23 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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Debut album of electronica / bass / indie dance and samples from the London-based multimedia collective formed by filmmakers Roman Rappak and Adam Ainger
7.0
A unique effort that’s far from just another synth album Read Review
This debut album deserves to take them to a new height of recognition: it’s a superbly mainstream-accessible set, and distinctive of design too Read Review
An album where the musicians’ evident curiosity about what they can do with all the technology they have at their disposal coincides with the abundance of natural talent required to write songs that stick in your mind Read Review
In producing a record of surprising depth Breton have avoid the trap WU LYF fell for of creating a band that worked far better as a PR/marketing stunt than it actually did as a band Read Review
It’s pretty damn pop, occasionally thunderously dubsteppy, often dipping in the same waters as r’n'b, and is shot right through with an electro spirit Read Review
Print edition only
The future looks exciting if these guys are involved Read Review
Combining a cinematic nous with an unerring sense of melody, the dark pop of Other People’s Problems perfectly captures a zeitgeist moment Read Review
Should appeal to mass audiences and serious music fans alike. While Breton haven’t chosen to take a calculated path, they’ve set off on their own adventure Read Review
Provides far more ecstasy than agony Read Review
All corrosive guitars,callow vocals and beats jutting at awkward angles. Print edition only
It's broodingly impactful stuff, only hampered by the kind of self-parodically indie-kid vocals that remain in a permanent state of posturing ennui Read Review
There’s enough interesting sonic detours to suggest that these agitators of sound are more than just another over-hyped gimmick band Read Review
Samples are cut and chopped, the bass judders with the insistence of dub, the vocals are drawled, electronically treated and incomprehensible Read Review
Whatever Other People's Problems is trying to say is lost beneath the fact that it's so sonically muddled and abrasive Read Review
Like a dubstep Bloc Party, London collective digitizes post-punk for tuneless über-angst Read Review
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Breton: Other People's Problems
Ladytron Paradises
In an age when production is deliberately designed not to disturb listeners, Paradises may prove popular The Arts Desk
The cover artwork to Ladytron’s latest record Paradises adopts mind trickery by showing two hands touching through a triangle shape that looks both like a reflective mirror and a translucent window. Befitting artwork to hint at the content inside the triad’s album, which often takes the listener to places that are up to one’s own imagination and interpretation God Is In The TV
Ladytron head for the disco and relive the fun of 90s clubland The Skinny
Maybe Paradises could have been trimmed down a little, but their contagious creative zeal is apparent throughout its entirety. Ladytron have secured their iconic status once again, ensuring they become a cult band for an entirely new generation, or maybe more Under The Radar
The track I See Red radiates synth euphoria but the Pet Shop Boys-ish Death In London and single Kingdom Undersea are more about introspection than rapture. Print edition only Mojo
Momentum sags somewhat over its lengthy duration - but it also unquestionably features some of their finest, and funkiest, work to date. Print edition only Uncut
BTS ARIRANG
The group's journey to global domination has been nothing short of extraordinary, so it’s fitting that they have delivered an album that is of similarly epic proportions Rolling Stone UK
The barrier-breaking K-Pop icons return with a blockbuster album Clash
Ending a hiatus that began in 2022, the septet recapture a distinctiveness that had been threatening to ebb away The Guardian
Seven members attack the music with a ferocity that feels earned and personal. The album feels more often like seven individuals with real chemistry than one polished unit. The solo years gave each member a sharper creative identity, and RM’s instincts hold the whole thing together Consequence Of Sound
On its blockbuster return, the world's biggest band stresses group identity and South Korean roots, while pushing the songs into adventurous new territory Rolling Stone
Brigitte Calls Me Baby Irreversible
Irreversible sounds like a dead end: a lethargic monument to hollow style over substance, entirely on brand for a band that saddled their debut with one of the more ridiculous, faux-philosophical titles of recent years. It is a meaningless shell of a record with few, if any, redeeming features No Ripcord
Ora Cogan Hard Hearted Woman
In a time that can appear bent on applauding cynicism Cogan chooses curiosity. Her songs look straight into the abyss and still reach out for colour The Line Of Best Fit
Shabaka Of The Earth
On his first true solo album, Shabaka unites beats, flutes and saxophone (and some rap) Spectrum Culture
The Orielles Only You Left
As with the rest of their discography, The Orielles once again prove that you don’t always have to follow along with the masses to make good music Beats Per Minute
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