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8 April 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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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"Her most vividly realised and affecting body of work to date" (9/10 - DOY). "Arlo Parks approaches euphoria and vulnerability with a soothing ambivalence" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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Sunn O)))Sunn O)))

"An immersive, strangely euphoric listening experience recorded in the wilds of Washington" (8/10 - The Guardian). "The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing" (9/10 - Uncut)

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ThundercatDistracted

"Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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UnderscoresU

"A tour-de-force of production chops that cements April Harper Grey as a key auteur in the future of the genre" (10/10 - NME). "Hits all the beats of a classic pop record" (8.3/10 - Paste)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Trembling Bells and Bonnie Prince BillyThe Marble Downs

"Strengthened by communal tendencies, meeting bombs in Iran and executions in Minneapolis not with clenched fists of protest, but with hugs" (8/10 - PopMaters).

GorillazThe Mountain

"The album’s posthumous contributors remind us that music can keep ghosts alive" (10/10 - The Independent). "Powerful reflections on mortality from Damon Albarn and Co" (8/10 - Hot Press)

MobyFuture Quiet

"Moby has created a 14-track state of therapy for his own mind but kindly offered it to the world. It is the offering of one of the genius producers of our time" (8/10 - CLash)

Charli XCXWuthering Heights

"This brilliantly moody soundtrack confirms Charli XCX as a star who makes better art when she’s not trying to deliver a hit" (10/10 - The Irish Times). "At times gorgeous" (8/10 - Clash)

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7.1

Everything Everything

A Fever Dream

Fourth LP from the Manchester-based indie pop and art rock band

Added: 18/08/2017
7.1

Katie Von Schleicher

Shitty Hits

Self-produced debut album from the Brooklyn-based artist recorded on a tape machine in her childhood Maryland home

Added: 10/08/2017
7.1

Colin Stetson

All This I Do For Glory

Latest release from the innovative Canadian sax player and touring member of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver

Added: 02/05/2017
7.1

Guided By Voices

August By Cake

The latest album by Robert Pollard, self-described as the band's 100th

Added: 11/04/2017
7.1

Wire

Silver/Lead

Studio album number sixteen from the post-punk outfit who released their debut in 1977

Added: 04/04/2017
7.1

Moon Duo

Occult Architecture Vol 1

Fifth album of ambient psychedelic rock from Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada

Added: 21/02/2017
7.1

Elbow

Little Fictions

Album number seven from the Manchester alt.rock band and first since drummer Richard Jupp left in 2016

Added: 09/02/2017
7.1

Japandroids

Near To The Wild Heart Of Life

Third album from Canadian duo Brian King and David Prowse

Added: 24/01/2017
7.1

Little Simz

Stillness in Wonderland

Second album from the London-born singer, rapper and actress Simbi Ajikawo

Added: 05/01/2017
7.1

American Wrestlers

Goodbye Terrible Youth

Second album of lo-fi indie pop from the St Louis four-piece led by Scottish musician Gary McClure

Added: 01/11/2016
7.1

BadBadNotGood

IV

Fourth album from the Toronto hip hop / jazz experimental quartet featuring collaborations with Sam Herring, Colin Stetson, Kaytranada

Added: 19/07/2016
7.1

Christian Fennesz & Jim O'Rourke

It's Hard for Me to Say I'm Sorry

A collaboration between the two experimental electronic musicians, recorded in Japan in September 2015

Added: 29/06/2016
7.1

Alexis Taylor

Piano

The Hot Chip vocalist releases his third solo album of consisting of just his voice and piano

Added: 11/06/2016
7.1

Tegan and Sara

Love You to Death

Eighth studio record from the Canadian indie rock twins, produced by Greg Kurstin (The Shins, Sia, Adele)

Added: 08/06/2016
7.1

Andy Stott

Too Many Voices

Album number five from the Manchester-based dub and techno producer

Added: 25/04/2016
7.1

Mogwai

Atomic

The Scottish post rock band release their soundtrack to last summer's documentary "Atomic: Living In Dread" by Mark Cousins

Added: 08/04/2016
7.1

Moderat

III

Third studio album of minimal techno/electronica from the collaboration between Apparat (Sascha Ring) and Modeselektor (Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary)

Added: 02/04/2016
7.1

Charles Bradley

Changes

Third album from the James Brown impersonator-turned R&B/soul singer in his own right, featuring a cover of the titular Black Sabbath tune

Added: 31/03/2016
7.1

Clark

The Last Panthers

Eighth album from producer Chris Clark, featuring music from and inspired by the TV show of the same name which he scored

Added: 14/03/2016
7.1

Mothers

When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired

Debut album from the Athens, Georgia indie rock quartet formed by Kristine Leschper

Added: 08/03/2016
7.1

Saul Williams

MartyrLoserKing

Sixth album from New York poet, songwriter and rapper

Added: 01/02/2016
7.1

Cassie Ramone

Christmas In Reno

Second solo album from the former Vivian Girls guitarist and vocalist features alternative Christmas covers

Added: 07/12/2015
7.1

Enya

Dark Sky Island

Eighth studio album from the Irish singer, inspired by the island of Sark and the poetry of Roma Ryan

Added: 20/11/2015
7.1

Lou Barlow

Brace The Wave

Founding member of both Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr releases his third solo album of lo-fi indie rock, his first since 2009

Added: 08/09/2015
7.1

Panda Bear

Crosswords EP

Second EP from the Animal Collective founding member Noah Lennox with additional material from Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper

Added: 04/09/2015
7.1

Dornik

Dornik

Debut album of electronic R&B from the Croydon singer

Added: 31/08/2015
7.1

Yo La Tengo

Stuff Like That There

Latest album from the indie rock stalwarts feature re-worked versions of previous songs along with covers

Added: 31/08/2015
7.1

Jill Scott

Woman

Fifth studio album from the Philadelphia-born R&B / neo soul singer

Added: 05/08/2015
7.1

La Luz

Weirdo Shrine

Second album of surf rock from the Seattle quartet produced and engineered by Ty Segall

Added: 04/08/2015
7.1

Mas Ysa

Seraph

Debut album from Montreal-born, Brooklyn-based synthpop artist Thomas Arsenault

Added: 21/07/2015

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