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26 April 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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Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

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Viagra Boysviagr aboys

"Viagra Boys are at their straightforward best on career-high viagr aboys" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "A return to form, offering the inner workings of a corroded mind in musical form" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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SamiaBloodless

"The Minneapolis-based artist thrives in the middle of lofty topics and idea-stuffed songs" (10/10 - NME). "A circular experience that makes you want to hit ‘play’ by the time finale ‘Pants’ closes out" (8/10 - Clash)

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Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

"Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery" (10/10 - DIY). "Marks a return to his fragile folk roots" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Revels in its sense of joy and collaboration" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Craig FinnAlways Been

"The Hold Steady bandleader has never sounded so alive" (8.5/10 - Paste Magazine). "Another rousing success from Finn" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Probably his finest solo album to date" (8/10 - musicOMH)

DeafheavenLonely People With Power

"Deafheaven’s best album yet, and one that serves as a snapshot of a band at the peak of their powers" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get" (8/10 - DIY)

Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

"Deliciously nuanced songwriting shines" (10/10 - NME). "The album’s production is imbued with a rich sense of depth and warmth" (9/10 - Slant)

Edwyn CollinsNation Shall Speak Unto Nation

"A fine album overflowing with excellent musical moments" (8/10 - Clash). "All of this music is a blast, an affecting display of the emotional textures which Collins has always dealt in so confidently, regardless of his health issues" (8/10 - Record Collector)

DivorceDrive To Goldenhammer

"Early contender for album of the year, Divorce are jumping to the front of the next-big-thing-queue" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Rare to find a debut album that exudes as much honesty" (9/10 - Clash)

Sam FenderPeople Watching

"Every song on People Watching is carefully crafted to remain with the listener" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Sam Fender is no longer just a vital voice in UK rock; he’s perhaps the most essential one" (10/10 - Dork)

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Maria Somerville

Luster

Second album and first for 4AD from the Irish dream pop singer/songwriter

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Bon Iver SABLE, fABLE

This album distils the appeal of Bon Iver perfectly, but there is also the sense that it could wrap up the story Rolling Stone UK

Black Country, New Road Forever Howlong

A period of prolonged calm, unexpected in this particular camp, has allowed Black Country, New Road, to craft a gem Rolling Stone UK

Self Esteem A Complicated Woman

Liberating and life-affirming pop sermons abound on the third album from Rebecca Lucy Taylor Rolling Stone UK

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Send A Prayer My Way by Julien-Baker & Torre

"On their first album as a duo, the singers reclaim the honky-tonk music they grew up on" (9/10 - Slant). "A heart-bursting record that underlines the power of unity in a fractured world. A must-listen" (8/10 - Dork)

Tunde AdebimpeThee Black Boltz
"Meditating in the chaos of creativity and untethered by genre — still evolving; still electric" (8.1/10 - Paste Magazine). "As much a rebirth as it is a document of survival" (8/10 - DIY)

BeirutA Study Of Losses
"The most effortless and surprising Beirut album in ages" (7.4/10 - Pitchfork). "What might be his most beautiful record to date, particularly the instrumental numbers" (8/10 - Mojo)

Black Country, New RoadForever Howlong
"They’ve navigated seismic changes and delivered music that feels both radically new and deeply authentic" (10/10 - Dork)

MamalarkyHex Key
"Mainstream success isn’t beyond Mamalarky’s grasp, but they would have to ditch their eccentricities to achieve it. Heaven forbid they ever do" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsDeath Hilarious
"The Newcastle outfit’s fifth album swaggers right up to the edge of oblivion and does a stupid little dance" (8/10 - musicOMH)

DjoThe Crux
"An ambitious, joyous, heartfelt collection" (9/10 - DIY). "Djo triumphs in an accomplished attempt at a third album which spares no songs in getting to the crux of the matter" (8/10 - Clash)

DestroyerDan's Boogie
"The mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Dan’s Boogie is Bejar’s most graceful album yet" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

BenefitsConstant Noise
"More enveloping, mesmeric and, at times, beautiful in its mannered rage" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Benefits shift between EDM, techno, rave and bleak, apocalyptic sonic wastelands" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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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