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11 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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My New Band BelieveMy New Band Believe

"A postmodern kaleidoscope" (9/10 - DIY). "At the helm of an enormous, constantly shifting collective, the former Black Midi man swings for the fences" (10/10 - NME)

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Holly HumberstoneCruel World

"The singer’s best album yet" (10/10 - Rolling Stone UK). "Replaces introspection with euphoric choruses, 80s synths and even happy hardcore on her vivid second LP" (8/10 - The Giardian)

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Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

The Twilight SadIt's The Long Goodbye

"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)

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)

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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Holly Humberstone

Cruel World

Second full-length album from the English indie-pop singer-songwriter produced by Rob Milton

Added: 10/04/2026
8.0

My New Band Believe

My New Band Believe

Debut album from the London rock band formed by former Black Midi bassist and vocalist Cameron Picton

Added: 09/04/2026
8.0

Earl Sweatshirt / MIKE / Surf Gang

POMPEII // UTILITY

Collaboration beetween Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE with production by SURF GANG featuring guest appearances from Jadasea, Lerado Khalil, Anysia Kym, Niontay and Na-Kel Smith

Added: 03/04/2026
8.0

Sunn O)))

Sunn O)))

Tenth album and first in seven years from the Seattle drone metal merchants led by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson

Added: 03/04/2026
8.0

Fcukers

Ö

Debut album from New York electronic duo Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis

Added: 27/03/2026
8.0

Flea

Honora

Debut full-length solo release from Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist features six original songs and guest appearances from Nick Cave and Thom Yorke

Added: 27/03/2026
8.0

Robyn

Sexistential

First solo album for eight years from the Swedish pop star co-produced with Klas Åhlund

Added: 25/03/2026
8.0

BTS

ARIRANG

Sixth Korean-language album and tenth overall from seven-member South Korean boy band featuring songs co-written with such artists as Diplo, Mike Will and Kevin Parker

Added: 20/03/2026
8.0

Underscores

U

Third full-length self-produced release from the New York-based pop artist April Harper Grey

Added: 19/03/2026
8.0

James Blake

Trying Times

Seventh album from the London-born singer-songwriter and electronic producer

Added: 13/03/2026
8.0

waterbaby

Memory Be a Blade

Debut full-lenght release from the Swedish alt-pop artist Kendra Egerbladh produced by Marcus White

Added: 10/03/2026
6.0

Raye

This Music May Contain Hope

Second full-length album from the London singer-songwriter Rachel Agatha Keen featuring guest appearances from Al Green and Hans Zimmer

Added: 27/03/2026
6.0

Harry Styles

Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.

Fourth solo album from the LA-based former One Direction singer executive produced by Kid Harpoon

Added: 06/03/2026
6.0

Squeeze

Trixies

Sixteenth studio album from the new wave veterans led by Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook

Added: 06/03/2026
4.0

Bruno Mars

The Romantic

First full-length solo release for 10 years from the Hawaiian pop singer-songwriter co-produced with Dernst "D'Mile" Emile II

Added: 01/03/2026

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Wendy Eisenberg Wendy Eisenberg

The Brooklyn musician’s profound new record provides steady warmth in a place where feelings can’t be defined, experiences can’t be explained, and futures can’t be predicted Paste Magazine

Wendy Eisenberg Wendy Eisenberg

On their self-titled album, Wendy Eisenberg channels the restless energy of their avant-garde work into something beautiful The Skinny

My New Band Believe My New Band Believe

This album is not a story of what might have been but never was; it is a picturesque view of what happens when a monumental level of care and attention is put into a project. It is a wonderfully constructed success Clash

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Fresh stuff

Ambiguous Desire by Arlo Parks

"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)

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)

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)

RobynSexistential
"Questioning everything about love, life and sex, Robyn takes us on a joyride that’s both serious and silly" (10/10 - Robyn). "A lesson in exactly what Robyn can do that nobody else quite can" (10/10 - Dork)

Courtney BarnettCreature of Habit
"The Australian’s best album since her debut is a soundtrack to starting again" (8/10 - musicOMH). "Courtney Barnett is here to rock. No frills, no fuss; just rock." (9/10 - PopMatters)

BTSARIRANG
"The world's biggest band stresses group identity and South Korean roots, while pushing the songs into adventurous new territory" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "A blockbuster album" (8/10 - Clash)

LadytronParadises
"Their contagious creative zeal is apparent throughout its entirety" (8/10 - Under The radar). "Their contagious creative zeal is apparent throughout its entirety" (7/10 - Far Out)

Kim GordonPlay Me
"It’s a huge credit to Gordon that, even in her 70s, she’s writing something so fresh, different, and plain relevant" (9/10 - Spill Magazine). "Sometimes resistance is a rhythmic thing" (8/10 - Exclaim)

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.

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