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15 May 2024

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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Knocked LooseYou Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

"The Kentucky hardcore lot obliterate expectations... as fearsome as it is ferocious" (10/10 - The Skinny). "An album of crushing intensity and vast scope" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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Arab StrapI'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore

"A set of songs that offers no answers, but observes conditions and behavior plainly and poetically in turn" (9/10 - Under The Radar)

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Kings Of LeonCan We Please Have Fun

"There’s evidence on this, the Followills’ ninth album, of magic still coursing through those weary old Nashville bones" (8/10 - msuicOMH). "The family band sound their best in years" (7.8/10 - Paste)

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St. VincentAll Born Screaming

"Restlessly inventive and packed with ideas" (10-/10 - The Guardian). "A visceral examination of art and nature when both are pushed to the brink" (9/10 - Slant)

Taylor SwiftThe Tortured Poets Department

"A terrific reminder of the intense, personal connection Swift can conjure in song" (10/10 - The Independent). "Surprisingly flat and, at times, cringeworthy" (6/10 - NME)

Vampire WeekendOnly God Was Above Us

"Neat summation of where they've been, while still looking forward" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Their most accomplished album yet" (9/10 - DIY). "Sprawling ode to a long-gone, old New York City" (8/10 - NME)

RideInterplay

"When they delve into the big guitar histrionics of yesteryear, as on “Light in a Quiet Room,” the results are breathtaking" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "One of the most intriguing albums of their career to date" (8/10 - Clash)

ElbowAudio Vertigo

"This is phenomenal stuff" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "An album that further cements their legacy" (9-10 - Clash). "It’s nice to see Elbow stepping outside their comfort zone" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

Kacey MusgravesDeeper Well

"Revels in Laurel Canyon folk and psychedelic pop on her fantastic sixth album" (10/10 - The Independent). "Ring it up as another jewel in the crown" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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7.2

Shelby Lynne

I Can't Imagine

Album number thirteen from the Grammy Award-winning country / pop singer-songwriter

Added: 15/05/2015
7.2

Sebadoh

Act Surprised

First album in six years from lo-fi indie rock Massachusetts trio led by Lou Barlow

Added: 28/05/2019
7.2

S.C.U.M.

Again Into Eyes

Debut album from London post punk / art rock band

Added: 05/09/2011
7.2

Raphael Saadiq

The Way I See It

Fourth album from the American soul / R&B singer-songwriter

Added: 02/03/2009
7.2

Rainer Maria

S/T

New album and first since 2006 from the reformed Madison, Wisconsin emo band

Added: 20/08/2017
7.2

Quicksand

Interiors

Third studio album from the post-hardcore four-piece, and first album since 1995

Added: 09/11/2017
7.2

Popstrangers

Antipodes

Debut album from New Zealand garage rock trio

Added: 25/02/2013
7.2

Patrick Wolf

Lupercalia

Album No.5 from the London-based pop / folktronica singer-songwriter

Added: 01/06/2011
7.2

Pat Metheny

Unity Band

Metheny's latest release in an already huge discography of jazz and fusion releases is the first to include a tenor saxophone

Added: 13/06/2012
7.2

Paolo Nutini

Caustic Love

After a five-year break, the Paisley-born singer releases his third album

Added: 09/04/2014
7.2

Novelist

Novelist Guy

Debut album from 21 year old English grime MC Kojo Kankam, released on his own label

Added: 15/04/2018
7.2

Nérija

Blume

Debut full-length album from the London jazz collective produced by Kwes (Loyle Carner, Solange, DELS)

Added: 06/08/2019
7.2

Mr Twin Sister

Mr Twin Sister

Second LP from the chilled Long Island indie pop quintet, now with "Mr" added to their name

Added: 24/09/2014
7.2

Molly Burch

First Flower

Second album from the LA-born, Austin-based singer songwriter

Added: 10/10/2018
7.2

Moiré

Shelter

London-based producer releases his debut LP of intimate electronica

Added: 19/08/2014
7.2

Meet Me @ The Altar

Past // Present // Future

Debut full-length release from the American pop-punk trio consisting of front-woman Edith Johnson, Téa Campbell on guitar and Ada Juarez on drums

Added: 09/03/2023
7.2

Martina Topley Bird

Some Place Simple

Third album from singer who has previously worked with Tricky and Massive Attack

Added: 16/07/2010
7.2

Madeline Kenney

Sucker's Lunch

Third album from the Pacific Northwestern indie singer-songwriter produced by Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack

Added: 01/08/2020
7.2

Lykke Li

I Never Learn

Third album of indie pop from Swedish singer working with Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John and Greg Kurstin

Added: 30/04/2014
7.2

London Grammar

Californian Soil

Third album from the Nottingham dream pop trio working with producers Charlie Andrew George FitzGerald Steve Mac

Added: 16/04/2021
7.2

Lee Gamble

Koch

Third LP of abstract techno from the London producer

Added: 27/09/2014
7.2

Lana Del Rey

Ultraviolence

Third LP from the sultry New York singer songwriter, produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach

Added: 13/06/2014
7.2

Kylesa

Exhausting Fire

Seventh album from the Savannah, Georgia based psychedelic sludge metal trio

Added: 09/10/2015
7.2

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

Texas Moon

Second EP from collaboration between the Houston, Texas psychedelic rock trio and the Atlanta, Georgia neo soul singer

Added: 18/02/2022
7.2

John Legend & The Roots

Wake Up!

The US neo-soul singer teams up with The Roots to work through a collection of soul classics

Added: 28/09/2010
7.2

Jockstrap & Taylor Skye

I<3UQTINVU

Remix of Jockstrap's 2022 debut album, I Love You Jennifer B featuring guest appearances form Babymorocco, Kirin J Callinan, Ersatz, Coby Sey and Ian Starr

Added: 08/11/2023
7.2

Jamie T

Trick

Fourth album from the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in London and Detroit

Added: 31/08/2016
7.2

Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

Fifth album of self-produced and performed modern soul / funk from Nashville-based Englishman

Added: 14/02/2013
7.2

J. Cole

The Off-Season

Sixth studio album from the American rapper executive produced by Cole, Ibrahim Hamad, and T-Minus

Added: 18/05/2021
7.2

Insecure Men

Insecure Men

Debut album from Fat White Family's Saul Adamczewski and Childhood's Ben Romans-Hopcraft produced by Sean Lennon

Added: 26/02/2018

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Kings Of Leon Can We Please Have Fun

The Followills are back with familiar anthems but not enough howling numbers to satiate their ninth album's titular request NME

Arab Strap I'm totally fine with it don't give a fuck anymore

Morosely funny lyrics, and a pitch-perfect retro sound design that alternates between deadly serious and utterly comical. They’re stronger than ever musicOMH

Kings Of Leon Can We Please Have Fun

Pop Art-provocative, and speaks to the joy, sweat, and poetic inspiration coursing through all of Can We Please Have Fun All Music

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"A true grand finale, and it's one worth reveling in" (8.8/10 - Sputnik Music). "Without any shadow of a doubt, the album of their career. What a way to leave" (8/1- - Kerrang!)

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