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27 July 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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7.5

Katatonia

Dead End Kings

This latest album from the Swedish doom metal band marks their ninth full length release

Added: 28/08/2012
7.5

Jane Weaver

Loops in the Secret Society

Reworkings of previously released tracks plus new recordings from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter and former member of Kill Laura and Misty DixonA

Added: 01/07/2019
7.5

Iglooghost

Lei Line Eon

Fourth album of experimental electronica from the English producer Seamus Malliagh

Added: 06/04/2021
7.5

I Am Kloot

Sky At Night

Fifth album from the Manchester indie rock trio, with added orchestral instrumentation and producer by Elbow's Guy Garvey and Craig Potter

Added: 01/07/2010
7.5

Ho99o9

United States Of Horror

Debut LP from the LA-based hip hop/hardcore duo theOGM and Eaddy

Added: 17/05/2017
7.5

Gordi

Our Two skins

Second album from the Australian folktronica singer-songwriter Sophie Payten

Added: 26/06/2020
7.5

Golden Teacher

No Luscious Life

Debut album from the Glaswegian electronic six-piece

Added: 14/11/2017
7.5

Glen Hansard

This Wild Willing

Fourth solo album from the Irish singer-songwriter and Frames frontman

Added: 15/04/2019
7.5

Georgia

Seeking Thrills

Second album of electro pop from London-born multi-instrumentalist Georgia Barnes, daughter of Leftfield’s Neil Barnes

Added: 08/01/2020
7.5

Future Islands

People Who Aren’t There Anymore

Seventh album from the Baltimore synthpop group produced by the band and previous collaborator Steve Wright

Added: 23/01/2024
7.5

Fruit Bats

A River Running To Your Heart

Tenth album from Eric D. Johnson's indie folk band roduced with Jeremy Harris

Added: 16/04/2023
7.5

First Aid Kit

The Big Black And The Blue

Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna with a debut album of indie/folk

Added: 18/01/2010
7.5

Ezra Furman

Goodbye Small Head

Seventh solo album from the Chicago indie rock musician and singer-songwriter

Added: 16/05/2025
7.5

Drake

Nothing Was The Same

The Canadian rapper's third album features contributions from 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Jay Z

Added: 22/09/2013
7.5

Douglas Dare

Whlem

Debut album from the London-based singer-songwriter who has opened shows for label-mates Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm

Added: 12/05/2014
7.5

Dot Allison

Heart-Shaped Scars

First solo release in 12 years from the Scottish singer-songwriter and former One Dove singer co-produced by Fiona Cruickshank

Added: 31/07/2021
7.5

Dehd

Flower Of Devotion

Third full-length album from the Chicago DIY trio was produced by the band's guitarist Jason Balla

Added: 17/07/2020
7.5

Deep Sea Diver

Billboard Heart

Fourth album from the Seattle indie rock band led by Jessica Dobson and produced Andy D. Park

Added: 03/03/2025
7.5

Daniel Knox

Won’t You Take Me With You

Sixth full-length album from the Chicago-based singer-songwriter produced by Joshua Fitzgerald Klocek

Added: 15/01/2021
7.5

Dan Friel

Life

Third full length from the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and former member of Parts & Labor

Added: 21/10/2015
7.5

Crumb

Jinx

Debut full-length album from the Brooklyn-based psych-rock quartet

Added: 24/06/2019
7.5

Cloth

Secret Measure

Second full-lenth release from the Glasgow duo Paul and Rachael Swinton produced by Ali Chant

Added: 08/05/2023
7.5

Brandi Carlile

By the Way, I Forgive You

Sixth studio album from the singer-songwriter co-produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings

Added: 20/02/2018
7.5

BLK JKS

After Robots

The Johannesburg experimental rock act, combining African rhythms and jazz on their debut

Added: 18/09/2009
7.5

Black Honey

Written & Directed

Second album from the Brighton four-piece indie rock band

Added: 18/03/2021
7.5

Billie Marten

Flora Fauna

Third album from the North Yorkshire singer-songwriter nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 award

Added: 21/05/2021
7.5

Angel Olsen

Aisles

Five track EP from the St Louis-born singer-songwriter featuring covers of songs by Alphaville, Laura Branigan, Billy Idol, Men Without Hats and OMD

Added: 22/08/2021
7.5

A. Savage

Thawing Dawn

Debut solo album from the Parquet Courts frontman, released on his own label

Added: 27/10/2017
7.5

Woods

At Echo Lake

Fifth album of lo-fi rock and indie psych/folk from the Brooklyn quartet

Added: 13/05/2010
7.5

Willie Nelson

God's Problem Child

The latest album from the Texas country legend features Alison Krauss and one of the last ever recordings of Leon Russell

Added: 27/04/2017

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