16 July 2025
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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EP of chillwave and hazy synthpop from the much-lauded South Carolina bedroom producer and multi-instrumentalist, Ernest Greene
7.9
Mixing 80s synths, 90s shoegaze, often filtered vocals and the rough, raw sound of a demo, Life Of Leisure is full of promise Read Review
Life Of Leisure is a soundtrack for a particular aspect of our time. Representative of an apathetic world of borrowed links and knowingly obscure recommendations Read Review
As a starting point for Washed Out, it doesn't get much better than Life Of Leisure. More please, and soon Read Review
Pushing the confines of what is perceived to be electronic music, Greene explores various genres and in doing so crafts his own entirely. Life Of Leisure could perhaps be described as the encapsulation of relaxation and happiness Read Review
Washed Out submerges a sense of intense feeling within its 80s-fantasy electronic ether Read Review
A brief, but alluring, record that is completely of its time Read Review
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Washed Out: Life Of Leisure
Wet Leg moisturizer
The Isle of Wight band’s sophomore outing is slutty, sensitive, sadistic, and superb Paste Magazine
Clipse Let God Sort Em Out
It's not the classic many of us were hoping for, but Let God Sort Em Out is a bombastic, unhinged and bitter reflection on modern hip-hop from two of the game's most creative and vicious MCs Exclaim
Growth isn’t always fun, but if Wet Leg’s development from one album to the next is this impressive, they’ll be able to channel maturity and snide detachment simultaneously before we know it Spectrum Culture
Gwenno Utopia
An English language work from an artist known for singing minority languages sacrifices creative bravery for a more sophisticated production sheen Spectrum Culture
BC Camplight A Sober Conversation
Brian Christinzio’s album about the source of his ongoing issues with addiction and depression combines real pain, jokes and incisive observations Spectrum Culture
Lorde Virgin
The voice that scored the coming-of-age of a generation of girls in the 2010s sounds most at home in the city that celebrates expression and self-discovery as much for the confusing journey as for the destination—New York is exactly where Lorde needs to be Spectrum Culture
Perhaps that’s why this 'difficult second album' is such a success - there’s neither complacency nor conformity here The Arts Desk
Ty Segall Possession
It’s psych-pop-rock that doesn’t need to be groundbreaking to be satisfying Under The Radar
If moisturizer feels a little unhinged at times, that’s because it is. Occasionally, it tries a bit too hard and doesn’t quite capture the chaotic charm of the debut, which still stands as the stronger release Under The Radar
Justin Bieber Swag
The album serves more as a platform for empty self-aggrandizement than self-reflection Slant Magazine
Teeming with overt-love metaphors, insatiable lust and uncaring attitudes, Wet Leg walked so Moisturizer could run, and boy, did she run The Line Of Best Fit
Maturity requires sacrifice, which, throughout her fourth album, Lorde discovers by separating herself from the person the world sees and often expects PopMatters
Hotline TNT Raspberry Moon
Hotline TNT achieve a brighter sound on Raspberry Moon, as Will Anderson celebrates his new love and welcomes songwriting contributions from his band PopMatters
The UK duo’s second album is a near-reinvention, an unbridled and clear-eyed testament to their songwriting chops that hones their vision and separates them from the pack Pitchfork
In the end, the album is too reverent to ever bother being interesting Slant Magazine
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange