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16 September 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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JadeThat's Showbiz Baby!

"She’s now finally concocted a recipe for success on her own terms - and it’s anything but vanilla" (10/10 - DIY). "Chaotic, intense, with a bit of everything thrown in" (8/10 - NME)

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Baxter DuryAllbarone

"It’s not often you’ll hear of an artist making the best work of their career by their eighth album" (10/10 - The Skinny). "This is a record that wants you to dance" (8/10 - Far Out)

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MarujaPain To Power

"The thrill of this band is the extremes. From moshpits one minute and silence the next, they are in command with their music, unifying the crowd" (10/10 - God is in the TV)

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CMATEURO-COUNTRY

"Who else could combine soul, yodelling, Jamie Oliver and Calpol into such charming songs about the messy modern psyche? Only Europe’s best new breakout star" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Wolf AliceThe Clearing

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

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7.1

Tara Jane O'Neil

A Ways Away

The American singer-songwriter, painter and multi-instrumentalist with a fifth album of experimental folk-rock

Added: 01/08/2009
7.1

Tamikrest

Toumastin

Second album of desert rock / blues from the Malian band produced by Dirtmusic guitarist Chris Eckman

Added: 22/04/2011
7.1

Susanna

Triangle

Eleventh solo album from the Norwegian singer-songwriter

Added: 26/04/2016
7.1

Sun Araw & M Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos

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The ninth album in the FRKWYS series teams up psych-rock LA-based musician Cameron Stallone, prducer/mixer Gengras and Jamacan dub artists The Congos

Added: 16/04/2012
7.1

Steven Wilson

The Raven That Refused To Sing

The founder of British prog rockers Porcupine Tree with his third solo album of experimental rock

Added: 26/02/2013
7.1

Starkey

Ear Drums and Black Holes

Second album of electro, 'street bass' and dubstep from dj and producer Paul Geissinger

Added: 19/04/2010
7.1

Squeeze

Cradle To The Grave

Fifteenth studio album from the new wave veterans and first since 1998

Added: 06/10/2015
7.1

Sports Team

Gulp!

Second album from the London-based six-piece led by Alex Rice

Added: 28/09/2022
7.1

Splashh

Waiting A Lifetime

Second album of alternative indie rock from the Australian/Italian/New Zealand outfit formed in London

Added: 20/04/2017
7.1

Spectres

Condition

Second album from the noise rock four-piece from Bristol

Added: 10/03/2017
7.1

Soft Walls

No Time

Second solo album of psych folk from Brighton-based Dan Reeves who is also a member of Cold Pumas and owner of label Faux Discx

Added: 29/07/2014
7.1

Soft Cell

*Happiness Not

First full-length studio album in twenty years from the synth-pop duo Marc Almond David Ball includes a song collaboration with the Pet Shop Boys

Added: 06/05/2022
7.1

Soccer Mommy

Collection

Debut studio album of indie pop from Sophie Allison after a series of self-released singles and Eps

Added: 05/08/2017
7.1

Sloan

12

Album number twelve from the Toronto power pop quartet

Added: 12/04/2018
7.1

Slaraffenland

We're On Your Side

Third album from the Copenhagen experimental pop outfit who occasionally stray into freeform jazz / folk

Added: 02/04/2010
7.1

Sinkane

Mars

Second album from Sudanese-born, New York-based Ahmad Gallub merges Afro-funk, soul and krautrock

Added: 11/12/2012
7.1

Sinead O’Brien

Time Bend And Break The Bower

Debut album of post-punk and poetry from the Irish artist

Added: 09/06/2022
7.1

Sigrid

How To Let Go

Second album from the Norwegian pop artist produced Sly, Askjell, Martin Sjølie, John Hill, Evil Twin and Zakk Cervini

Added: 06/05/2022
7.1

Shonen Knife

Pop Tune

Album number eighteen from Japanese pop / punk trio formed in 1981 and fronted by original member Naoko Yamano

Added: 03/07/2012
7.1

Shannon And The Clams

Gone By The Dawn

Fourth album from the Californian 1960s inspired garage punk trio

Added: 17/09/2015
7.1

Shamir

Homo Anxietatem

Ninth album from the Las Vegas-born, Philadelphia-based electronic pop singer-songwriter

Added: 18/08/2023
7.1

Shakespears Sister

Songs From The Red Room

Electro-pop and pop/rock on the comeback album from Siobhan Fahey (without ex-member Marcella Detroit)

Added: 10/04/2010
7.1

SG Lewis

Times

Debut full-length release form the Reading-born musician and electronic record producer featuring guest appearances from Nile Rodgers, Robyn, Channel Tres, Frances and Lastlings

Added: 19/02/2021
7.1

Seth Bogart

Seth Bogart

Debut album of DIY, lo-fi indie pop from the former Hunx And His Punx frontman

Added: 10/03/2016
7.1

serpentwithfeet

GRIP

Third album of soulful r&b from the Baltimore born Josiah Wise featuring guest appearances by Mick Jenkins, Orion Sun, Ty Dolla $ign and Yanga YaYa

Added: 16/02/2024
7.1

Serengeti

C.A.R.

Chicago rapper David Cohn with his latest underground hip hop offering, this time in collaboration with Anticon labelmates Jel and Odd Nosdam

Added: 31/07/2012
7.1

Serengeti

Kenny Dennis LP

Chicago rapper David Cohn's latest episode featuring his fictional 1990s hardcore rap character

Added: 25/06/2013
7.1

Sarah Neufeld

Hero Brother

Debut solo album from Canadian violinist who is a member of Arcade Fire, Bell Orchestre and The Luyas

Added: 20/08/2013
7.1

Sarah Mary Chadwick

Please Daddy

Latest release from the Melbourne-based New Zealand-born singer-songwriter

Added: 27/01/2020
7.1

Sad Day For Puppets

Pale Silver and Shiny Gold

Shoegaze and 60s influenced garage-punk on the sophomore album from the Swedish band

Added: 13/09/2010

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Double Infinity by Big Thief

"Classic melodies, spring water acoustics and pared-back poeticism about living in the moment fill Adrianne Lenker and co’s latest with life" (10/10 - The Guardian). "A gloriously satisfying record" (9/10 - DIY)

SuedeAntidepressants
"Eleven songs of resilience and rebellion that refuse to accept the status quo" (10/10 - musicOMH). "Confrontational, unfiltered and arguably one of their most electrifying releases to date" (8/10 - Clash)

David ByrneWho Is The Sky
"Much like the vast majority of his work these songs are so fun, so triumphant, so full of life that it's easy to feel reassured by them" (8/10 - All Music). "Weirdness and wonder abound at every turn" (8/10 - Mojo)

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"It’d take a cold, cold heart not to be energised by this" (8/10 - DIY). "Humour, imagination, and an impeccable musicianship that few can rival" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Blood OrangeEssex Honey
"It takes in all the avant-garde and otherwise out-there influences Hynes has encountered along his meandering way" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "A remarkable album" (9/10 - All Music)

Water From Your EyesIt’s A Beautiful Place
"One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album" (8/10 - NME).

LaufeyA Matter Of Time
"Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock" (10/10 - Laufey). "It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Cass McCombsInterior Live Oak
"US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet" (10/10 - The Guardian). "At its best when it leans into the reverie with a riff that calls upon a relaxed stroll" (8/10 - Far Out)

Alison GoldfrappFlux
"Think of Flux as an elegant evolution. She’s still dancing, but this time with her heart closer to the surface" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit" (6/10 - The Skinny)

Marissa NadlerNew Radiations
"It confirms her strength as a vulnerable storyteller in an era of frequent isolation" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Nadler still shines as a spell-weaver and mistress of moods" (6/10 - Mojo)

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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