9 July 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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Debut album from former WU LYF member Ellery Roberts and girlfriend Ebony Hoorn, and acronym for "Lost Under Heaven"
7.5
Ellery and Ebony have created their own world for us to step into, familiar in some regards, but excitingly new in many more Read Review
Once more, Ellery James Roberts finds himself with a unique project that may well burn so intense that there are no corners left to light Read Review
A beautiful and graceful behemoth Read Review
An absolutely bat-shit crazy attempt at pop music Read Review
The songs could easily crumble under their own weight, but don’t due to the duo’s sharp conviction in the anthems they put forth Read Review
A beautiful album filled with bombastic, gothic and anthemic hymns that aim for deliverance Read Review
There’s a thread of fevered, vaguely political idealism that runs through the album Read Review
Spiritual Songs may be an emotionally tiring listen, but in 2016, it's unrivaled in conviction and sonic release Read Review
Their debut is a vast, swaggering colossus Read Review
It’s a confident and occasionally confrontational record, though; one that some will undoubtedly accuse of conceitedness or taking itself too seriously Read Review
Such a disquieting mix makes for an incoherent listen, ripe for cherry picking Read Review
This is a stirring first effort from a band that’ll hopefully outlive Roberts’ last Read Review
Despite complexities, the heart of LUH’s debut is touchingly simple - two people standing up against the world Read Review
Wading through so much posturing becomes a slog. Print edition only
Less spiritual depth, more shallow subterfuge Read Review
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LUH: Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing
Wet Leg moisturizer
Moisturizer is a bold, confident blast fuelled by the security and invincibility of a deep love. Print edition only Uncut
Moisturizer shows, decisively, that while the metal gauntlets might be very much on, creatively, Wet leg's gloves are off. Print edition only Mojo
Gwenno Utopia
A reflective journey through memory and identity from an artist who proves that her music knows no boundaries, linguistic or otherwise musicOMH
Tinged with a sense of growth and resilience, Utopia is a work that spans 25 years. That surely deserves a celebration The Quietus
Gwenno roams the cities of her youth on her vivid fourth album, Utopia The Skinny
'Utopia' might be a result of employing a form of astral projection The Arts Desk
The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact Slant Magazine
Kesha . [Period]
Following years of tumult, the newly-independent Kesha is ready for Top 40 glory. Her new album excels when she’s doing it on her own terms PopMatters
Kesha fills her first fully independent album with accordion disco, stadium-sized twang, and too many hooks to handle. It’s… confusing Pitchfork
Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome musicOMH
U.S. Girls Scratch It
Though Scratch It is more low-key than one has come to expect of U.S. Girls as of late, it is undeniably a commanding statement that feels like a musical victory lap Beats Per Minute
Period is an album of lukewarm nostalgic bops, where the few moments of truly interesting artistry are left to languish alone in their respective corners Sputnik Music (staff)
A disappointing missed opportunityMaybe after this spell of touring, they need to go off and live their lives instead of rushing back to album number three. A disappointing missed opportunity God Is In The TV
There’s no sniff of second album syndrome here. moisturizer oozes confidence and Wet Leg continue to play to their strengths in style The Skinny
Lorde Virgin
The New Zealander sings dramatically about new selves, the body and gender fluidity on her fourth release The FT
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