7 June 2020
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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First album since 1989's Spectrum from Spacemen 3's Peter Kember
Third album from the Irish folk singer-songwriter recorded with her husband Peter Broderick and Alasdair Roberts
Debut full-length album from the London-based singer-songwriter Will Wsterman produced by Nathan “Bullion” Jenkins
Debut album from the indie rock super-group comprising of Interpol's Paul Banks, The Walkmen's Matt Barrick, and Bonny Light Horseman's Josh Kaufman
Second full-length from the indie rock quintet from Melbourne, Australia
Debut album from the Cambridge-formed six-piece led by Alex Rice
Fourth studio album from the two hip hop heavyweights Killer Mike and El-P featuring guest appearances from 2 Chainz, Zack de la Rocha, DJ Premier, Josh Homme, Greg Nice, Mavis Staples, and Pharrell Williams
Third album from the Madrid-based garage rock quartet (formerly know as Deers) produced by Jenn Decilveo (Bat for Lashes, The Wombats, Albert Hammond Jr.)
Fifth full-length and fist in six years from the Canadian violinist recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London
Debut album of post-punk, indie pop from Fucked Up's Jonah Falco and Mike Haliechuk
Sixth studio album from the New York pop singer features guest appearances from Blackpink, Ariana Grande and Elton John
Fifth solo album from the Long Island punk rock singer and former frontman of Bomb the Music Industry!
Fifth album from the Neptune, New Jersey singer-songwriter features members of Spoon, My Morning Jacket and The Bad Seeds
Debut album from the London post-punk band led by Tom Greenhouse
Album number fifteen from the experimental San Francisco indie rock quartet
Fifth album from the Canadian dance pop artist and former Canadian Idol contestant features outtakes from Dedicated (2019)
Eleventh studio album from the American psychedelic folk rock band from Brooklyn
Second full-length album from the Brooklyn-based indie rock artist
Fourth studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad features a guest appearance from Ariel Pink
Ninth studio album and first for eight years from Bolton-born singer-songwriter Damon Gough
Brigid Mae Power Head Above The Water
Rich, textural melodies with arresting narrative lyrics make up the Irish artist’s third record The FT
Run The Jewels RTJ4
The duo’s timely fourth album deploys booming basslines and dystopian imagery to confront the US’s oldest trauma The FT
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Sideways to New Italy
It’s an album that you can leave on the background at a patio party or really delve into its intricacies with headphones on Northern Transmission
Hinds The Prettiest Curse
The band's grown up, but they haven't lost their edge Paste Magazine
Mike's lyrical dedications to the downtrodden and disenfranchised throughout RTJ4 amount to a fitting soundtrack for this fractured moment. Exclaim
Killer Mike and El-P craft a hard-hitting manifesto of boisterous anthems and fearless criticism Consequence Of Sound
Sonic Boom All Things Being Equal
Kember’s clients and partners know he’s immune from changing zeitgeists, which is partly why they work with him. Perhaps it’s appropriate he’s now set the controls to dialling-up his own past The Arts Desk
Urgent, retro-futurist and profoundly absorbing. Print edition only Mojo
He has clearly been galvanised creatively. What an excellent record. Print edition only Uncut
The ultimate question is: was the album worth a thirty year wait? The answer is a resounding YES. Just don’t leave it so long next time though Clash
It's a lovely return to the scene for Sonic Boom that finds him in full control of his vision and making music that stands proudly next to the best work he made in his so-called glory days in the 1990s All Music
All things being equal, this is arguably Pete Kember’s finest body of work since Spacemen 3 Under The Radar
Their notable consistency and subtle growth prove this is an act constantly on the rise and one to continue to watch Under The Radar
Aussie indie band’s second album might be the best guitar record of 2020 so far Rolling Stone
Political, pugilistic and horribly prescient — it’s the sound of now Evening Standard
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Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy