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8 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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7.6

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

Nubya Garcia

Source

Debut full-length album from the London-based jazz musician was produced by Kwes (Loyle Carner, Kelela, DELS)

Added: 21/08/2020
7.6

Nao

And Then Life Was Beautiful

Third studio album from the British R&B artist Neo Joshua

Added: 24/09/2021
7.6

MUNA

Saves The World

Second album from the Los Angeles-based electronic pop trio

Added: 07/09/2019
7.6

Letlive.

The Blackest Beautiful

Third album from the LA-based post-hardcore / alt.rock four-piece

Added: 08/07/2013
7.6

King

We Are King

Debut album from LA soul trio consisting of producer Paris Strother her sister Amber and Anita Bias

Added: 10/02/2016
7.6

Kate NV

WOW

Fifth full-length solo release from the Moscow-based avant-pop artist

Added: 02/03/2023
7.6

Jlin

Akoma

Fourth album and first in seven years from the Indiana-based electronic musician Jerrilynn Patton featuring collaborations with Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet

Added: 22/03/2024
7.6

Helado Negro

This Is How You Smile

Sixth full-length album from the Brooklyn-based psych folk and experimental electronica artist Roberto Carlos Lange

Added: 08/03/2019
7.6

Haley Heynderickx

I Need to Start a Garden

Debut record from the Portland, OR singer-singwriter

Added: 26/03/2018
7.6

Gregory Porter

Take Me To The Alley

Fourth studio album of soulful jazz, followup to 2014's Grammy winning Liquid Spirit

Added: 09/05/2016
7.6

Greentea Peng

Man Made

Debut full-length album from the South London neo-soul artist Aria Wells

Added: 04/06/2021
7.6

Go-Kart Mozart

On The Hot Dog Streets

Third album of indie pop from the eccentric former Felt and Denim frontman Lawrence

Added: 02/07/2012
7.6

Ghost

Meliora

The title of the Swedish doom/heavy metal act's third album means 'the pursuit of the better' in Latin

Added: 21/08/2015
7.6

Father John Misty

Fear Fun

Eighth studio album from the Baltimore-born singer-songwriter, guitarist and drummer J. Tilman who recently left Fleet Foxes

Added: 30/04/2012
7.6

Erykah Badu

But You Caint Use My Phone

Mixtape from the Dallas-born R&B singer recorded over 12 days working with producer Zach Witness

Added: 09/12/2015
7.6

Ducks Ltd.

Harms Way

Second full-length release from Toronto-based indie rock duo Tom McGreevy and Evan Lewis

Added: 09/02/2024
7.6

Deftones

Gore

Eighth studio album from the Sacramento alt. metal band, produced by Matt Hyde (Slayer, Children of Bodom, Monster Magnet)

Added: 08/04/2016
7.6

Declan McKenna

What Happened To The Beach?

Third album from London-born singer-songwriter produced by Gianluca Buccellati (Lana Del Rey, Arlo Parks, Paris Texas)

Added: 09/02/2024
7.6

Chuck Prophet

Temple Beautiful

The latest album from the Californian singer-songwriter, known also for his work with Green or Red

Added: 07/03/2012
7.6

Cass McCombs

Mangy Love

Album number nine from the American folk / indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

Added: 24/08/2016
7.6

Bully

Feels Like

Debut collection of fuzzy grunge pop from the Nashville quartet led by Alicia Bognanno

Added: 22/06/2015
7.6

BTS

Map of the Soul: 7

Fourth Korean-language (seventh overall) album from South Korean boy band featuring guest appearances from Halsey and Sia

Added: 21/02/2020
7.6

Boris

W

Twenty-seventh album from the prolific Japanese experimental noise rock trio

Added: 21/01/2022
7.6

Bolis Pupul

Letter to Yu

Debut solo album from the Belgian synthpop musician Boris Zeebroek recorded at Soulwax's studio in Ghent

Added: 11/03/2024
7.6

Best Coast

Crazy For You

Debut album of indie rock from LA-based duo Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno

Added: 21/07/2010
7.6

Ben Howard

Noonday Dream

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

Added: 01/06/2018
7.6

Bananagun

The True Story of Bananagun

Debut full-length album from the Melbourne-based psych-rock five-piece

Added: 24/06/2020
7.6

Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert

Here Lies The Body

Collaboration between the Arab Strap man and the Glaswegian singer-songwriter along with guest vocalist Siobhan Wilson

Added: 09/05/2018
7.6

Tori Amos

Ocean To Ocean

Album number sixteen from the American singer-songwriter recorded in Cornwall during lockdown

Added: 29/10/2021

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