25 March 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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Third album under this pseudonym from New York singer-songwriter Meredith Godreau
6.5
Arty folk-pop where no two songs follow the same formula Read Review
Successful at balancing flavours, soaring from feather-light whimsy to more emotive territory with flair Read Review
Godreau's voice is sweet and girlish. Print edition only
A thing of ghostly magic and quietly exotic beauty. Print edition only
A strange, distantly familiar set of songs Read Review
Leche exhibits a number of parallels with Múm ... and Godreau's delicate, expressive and almost childlike voice lends itself completely to the sort of skewed melodies and sentiments paraded by both Read Review
Reveals a more adventurous songwriter, bending the song forms and lacing the lyrical matter with darker themes Read Review
The consistency of Godreau’s songwriting is stellar Read Review
You're left with the sense that Elliott Smith may be gone but there;s still some bruised poets carrying his torch. Print edition only
Sometimes mysterious, often simply pleasant, there will probably be something here for most listeners Read Review
There are two or three songs that just don’t work but there are also several that stand comparison with any spawned by the likes of Nick Drake or Robyn Hitchcock Read Review
Although it fails to produce something wholly new to the table, it does assemble a collection of quant and enjoyable songs Read Review
For all its brief swoops of beauty and quirky intrigue, there is something ultimately unsatisfying about Leche Read Review
Godreau is a huge talent who needs a polite shove out of her comfort zone Read Review
Print edition only
Leche’s rickety allure is also its downfall: a half-finished record in essence, these songs ultimately instigate more frustration than enjoyment Read Review
Her success is mindblowing and frustrating Read Review
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Gregory and the Hawk: Leche
Fcukers Ö
Nothing about the album asks permission: it wants a dancefloor, a crowd and a slightly irresponsible amount of volume Dork
A swift album that’ll prove difficult to grow tired of DIY
Altogether, Ö feels like candy: addictive, sweet, glossy; the ultimate sugar rush. While it remains to be seen if there's a crash coming, Fcukers are undeniably the life of the party Exclaim
For a band sold as New York's next great party-starters, much of the debut album from Fcukers feels oddly undercooked The Skinny
It doesn’t take itself too seriously, and it’s exactly what’s needed heading into summer. Fcukers know what they do best, and they are at the top of their game. Who’s ready to keep up with them? The Line Of Best Fit
Robyn Sexistential
After 2018’s meditative Honey, the Swedish star returns to her trademark skin-tingling electro bangers – but this time she’s unpicking her trademark fixation on romantic love The Guardian
Underscores U
This is a proper pop album, not in spite of its oddness, but because of it Dork
James Blake Trying Times
It’s not Blake’s most immediate album, and probably not his most consistent. But it might be one of his most honest, not because it says more, but because it leaves more unsaid Beats Per Minute
The Twilight Sad It's The Long Goodbye
Six albums in, they’ve delivered something that feels both intensely personal and completely universal. It’s The Long Goodbye doesn’t try to dress anything up or soften the edges. It sits with the reality of loss and lets it unfold in its own time XS Noize
The Black Crowes A Pound of Feathers
Chris and Rich Robinson didn’t twiddle their thumbs when putting together this bubbling cauldron of rock, blues, soul and funk – A Pound Of Feathers was done and dusted in just 10 days, and benefits from both discipline and spontaneity Record Collector
The essence of what has driven Robyn’s 30-plus year career DIY
Questioning everything about love, life and sex, Robyn takes us on a joyride that’s both serious and silly NME
BTS ARIRANG
After nearly four years, the world-conquering boyband are back, bringing with them new reflections on life and shining light on more facets of their cultural heritage NME
In so clearly seeking to recapture a certain kind of early-millennial energy in its production and songwriting, Sexistential perhaps forfeits the potential to be its own thing in a way that Honey indisputably was Exclaim
With the shackles of the majors thrown off, Trying Times seems like the most fun Blake has had in a while Spectrum Culture
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Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways