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5 April 2026

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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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7.8

Wrekmeister Harmonies

Night Of Your Ascension

Third album from Chicago's JR Robinson, performed by a cast of 30 musicians and inspired by the murders of John Geoghan, Maria d’Avalos and Fabrizio Carafa

Added: 25/11/2015
7.8

Freddie Gibbs

Shadow Of A Doubt

Third album from the Indiana rapper with producers including Kanye West, Mike Dean, Drake and Boi-1da

Added: 20/11/2015
7.8

Six Organs of Admittance

Hexadic II

Latest release from the Comets of Fire guitarist Ben Chasny based on his own 'Hexadic system' of mirrored ascending and descending scales

Added: 19/11/2015
7.8

Anna Von Hausswolff

The Miraculous

Operatic, gothic pop on the third album from the Gothenburg singer-songwriter and organist

Added: 17/11/2015
7.8

Wolf Eyes

I Am A Problem: Mind In Pieces

Latest release in a run of 500 or so from the self described 'trip metal' band from Detroit

Added: 03/11/2015
7.8

Dan Friel

Life

Third full length from the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and former member of Parts & Labor

Added: 21/10/2015
7.8

Vanessa Carlton

Liberman

Fifth studio album and first for four years from the Pennsylvania-born singer-songwriter

Added: 21/10/2015
7.8

Kowloon Walled City

Grievances

Third album from San Francisco's noise-rock quartet

Added: 19/10/2015
7.8

Girl Band

Holding Hands With Jamie

Full-length debut album from the Dublin noise rock quartet

Added: 05/10/2015
7.8

Little Simz

A Curious Tale Of Trials + Persons

Debut album from the London-born singing/rapping/acting 21 year old

Added: 30/09/2015
7.8

Low

Ones and Sixes

Eleventh studio album of slowcore indie rock and dream pop from the Minnesota trio, recorded at Justin Vernon's studio and features contributions from Wilco's Glenn Kotche

Added: 14/09/2015
7.8

DRINKS

Hermits on Holiday

Debut collaboration from Tim Presley (White Fence) and Cate Le Bon

Added: 21/08/2015
7.8

HEALTH

Death Magic

Third album of experimental noise rock from the Los Angeles quartet

Added: 03/08/2015
7.8

Lamb Of God

VII:Sturm Und Drang

Album number eight from the Richmond, Virginia groove metal outfit

Added: 27/07/2015
7.8

The Chemical Brothers

Born In The Echoes

Eighth studio album from the British electronic duo, featuring a guest appearance from Annie Clark (St. Vincent)

Added: 15/07/2015
7.8

Bully

Feels Like

Debut collection of fuzzy grunge pop from the Nashville quartet led by Alicia Bognanno

Added: 25/06/2015
7.8

Girlpool

Before The World Was Big

Debut album from the LA lo-fi teenage punk rock duo Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad

Added: 05/06/2015
7.8

A$AP Rocky

At.Long.Last.A$Ap

Second official studio album from the New York rapper with guest appearances from Mos Def, M.I.A, Schoolboy Q, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Rod Stewart

Added: 29/05/2015
7.8

Thee Oh Sees

Mutilator Defeated At Last

Album number fourteen of psyched-out garage rock from the San Francisco band fronted by John Dwyer

Added: 21/05/2015
7.8

Prefuse 73

Rivington Não Rio

Eighth album from Atlanta, Georgia-born leftfield electronica producer, Guillermo Scott Herren

Added: 14/05/2015
7.8

The Soft Moon

Deeper

Third full-length album from the San Francisco psychedelic post-punk band founded by Luis Vasquez

Added: 03/04/2015
7.8

Dick Diver

Melbourne Florida

Third studio album from the Melbourne indie-pop quartet recorded by Mikey Young of Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Added: 06/03/2015
7.8

Rae Sremmurd

Sremmlife

Debut album from the Tupleo, Mississippi hip-hop duo produced by Mike WiLL Made-It and featuring Nicki Minaj and Young Thug

Added: 16/01/2015
7.8

Hookworms

The Hum

Second album of psychedelic indie rock from Leeds-based five-piece

Added: 13/11/2014
7.8

Richard Dawson

Nothing Important

Third LP of narrative folk rock from the Newcastle singer-songwriter

Added: 05/11/2014
7.8

Vashti Bunyan

Heartleap

Third album from the veteran folk singer-songwriter, self-produced and recorded in her home studio

Added: 10/10/2014
7.8

Ty Segall

Manipulator

Seventh solo record from the prolific lo-fi San Francisco garage rocker

Added: 26/08/2014
7.8

Joyce Manor

Never Hungover Again

Third album from Californian pop punk quartet

Added: 21/07/2014
7.8

Big Freedia

Just Be Free

First official album from Freddie Ross, the bounce music pioneer

Added: 18/06/2014
7.8

The Antlers

Familiars

Fifth album from the Brooklyn-based ambient indie rock band led by Peter Silberman

Added: 18/06/2014

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Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector

Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire

Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent

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All-time top 10

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.