/06/2026
7.9

Johnny Blue Skies & The Dark Clouds

Mutiny After Midnight

The latest release from Americana singer Sturgill Simpson under this extended moniker

Added: 13/03/2026
7.8

Shame

Cutthroat

Fourth album of guitar-based indie rock from the Brixton-based quintet

Added: 05/09/2025
7.8

Gorillaz

The Mountain

Ninth studio album from Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's virtual band featuring posthumous appearances from Dennis Hopper, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur from De La Soul, Tony Allen and Mark E. Smith

Added: 24/02/2026
7.8

Paul McCartney

The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Twentieth solo album from the music legend co-produced with Andrew Watt

Added: 27/05/2026
7.8

Kurt Vile

Philadelphia's been good to me

Tenth solo studio release from the American slacker-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist a love letter to his hometown of Philadelphia

Added: 28/05/2026
7.8

Lily Allen

West End Girl

Fifth studio album of the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in Los Angeles

Added: 24/10/2025
7.8

Idlewild

Idlewild

Tenth studio album from Scottish indie rock veterans is the first in six years produced by the band’s guitarist Rod Jones

Added: 04/10/2025
7.8

Hand Habits

Blue Reminder

Latest full-length album from the American indie rock musician Meg Duffy includes contributions from Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson, Blake Mills and Gregory Uhlmann

Added: 23/08/2025
7.8

Brandi Carlile

Returning To Myself

Seventh studio album from the singer-songwriter produced with Aaron Dessner, Justin Vernon and Andrew Watt

Added: 27/10/2025
7.8

Tara Clerkin Trio

Somewhere Good

Second full-length album from Bristol experimental band produced by Dominic Mitchison

Added: 10/06/2026
7.8

Gruff Rhys

Dim Probs

Ninth solo album from the Super Furry Animals frontman featuring backing vocals from Cate Le Bon and H. Hawkline

Added: 15/09/2025
7.8

Flyte

Between You and Me

Fourth album from the London folk-rock duo Jon Supran and Sam Berridge produced by Ethan Johns (Rufus Wainwright, The Vaccines, Laura Marling)

Added: 02/09/2025
7.8

Die Spitz

Something To Consume

Debut album from the Austin-based punk quartet signed to Jack White’s label

Added: 13/09/2025
7.8

Cass McCombs

Interior Live Oak

Eleventh studio album from the California-born singer-songwriter

Added: 15/08/2025
7.8

Shabaka

Of The Earth

Third solo release from the London-born jazz musician Shabaka Hutchings

Added: 10/03/2026
7.8

Militarie Gun

God Save the Gun

Second album from Los Angeles alt.rock five-piece led by singer Ian Shelton

Added: 17/10/2025
7.8

Margo Price

Hard Headed Woman

Fifth studio album from the Nashville-based country singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Tyler Childers and Jesse Welles

Added: 29/08/2025
7.8

Lime Garden

Maybe Not Tonight

Second full-length album from the Brighton indie rock band

Added: 16/04/2026
7.8

Hemlocke Springs

The Apple Tree Under the Sea

Debut full-length release from the North Carolina bedroom pop singer-songwriter and producer Isimeme "Naomi" Udu

Added: 12/02/2026

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Fresh stuff

Inferno by Boards of Canada

"The elusive Scottish electronic duo return after over a decade away with an immersive, multi-dimensional album that is both evocative and ambitious" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Modest MouseAn Eraser And A Maze
"A dense, challenging, and highly rewarding listen. It is a record that is at times anxious, claustrophobic, and deliberately rough around the edges" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

IceageFor Love of Grace & the Hereafter
"The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock’n’roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting music" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Paul McCartneyThe Boys of Dungeon Lane
"A richly nostalgic trip that proves this legend is still as creative as ever" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "A welcome return from the master" (8.5/10 - Hot Press).

RostamAmerican Stories
"Meticulous, inventive record" (8/10 - Mojo). "A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year" (8/10 - DIY)

The Coral388
"It’s a lucky number thirteen for fans – The Coral remain a band to cherish" (8/10 - Clash). "Every choppy guitar line and snaking Hammond or Farfisa lick form hooks in their own right" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

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"Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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