10 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 the North Yorkshire singer-songwriter nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 award
7.5
This album is gorgeous. Thirteen carefully constructed songs that stretch far beyond her years Read Review
The atmospherically worked mood of introversion is all the more impressive considering Marten’s youth: she is 17 Read Review
Marten fashions her own world of fragile darkness Read Review
Billie Marten’s debut reflects her experience of synesthesia, and ‘Writing of Blues and Yellows’ is a striking sensory experience Read Review
A joy. Print edition only
While Marten’s debut doesn’t reinvent the strummy/murmury wheel, its purity and grace make it worth investigating Read Review
Young Billie Marten is proving that, even at the age of 17, she is charting territories and making music that will only aid her growth Read Review
Mature, introspective songwriting from the 17 year old prodigy Read Review
The blanket pretty melancholy gets suffocating. There’s surely better to come, though Read Review
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Billie Marten: Writing of Blues and Yellows
Barry Can’t Swim Loner
On his latest record, Barry Can’t Swim cements himself as a boundary-pushing voice in electronic music, one fluent in mood, movement, and meaningful reflection The Skinny
Wet Leg moisturizer
U.K. indie-rockers party hard and travel fast on their great second album Rolling Stone
Gwenno Utopia
Gwenno’s songwriting matures compellingly on Utopia The Line Of Best Fit
Kesha . [Period]
Kesha’s . is a mess of a statement The Line Of Best Fit
Pulp More
Far more than the themes of aging, sex, and loss, Pulp’s More straight-facedly spreads the word of love and it is the start of something new — a rebirth PopMatters
The Scottish producer trades sun-soaked bliss for emotional introspection – without losing the big drops musicOMH
A gorgeous and varied album that will surely soundtrack countless summers, ‘Loner’ is an accessible and creative collection of colour-splattered dance music whose myriad delights feels all the more impressive for the fact that, like all the best parties Clash
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
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
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
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
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange