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22 September 2020

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Marilyn MansonWe Are Chaos

NME reckon the latest LP from the American industrial act is "his best album since 2000's era-defining 'Holy Wood'". CoS say "the musicianship and songwriting are among the best of Manson’s career"

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UniformShame

"It’s masterfully dark, invigorating stuff" - Loud And Quiet's take on the fourth full-length album from the New York based thrash metal duo while Kerrang! describe it as "a weighty slab of industrial punk"

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Everything EverythingRe-Animator

"Re-Animator is the most assured the band have ever been" - The Independent's take on the 5th LP from the Manchester-based band while DIY describe it as "a shadowy beast that’s sure to leave a mark"

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Angel OlsenWhole New Mess

"Not only works in isolation, it deserves equal footing in Olsen's discography" - All Music's take on the fifth full-length studio release from the St Louis-born singer-songwriter which features new sparser recordings of tracks from 2019's All Mirrors

The KillersImploding The Mirage

Clash reckon that with their 6th LP the Las Vegas pop-rock band are "stepping away from their limitations in a blast of undiluted ambitions". NME say it has "enormo-ballads and futuristic bangers aplenty"

Biffy ClyroA Celebration Of Endings

The Line Of Best Fit say the Scots alt.rock trio "continue to prove themselves titans on an experimental and thunderous" on their 9th LP. Uncut describe it as "glorious, elevating and energising stuff"

Fontaines D.C.A Hero's Death

"Fontaines D.C. intend to become one of the greatest rock bands of all time, and they don’t mind doing it the hard way" The Independent's take on the second album from the Dublin-based post-punk quintet

JARV ISBeyond The Pale

Clash say the debut album from Jarvis Cocker's new band is "a triumph" and Northern Transmission say it's "a wonderful addition to Cocker’s entire musical oeuvre". DIY say he's "an absolute one-of-a-kind"

ProtomartyrUltimate Success Today

The Line Of Best Fit reckon the 5th LP from the Detroit post-punk quartet "has the power of an exorcism" while Gigwise say it is "an emotional rollercoaster of a record, but one that is well and truly worth riding"

Julianna BarwickHealing Is A Miracle

"Her most soothing and assuaging set of songs to date" - music OMH's take on the 4th LP from the Brooklyn-based vocalist and producer while No Ripcord say it's "an entrancing album from start to finish"

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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8.2
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Doves

The Universal Want

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

Added: 08/09/2020
8.2

Napalm Death

Throes Of Joy In The Jaws Of Defeatism

Sixteenth studio album from the Kettering grindcore / death metal quartet produced by Russ Russell (New Model Army, The Exploited)

Added: 18/09/2020
8.1

PVRIS

Use Me

Third full-length album from the Massachusetts alt.rock trio led by Lynn Gunn

Added: 27/08/2020
8.1

Kelly Lee Owens

Inner Song

Second album from the Welsh-born, London-based electronic artist includes a collaboration with John Cale

Added: 26/08/2020
8.1

Bill Callahan

Gold Record

Seventh album of mellow indie rock and Americana under his own name from the singer-songwriter was originally recorded for 1999’s Knock Knock, Let’s Move To The Country

Added: 02/09/2020
7.9

Marilyn Manson

We Are Chaos

Eleventh album from the American industrial act produced by Shooter Jennings

Added: 10/09/2020
7.9

No Joy

Motherhood

Fourth album from the Montreal shoegaze artist Jasamine White-Gluz produced by Jorge Elbrecht

Added: 24/08/2020
7.8

Everything Everything

Re-Animator

Fifth album from the Manchester-based indie pop/art rock band produced by John Congleton (St Vincent, Angel Olsen, Future Islands)

Added: 11/09/2020
7.7

Bright Eyes

Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was

Tenth studio album and first in almost a decade from the indie rock band led by Conor Oberst features drummer Jon Theodore (Queens of the Stone Age) and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea

Added: 17/08/2020
7.7

Angel Olsen

Whole New Mess

Fifth full-length studio release from the St Louis-born singer-songwriter recorded in 2018 at The Unknown (Phil Elverum and Nicholas Wilbur‘s converted church studio in the Pacific Northwest)

Added: 27/08/2020
7.6

Throwing Muses

Sun Racket

Album number ten and first in seven years from the Newport, Rhode Island alt.rock trio

Added: 03/09/2020
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

James Dean Bradfield

Even In Exile

Second solo album from the Manic Street Preachers frontman inspired by the life and death of Chilean activist/poet Victor Jara

Added: 12/08/2020
7.6

The Magic Gang

Death of the Party

Second album from the Brighton-based indie rock quartet recorded in Atlanta and produced by Ben H Allen (Animal Collective, Kaiser Chiefs, Cut Copy)

Added: 28/08/2020
7.6

Sufjan Stevens

The Ascension

Eighth full-length album and first in five years from the Detroit-born indie folk singer-songwriter

