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23 April 2021

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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Field MusicFlat White Moon

"An inventive, original and impressive project from a band who hasn’t yet found a boundary they can’t expand" - American Songwriter's take on the 8th LP from the Sunderland art rock outfit

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Dinosaur JrSweep It Into Space

Gigwise reckon that with their twelfth album the J Mascis-led Massachusetts alt/indie rock stalwarts are "as unstoppable as ever" while Clash suggest "cranking up loud and enjoying in the spring sunshine"

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London GrammarCalifornian Soil

"A significant step forward in the trio's artistic maturation" - All Music's take on the 3rd LP from the Nottingham dream pop trio while NME say they are "fresher, revitalised and more confident than ever"

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The AntlersGreen To Gold

musicOHM describe the 6th LP from Peter Silberman as "a sumptuously crafted, warmly atmospheric and often beautiful work". DIY say "It feels like the opening of a new chapter, rather than the closing of the last one"

Lana Del ReyChemtrails Over The Country Club

The Independent reckon the latest from the New York-born singer-songwriter is "damn-near impossible to resist". Clash describe it as "an enchanting listen"

Arab StrapAs Days Get Dark

"Has an excellent claim to be the band's crowning achievement " - PopMatters take on the first new album in over 15 years from the Scottish indie rock duo. Uncut say it "feels vital rather than forced"

Jane WeaverFlock

The Arts Desk reckon the latest full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born artist is her "most varied, most vigorous album to date". Under The Radar say it will "feature heavily in the end of year lists"

MogwaiAs The Love Continues

Clash say the tenth studio album from the Glaswegian post-rock band is "Mogwai at their best" while Record Collector reckon it's their "most evolved album in a decade"

Black Country, New RoadFor The First Time

"This feels like everything a rock band can do" - Loud and Quiet's take on the first full-length release from the London post-rock band. NME call it "an utterly mesmerising debut"

BENEEHey u x

DIY reckon the the New Zealand alt pop artist Stella Rose Bennett is "on to a winner" with her debut album while Vinyl Chapters say it's "a confident and versatile record that BENEE should be proud of"

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Son Lux

Tomorrows III

Final album of the trilogy from the New York based post-rock trio Ryan Lott, Rafiq Bhatia, and Ian Chang
Sunburned Hand Of The Man

Pick a Day to Die

First new release from the Boston, Massachusetts psychedelic rock band in 11 years
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Endless Arcade

Eleventh studio album from the veteran Scottish alt-rockers is its first with Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci member Euro Childs and the first without co-founder Gerard Love

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Field Music Flat White Moon

Having grown in style and confidence with each album and displayed a flair for charting life's ever-changing weather patterns, here they do so with real, deeply-lived insight and dazzling pop expertise. Print edition only Mojo

Field Music Flat White Moon

They’ve smuggled in sobering thoughts of isolation, loneliness and optimism’s perpetual challenge. But hope wins through with the sprightly funk and handclaps of closer “You Get Better”. Print edition only Uncut

Porter Robinson Nurture

The album is at its best when it leans into the DJ/producer’s dexterous instrumental tinkering Slant Magazine

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William DoyleGreat Spans of Muddy Time
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Black HoneyWritten & Directed
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Genesis OwusuSmiling With No Teeth
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Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.

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