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13 May 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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Arcade FirePink Elephant

"It leaves a shallow void where their spark once was" (5/10 - musicOMH). "It balances huge arena heft, synth throb and an ear-pleasingly smeary murk" (6/10 - The Arts Desk

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Mark Pritchard and Thom YorkeTall Tales

"The Radiohead frontman and the esteemed electronic producer release a collaboration album. What it lacks in razzle-dazzle it makes up for with risky maneuvers" (7.6/10 - Pitchfork)

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McluskyThe World Is Still Here and So Are We

"Scratchy guitar riffs and thunderous bass, all driven by pounding drums, suggest that the last 20 Mclusky-free years have just disappeared in a puff of smoke" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Highest Recent Ratings

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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)

Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

"Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery" (10/10 - DIY). "Marks a return to his fragile folk roots" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Revels in its sense of joy and collaboration" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Craig FinnAlways Been

"The Hold Steady bandleader has never sounded so alive" (8.5/10 - Paste Magazine). "Another rousing success from Finn" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Probably his finest solo album to date" (8/10 - musicOMH)

DeafheavenLonely People With Power

"Deafheaven’s best album yet, and one that serves as a snapshot of a band at the peak of their powers" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get" (8/10 - DIY)

Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

"Deliciously nuanced songwriting shines" (10/10 - NME). "The album’s production is imbued with a rich sense of depth and warmth" (9/10 - Slant)

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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7.7

Doves

Constellations For The Lonely

Sixth album and first in eleven years from the Manchester rock trio produced with Dan Austin

Added: 27/02/2025
7.7

Youth Lagoon

Rarely Do I Dream

Second album as Youth Lagoon in two years from the Boise, Idaho musician Trevor Powers

Added: 21/02/2025
7.7

Moonchild Sanelly

Full Moon

Third full-length release from the South African artist Sanelisiwe Twisha produced by Johan Hugo

Added: 09/01/2025
7.7

Twenty One Pilots

Clancy

Seventh album from the Columbus, Ohio indie pop duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun

Added: 24/05/2024
7.7

Soft Play

Heavy Jelly

First release under this moniket from the English hardcore punk duo formerly known as Slaves

Added: 19/07/2024
7.7

Craig Finn

Always Been

Sixth solo album from The Hold Steady frontman produced by Adam Granduciel of The War on Drugs

Added: 07/04/2025
7.7

Coheed and Cambria

The Father of Make Believe

Eleventh studio album from the New York's prog-rock quartet is the third album in the Vaxis saga

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Spirit Of The Beehive

You'll Have To Lose Something

Fifth album from the Philadelphia-based psych rock trio

Added: 23/08/2024
7.7

Saint Etienne

The Night

Eleventh studio album from the London alternative dance trio formed in 1990

Added: 13/12/2024
7.7

Blondshell

If You Asked for a Picture

Second full-length release from the Los Angeles-based indie rock musician Sabrina Teitelbaum

Added: 02/05/2025
7.7

Horse Jumper of Love

Disaster Trick

Fifth album from the Boston indie rock trio featuring contributions from Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman and Squirrel Flower's Ella Williams

Added: 16/08/2024
7.7

Hinds

Viva Hinds

Fourth album from the Madrid-based garage rock quartet (formerly know as Deers) produced by former The Vaccines drummer Pete Robertson, and features guest appearances by Beck and Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.)

Added: 05/09/2024
7.7

Ethel Cain

Perverts

Second album from the Florida-born dream pop artist Hayden Silas Anhedönia

Added: 06/01/2025
7.7

Bdrmm

Microtonic

Third album from the Hull-based dream pop / shoegaze five-piece led by Ryan Smith

Added: 28/02/2025
7.6

Pale Waves

Smitten

Fourth album from the Manchester indie pop four-piece co-produced by Simon Oscroft

Added: 26/09/2024
7.6

O.