Added: 22/09/2020
7.6

Anjimile

Giver Taker

Debut full-length album from the Boston-based singer-songwriter

Added: 18/09/2020
7.5

Fenne Lily

Breach

Second album from the Bristol-based folk singer-songwriter recorded in Chicago with producer Brian Deck and Steve Albini

Added: 18/09/2020
7.5

Tricky

Fall To Pieces

Fourteenth studio album from the English trip hop artist written and recorded soon after the sudden death of his daughter Mazy Mina Topley-Bird

Added: 04/09/2020
7.5

The Flaming Lips

American Head

Album number sixteen from Wayne Coyne's Grammy-winning psych rockers includes a guest appearance from Kacey Musgraves

Added: 10/09/2020
7.5

Declan McKenna

Zeros

Second album from English singer-songwriter who won the Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition in 2015 produced by Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town,Carrie Underwood)

Added: 04/09/2020
7.5

Uniform

Shame

Fourth full-length album from the New York based thrash metal duo Michael Berdan and Ben Greenberg

Added: 11/09/2020
7.4

Marsicans

Ursa Major

Debut album from the Leeds indie rock quartet named in The Guardian's 50 Best New Artists for 2020

Added: 18/08/2020
7.4

A. Swayze & The Ghosts

Paid Salvation

Debut full-length album from the Tasmanian punk band

Added: 20/09/2020
7.4

Kathleen Edwards

Total Freedom

Fifth album of alt country from the Ottawa, Ontario singer-songwiter co-produced by Jim Bryson and Ian Fitchuk

Added: 14/08/2020
7.4

Dream Nails

Dream Nails

Second album from the London punk/riot grrrl band produced and mixed by Tarek Musa

Added: 28/08/2020
7.4

Deradoorian

Find The Sun

Second solo album from LA-based experimental alt.rock musician Angel Deradoorian and former Dirty Projectors singer

Added: 18/09/2020
7.3

Sam Prekop

Comma

Fifth solo album from the The Sea and Cake band member

Added: 10/09/2020
7.3

Bruce Hornsby

Non-Secure Connection

Latest album from the the singer-songwriter and pianist with guest appearances from Jamila Woods, James Mercer and Vernon Reid

Added: 17/08/2020
7.3

Bully

SUGAREGG

Third album of alt grunge rock from the Alicia Bognanno led Nashville-based four-piece produced by John Congleton (The War on Drugs, The Walkmen, St Vincent)

Added: 19/08/2020
7.3

The Lemon Twigs

Songs For The General Public

Third studio album of psychedelic pop from the Long Island, New York brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario

Added: 19/08/2020

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Fresh stuff

The Universal Want by Doves

Northern Transmissions say the 5th LP from the Manchester rock trio is "unmistakably fresh" and that "they’ve evolved, and they’re reinvigorated" while Clash say it's "an undeniable win"

The Flaming LipsAmerican Head
"Stately, sorrowful yet somehow also undeniably uplifting" - The Line Of Best Fit's take on the 16th LP from Wayne Coyne's Grammy-winning psych rockers. DIY say "it’ll tug at the heartstrings"

TrickyFall To Pieces
Under The Radar reckon the fourteenth LP from the English trip hop artist is "Tricky’s most cohesive and brilliant albums to date". The Arts Desk say he's "always drawn creative strength from his bare-faced authenticity"

Bill CallahanGold Record
The Observer reckon that with his seventh album it's time for Bill Callahan "to join the pantheon of great American singer-songwriters" while Record Collector say it's "both tender and wonderfully silly"

Throwing MusesSun Racket
"A stunning return to form that manages to sound both tough and tender" - The Quietus's take on album number ten from the Newport, Rhode Island alt.rock trio while The Arts Desk say it's "something special"

Declan McKennaZeros
The Guardian suggest that with his 2nd LP the English singer-songwriter is "in thrall to pop’s 1970s glam heroes, but his lyrics ponder today’s struggles" while DIY say it "comes full of glitter and flares"

Girl FridayAndrogynous Mary
"Dark, heavy themes are contrasted with elements of beauty - be they rousing lyrics, soft vocals or a distorted guitar line" - Clash's take on the debut album from the LA-based indie rock quartet

PVRISUse Me
Upset describe the third album from the Massachusetts alt.rock trio led by Lynn Gunn is "a record of sky high ambitions" while DIY say it "comes doused in sparkling synths and delicious beats"

BullySUGAREGG
"It’s a product full of joy, not maddening, but genuinely uplifting and encouraging" - The Line Of Best Fit's take on the 3rd LP of alt grunge rock from the Alicia Bognanno led Nashville-based four-piece

Nubya GarciaSource
"Nubya Garcia's skills as a saxophonist are only rivalled by her talent for composing" - NME's take on the debut full-length album from the London jazz musician. Gigwise say it offers "an abundance of firsts"

Bright EyesDown in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
The Line Of Best Fit reckon that even after ten albums Conor Oberst's indie rock band "still feels fresh". Uncut say he's "never sounded so wide awake"

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