10 November 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 of grungey alternative rock by this duo from Brighton
7.3
Reeks of ambition and achievement. Taking a scythe to their rule book proves they rate artistry some way above cash Read Review
Each album they release has been a forward step – this perhaps being the greatest they’ve taken so far Read Review
Like a flash of the eponymous footwear in a dark city alleyway, Blood Red Shoes are a shock to the system Read Review
They have in many ways remained true to their punk and grunge roots, yet have also proved themselves to be quite innovative Read Review
This is big, anthemic indie rock packed with soaring harmonies, frantic drums and driving chord progressions Read Review
Despite – or perhaps because of – their rigid limitations, Blood Red Shoes have stuck at it to pull of the well-heeled whiskey, better-with-age trick. Good for them Read Review
An extremely impressive and clever modern rock record Read Review
An album so texturally complex that there is simply no space to consider what it might, or might not, be missing Read Review
Whilst ‘In Time To Voices’ doesn’t completely bin-off their brattish punk beginnings, it finds Carter and band-mate Steven Ansell making more psychedelic stride Read Review
Turns down the acerbic tone of the first record and adds - for the most part - a more expansive dimension to their sound Read Review
The Brighton-based pair’s pop-rock sound has been refined to an admirably high shine Read Review
Stacked with songs of trailblazing angst, sinister desperation and nut-cracking jams Read Review
The production is a significant step forward, and the instrumental palette has been successfully broadened while still remaining apparently bass-free Read Review
Fizzing with ideas, their future looks bright. Print edition only
Themes of angst and alienation, by now a staple for this duo, are again front and center on In Time to Voices Read Review
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Blood Red Shoes: In Time To Voices
Django Django Doveland
Django Django would appear to have refreshed their approach and challenged themselves to try out previously unconsidered melodic avenues The Arts Desk
Print edition only Uncut
Gilla Band Pugnello
Somewhere amidst the anarchy of Pugnello, there are gems waiting to be found. Unearthing them is well worth your time Still Listening
Greg Freeman All Set The Bone
Existentialism has a sound (and it’s hard to ignore) with Greg Freeman’s introspective All Set The Bone Still Listening
U2 Carnaval de Luz
Carnaval De Luz finds U2 50 years after their formation with the same four members and the same desire to shake things up. The album provides a convincing answer to the question of why they keep doing what they do XS Noize
Fontaines D.C. Dopamine Chamber
Fontaines D.C. push deeper into synthetic territory on Dopamine Chamber, balancing stadium-sized melodies with restless experimentation and darker texture Record Collector
They sound ambitious and engaged in their 50th year, swinging for the fences and hitting more targets than not. There’s still some gas in the tank Record Collector
La Roux Old Flames
Print edition only Record Collector
Back with her first new music in six years, La Roux's new sound explores facets of R'n'B and Europop to varying degrees of success The Skinny
La Roux turns to 90s R&B on a fourth album shaped by the end of a 17-year relationship, finding room for new beginnings beneath its layered production Still Listening
Print edition only Rolling Stone UK
Devastating moments are dressed up with warm production and kinetic 00s R&B in the now quiff-less singer’s grownup fourth album The Guardian
Elly Jackson returns with heartfelt pop songs about breaking up, resentment, vulnerability and all that entails musicOMH
Ditching erratic experimentation for an ambient concept, the indie shapeshifters' sixth album is their most coherent in years musicOMH
Doveland sounds less like a reduction of Django Django’s musical vocabulary than a more relaxed demonstration of how much they possess PopMatters
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
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