22 June 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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Trevor Powers' third album of neo-psychedelic dream pop, produced by Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, Gruff Rhys)
6.6
Trevor Powers has produced another remarkable album in a discography that seems to be ever-expanding, never content to stick with one style, yet consistently delivering a style fully his own Read Review
Powers has expanded the Youth Lagoon sound without losing any of the intimacy of his bedroom pop beginnings Read Review
Forever surfing skywards on euphoric dreamrock currents. Print edition only
He could tell stories for days, and he compresses tragic, ponderous tales into striking songs backed by strings and wild instrumentation Read Review
Savage Hills Ballroom has highlights worth celebrating. Three albums in, Youth Lagoon will likely remain as lauded as before Read Review
On his third album, Powers is back to building, but he’s ditched the pillow forts in favor of more ambitious frameworks, surpassing even the wonders of Bughouse… musically Read Review
The most truly self-searching Youth Lagoon album Read Review
An incredibly textured album full of nighttime philosophising Read Review
Not to say that Ballroom lacks the charms and flourishes that signify a Youth Lagoon record; they’re just honed to their bare essentials Read Review
The 26-year-old from Boise, Idaho, sounds bolder, the production is crisper, and the wondrous effects that characterized his dreamy sound have nearly disappeared Read Review
An acquired taste, but those who enjoy a bitter pill will swallow it whole. Print edition only
Demonstrates Power’s unpredictability and it will certainly be interesting to see which direction he chooses to take Youth Lagoon in next Read Review
Powers is blessed with one of the more appealingly idiosyncratic voices in indie rock, a kind of eunuchoid Appalachian warble Read Review
Can a band thrive when it’s stripped of everything that made it unique? Read Review
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Youth Lagoon: Savage Hills Ballroom
Pond Terrestrials
The Australian psych-rock band’s latest features dense, detailed songwriting about corporate greed and the environment, but the music lacks its nuance and ambition Pitchfork
Australia’s psych-rock jesters fend off ecological doom with cosmic fury Slant Magazine
They boil everything down to its very essence DIY
It's teeming with complexity, feeding references to places, events and literary signposts into songs that wrestle with the violent contradictions of being human. Print edition only Uncut
Graham Coxon Castle Park
There’s nothing here to suggest they went unreleased for quality-control reasons. Print edition only Uncut
Strikes a perfect note of callow romance, all Merseybeat lunchbreak gossip on the spiky Alright and Billy Says, tipping into Zombies intrigue on When You Find Out. Yet there’s a depth of melancholy to the vibraphone haunting of Isn’t It Funny or Dripping Soul’s flamboyant Love flamenco that sees Coxon straying from the main paths and into the dark corners. Print edition only Mojo
Swim Deep Hum
A delightful and timely reset pressed DIY
While other artists they came up with have called it quits, the British indie band have kept moving forward. Their fifth album rewards that resilience with some of their most beautiful work yet NME
'Hum' sees a refreshed band settling into themselves and discovering that's where the good stuff was hiding all along Dork
Blur guitarist's 'lost' ninth solo album mixes a strong '60s aesthetic with some interesting stylistic tangents musicOMH
Olivia Rodrigo You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love
Aside from a few unmemorable ballads —the sparse, piano-led “Less” is an exception late on the album — Rodrigo deftly navigates the difficult task of regaining her sense of wholeness when not everything in her life has to make the most sense No Ripcord
The Rolling Stones Foreign Tongues
More guitar-centric and holistically Stones-y than their last outing, the latest from the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band is built to satisfy Rolling Stone
Lizzo Bitch
This is just one for the completists (which in an age of streaming may not be many) God Is In The TV
For all its standout moments, the album’s greatest achievement is not any single song, but what emerges when the album is experienced as a whole God Is In The TV
Lizzo's fifth record is definitely her weakest to date and won't please fans who have waited four years to hear the next stage of the singer's journey Spectrum Culture
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