Weirdos

Debut full-length release from the London duo saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary was recorded live to tape and produced by Dan Carey

Added: 21/06/2024
7.6

Goat Girl

Below The Waste

Third album from the South London post punk quartet

Added: 06/06/2024
7.6

Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke

Tall Tales

Debut collaboration between the electronic musician Pritchard and the Radiohead frontman

Added: 09/05/2025
7.6

Nick Lowe

Indoor Safari

Latest full-length release from British singer-songwriter features two new original songs

Added: 16/09/2024
7.6

Kali Uchis

Sincerely

Fifth studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis

Added: 12/05/2025
7.6

Jeffrey Lewis

The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis

Latest album from this New York singer-songwriter and comic book artist

Added: 20/03/2025
7.6

Honeyglaze

Real Deal

Second full-length album from the London indie rock band produced by Claudius Mittendorfer (Ash, White Lies)

Added: 30/09/2024
7.6

Wand

Vertigo

Sixth album of psychedelic garage rock from the LA-based quintet

Added: 29/07/2024
7.6

Vince Staples

Dark Times

Sixth full-length album from the Long Beach, California rapper

Added: 27/05/2024
7.6

Leon Bridges

Leon

Fourth studio album of gospel/soulful R&B from the American singer-songwriter

Added: 06/10/2024
7.6

Great Grandpa

Patience, Moonbeam

Third full-length album from the Seattle-based indie rock quintet

Added: 01/04/2025
7.6

Crack Cloud

Red Mile

Third album from the Vancouver-based art-rock, post-punk multimedia collective recorded at Joshua Tree, California and Calgary, Alberta

Added: 26/07/2024
7.6

Anna B Savage

You And I Are Earth

Third full-length album from the Dublin-based, London-born singer-songwriter

Added: 24/01/2025
7.6

DIIV

Frog In Boiling Water

Fourth album of guitar-driven dream pop and shoegaze from the Brooklyn quartet produced by Chris Coady (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, Grizzly Bear, Beach House)

Added: 24/05/2024
7.6

Beabadoobee

This Is How Tomorrow Moves

Third full-length release from the Filipino-born Londoner Beatrice Laus was produced by Rick Rubin

Added: 08/08/2024

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Latest Reviews

Kali Uchis Sincerely

An ambitious pop artist offers a rich retro-pop exploration of family and tradition Rolling Stone

Kali Uchis Sincerely

The singer embraces, albeit wistfully, the pleasures of stability throughout the album Slant Magazine

Kali Uchis Sincerely

Another crowning achievement, it’s long past time we honoured Kali Uchis as a transformative R&B talent Clash

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Iris Silver Mist by Jenny Hval

"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)

Model/ActrizPirouette
"It dares you to experience desire, disgust, shame, and joy—all twirling together in a dizzying blur of lace and lights" (9.5/10 - Northern Transmission)

Car Seat HeadrestThe Scholars
"A cinematic exploration of maximalism that will appeal to any fan of rock operas" (10/10 - Spill). "The Seattle band returns with their best new album in almost a decade" (8.5/10 - Paste)

BlondshellIf You Asked for a Picture
"She’s a singer-songwriter powerhouse in the making" (10/10 - Dork). "Sabrina Teitelbaum turns rough memories into pretty songs with a bite on her second album" (7/10 - Rolling Stone).

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"Viagra Boys are at their straightforward best on career-high viagr aboys" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A return to form, offering the inner workings of a corroded mind in musical form" (8/10 - The Skinny)

SamiaBloodless
"The Minneapolis-based artist thrives in the middle of lofty topics and idea-stuffed songs" (10/10 - NME). "A circular experience that makes you want to hit ‘play’ by the time finale ‘Pants’ closes out" (8/10 - Clash)

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"Meditating in the chaos of creativity and untethered by genre — still evolving; still electric" (8.1/10 - Paste Magazine). "As much a rebirth as it is a document of survival" (8/10 - DIY)

BeirutA Study Of Losses
"The most effortless and surprising Beirut album in ages" (7.4/10 - Pitchfork). "What might be his most beautiful record to date, particularly the instrumental numbers" (8/10 - Mojo)

Black Country, New RoadForever Howlong
"They’ve navigated seismic changes and delivered music that feels both radically new and deeply authentic" (10/10 - Dork)

MamalarkyHex Key
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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.