3 November 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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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
Snocaps Snocaps
The Crutchfield twins — accompanied by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook — reunite for a spirited new project that plays to their strengths and embraces all the miles they’ve traveled Pitchfork
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and her twin sister Allison Crutchfield of Swearin’ get together for a fantastic surprise album Rolling Stone
Despite Snocaps' supergroup pedigree, their debut album feels less like boygenius-style star-making moment and more like a low-stakes romp. With a spirit of fun and camaraderie, this feels a bit like the rock-leaning cousin to Katie Crutchfield's band Plains Exclaim
Music from Katie is always welcome and, these days, not so rare. Which makes the return of Allison to the forefront on half these tracks the most wonderful of Snocaps’ surprises Under The Radar
Waxahatchee and her twin sister are joined by Lenderman and Brad Cook for an album of headstrong, tender Americana about chasing integrity and conviction The Guardian
The twin sisters’ first album together since P.S. Eliot’s breakup in 2011 is a hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook Paste Magazine
Witch Fever Fevereaten
Every single aspect of this record presents an elevated version of a band that many already loved, and it’s a joy to listen to Far Out
Anna Von Hausswolff ICONOCLASTS
For newcomers, this album presents a near perfect, accessible entry into her recordings All Music
The Charlatans We Are Love
The Charlatans have done with We Are Love and while it may not win them front page news, it's an accomplishment well worth applauding All Music
Florence + The Machine Everybody Scream
Her first album after three difficult years is an epic reassertion of Florence’s fearsome, spell-binding power Evening Standard
It’s the sound of a band unafraid to stare something horrible in the face and keep moving forward anyway Dork
A little more of Final Girl's filmic atmospherics might have added life and range, but when Drank The Sap hits its stride, Witch Fever max the catharsis with satisfying force. Print edition only Record Collector
Witch Fever is a band with overwhelming promise. Even in ‘FEVEREATEN’s less cohesive moments, they show their potential to grow into their sound and harness every remnant of emotion Clash
In their second full-length album, Manchester's Witch Fever deliver a high impact, genre-bending rejection of hegemony The Skinny
This is an album for the coldest of autumns and for dark nights of the soul. It’s hellish, haunting and an emotional maelstrom, deeper and more textured than Witch Fever have ever gone before. At this point, everyone needs to know who this band are Kerrang!
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
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange