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9 June 2026

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Vince StaplesCry Baby

"An urgent manifesto against American injustice and complacency" (9.1/10 - Consequence of Sound). "The Long Beach lyricist delivers his most passionately political release to date" (8/20 - NME)

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Death Cab For CutieI Built You A Tower

"Their hardest-rocking and emotionally urgent set in a while" (9/10 - All Music). "Death Cab is here to stay, my friends, and here's to hoping that there's many more to come" (9.6/10 - Sputnik Music)

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Modest MouseAn Eraser And A Maze

"A dense, challenging, and highly rewarding listen. It is a record that is at times anxious, claustrophobic, and deliberately rough around the edges" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

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Ed O’BrienBlue Morpho

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

Kevin MorbyLittle Wide Open

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

KneecapFENIAN

"After their Glastonbury fracas and legal troubles, political friction provides the backbone to this dense, musically adventurous third album" (9/10 - musicOMH).

FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

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Inferno by Boards of Canada

"The elusive Scottish electronic duo return after over a decade away with an immersive, multi-dimensional album that is both evocative and ambitious" (10/10 - musicOMH)

IceageFor Love of Grace & the Hereafter
"The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock’n’roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting music" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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"A richly nostalgic trip that proves this legend is still as creative as ever" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "A welcome return from the master" (8.5/10 - Hot Press).

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"Meticulous, inventive record" (8/10 - Mojo). "A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year" (8/10 - DIY)

The Coral388
"It’s a lucky number thirteen for fans – The Coral remain a band to cherish" (8/10 - Clash). "Every choppy guitar line and snaking Hammond or Farfisa lick form hooks in their own right" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

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"Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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"This is musical joy captured in a record one of the group’s strongest works to date" (9/10 - Clash). "The exultant power-pop on the D'Addario brothers' sixth album is untouchably brilliant" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Broken Social SceneRemember The Humans
"You can hear them having fun, bouncing the ideas off one another" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar). "Celebrates the joy and spirit of a bunch of old friends simply jamming together" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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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.