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31 August 2026

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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Getdown ServicesMassive Champion

"A ridiculous triumph" (9/10 - DIY). "The buzzy Minehead-via-Bristol party-starters shake off the 'joke band' label and face up to doubt on nuanced album number two" (8/10 - NME)

Laura VeirsTemple Songs

"Recorded produced and performed entirely on her own, this gorgeously crafted album serves as a soothing balm in turbulent times" (8/10 - musicOMH).

Charli XCXMusic, Fashion, Film

"How do you follow up the album that made you a star – and a caricature? In classic Charli style: with a pivot to guitar and a meta masterpiece about the instability of identity" (10/10 - The Guardian

Yard ActYou're Gonna Need A Little Music

"A deliberate retreat from their role as commentators; here, their medium has become the music" (10/10 - NME)

mary in the junkyardRole Model Hermit

"A magnificent feat in angry, sad and fantastical folk-rock" (10/10 - The Skinny). The complex instrumental layerings and weaving storylines will entrance you (8/10 - Clash)

Knifeworld

Buried Alone: Tales of Crushing Defeat

Debut from the band led by guitar whizz Kavus Torabi, founding member of art punk pioneers The Monsoon Bassoon

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UK Release date: 17/08/2009

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8.0 776
8.0 | The List

Leaping from Canterbury folk whimsy to full on thrash and everything in between this is all over the place, but in a good way.
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7.0 777
7.0 | Drowned In Sound

The only thing that holds it all together is a steely conviction in its own strangeness and a scabrous pop sensibility that winds throughout. This album is coming from a place way, way through the looking glass.
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