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1 November 2024

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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Laura MarlingPatterns in Repeat Signed

"Both stunningly intimate and endearingly raw" (10/10 - DIY). "A homey, quiet record. It’s one of the best of her career" (8.3/10 - Pitchfork). "Simple, graceful, moving, tender" (9/10 - Uncut)

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Amyl And The SniffersCartoon Darkness

"It's a truly glorious rock’n’roll album that is forceful without being simplistic and lairy while maintaining a good sense of humour" - 10/10 - The Arts Desk).

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Soccer MommyEvergreen

"As nuanced as it is captivating" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Even though it stems from the worst of times, it might well be her best album yet" (8/10 - Dork). "It makes you feel less alone" (8/10 - DIY)

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Ezra CollectiveDance, No One's Watching

"This is truly a fresh musical experience, rather than being just another jazz record" (9/10 - Far Out). "A joyful reminder of music’s ability to bring people together, to move us, and to make us dance" (8/10 - Clash)

Jamie xxIn Waves

"Blistering return from dance’s master craftsman" (10/10 - The irish Times). "Jamie xx has delivered a masterpiece that will linger long after the last beat fades" (9/10 - Clash)

Floating PointsCascade

"Cherish it while you can, before he sets off on a completely different tangent once more" (8/10 - Far Out). "Easily the most successful work he's made as a dance producer" (8/10 - All Music)

MJ LendermanManning Fireworks

"A collection of caricatures ballooned by empathy, bruised egos, and lovable self-destruction" (9.2/10 - Paste). "It's the release he's been waiting for since the first utterances of the album" (9/10 - Exclaim)

Nick Cave And The Bad SeedsWild God

"The dark intensities are leavened by something peculiar in Cave’s oeuvre: joy" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "The joy after the storm" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

Gillian Welch & David RawlingsWoodland

"The intuitive bond between the two musicians remains at the forefront of their terrific new album, full of quiet adventures and clear empathy" (8/10 - Pitchfork)

BeabadoobeeThis Is How Tomorrow Moves

"It fizzes with energy gleaned from Nirvana and Beck, The Breeders and Blondie" (8/10 - The Arts Desk). "Marks the maturing of a fine talent" (8/10 - The Irish Times)

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The ADM rating is a weighted average from our survey of more than 50 sources , taking into account the number of reviews

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8.0

Steve Gunn

Way Out Weather

Album number nine from the Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and former member of Kurt Vile's backing band, The Violators

Added: 08/10/2014
8.0

Silk Sonic

An Evening With Silk Sonic

Debut album from the R&B duo Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak

Added: 12/11/2021
8.0

Shabaka And The Ancestors

We Are Sent Here By History

Second album from the London-based Sons of Kemet saxophonist Shabaka Hutching featuring poems written and sung by Siyabonga Mthembu

Added: 16/03/2020
8.0

Sam Lee

Ground Of Its Own

Debut album from the London-born folk singer mixed by Nick Drake's engineer John Wood

Added: 01/07/2012
8.0

Rival Consoles

Persona

Fourth album from Leicester producer Ryan Lee West

Added: 13/04/2018
8.0

Protomartyr

Formal Growth In The Desert

Sisth album from the Detroit post-punk quartet produced by Greg Ahee and Jake Aron

Added: 05/06/2023
8.0

Memory Tapes

Seek Magic

Philadelphia one-man act Dayve Hawk (Memory Cassette, Weird Tapes) with an album of danceable indie pop

Added: 14/11/2009
8.0

Lanterns On The Lake

Spook The Herd

Fourth album from the Newcastle-based indie rock quintet

Added: 20/02/2020
8.0

JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown

Scaring The Hoes

Collaboration between the Baltimore-based experimental hip-hop artist and the Detroit rapper

Added: 27/03/2023
8.0

Jeff Rosenstock

Post-

Fourth solo album from the Long Island punk rock singer and former frontman of Bomb the Music Industry!

Added: 08/01/2018
8.0

Dan Deacon

America

Third album and first on Domino Records for the Baltimore-based electronica producer

Added: 22/08/2012
8.0

Brittany Howard

What Now

Second full-length solo album from the Alabama Shakes frontwoman working with producer Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, The War on Drugs, The Killers)

Added: 06/02/2024
8.0

Blondshell

Blondshell

Debut full-length release from the Los Angeles-based indie rock musician Sabrina Teitelbaum

Added: 05/04/2023
8.0

Andy Shauf

The Neon Skyline

Fourth album from the Canadian singer-songwriter

Added: 24/01/2020
8.0

65daysofstatic

We Were Exploding Anyway

More instrumental post-rock, techno / electronica samples and beats from the Sheffield quartet on their 4th album

Added: 27/04/2010
8.0

yeule

Glitch Princess

Second album of ambient / glitch pop from London-based, Singapore-born producer Nat Cmiel

Added: 04/02/2022
8.0

These New Puritans

Hidden

Hugely ambitious second release from the English art rock band

Added: 13/01/2010
8.0

Screaming Females

Ugly

The New Jersey indie punk trio fronted by Marissa Paternoster with their 5th album

Added: 04/04/2012
8.0

Royal Bangs

Let It Beep

Dance-friendly indie rock married to glitchy electronica on the Tennessee act's second album

Added: 27/11/2009
8.0

Richard Dawson & Circle

Henki

Collaboration between the Newcastle folk rock from singer-songwriter and the Finnish experimental rock band

Added: 26/11/2021
8.0

Omni

Souvenir

Fourth album of indie post-punk from the Atlanta, Georgia trio

Added: 19/02/2024
8.0

Oceansize

Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up

Fourth album of post-rock and prog from the Manchester five-piece

Added: 08/09/2010
8.0

Napalm Death

Apex Predator – Easy Meat

Fifteenth studio album from the Kettering grindcore / death metal quartet

Added: 27/01/2015
8.0

Melt Yourself Down

Melt Yourself Down

Jazz, funk, Afrobeat, world music and tribal pop on the debut from the collective featuring Pete Wareham (Acoustic Ladyland), Shabaka Hutchings and others

Added: 18/06/2013
8.0

Lingua Ignota

Sinner Get Ready

Fourth album from the Californian-born classically trained multi-instrumentalist Kristin Hayter

Added: 06/08/2021
8.0

Laurel Halo

Atlas

Fourth full-length album from the Ann Arbor-born, Berlin-based electronic ambient pop artist

Added: 25/09/2023
8.0

Laura Marling

A Creature I Don't Know

Third album from the indie folk singer-songwriter whose earlier releases were both nominated for the Mercury Music Prize

Added: 02/09/2011
8.0

Josh T. Pearson

Last Of The Country Gentlemen

First solo album from the Texas singer-songwriter and former member of Lift To Experience

Added: 07/03/2011
8.0

Josephine Foster

I'm a Dreamer

The Colorado-based modern folk singer-songwriter's 8th solo album, recorded in Nashville

Added: 13/11/2013
8.0

Jim O’Rourke

Simple Songs

First release for six years from the Chicago-born, Tokyo-based experimental indie rock veteran

Added: 15/05/2015

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Tyler, The Creator Chromakopia

‘CHROMAKOPIA’ has depth, it has worldbuilding, but just as importantly, it has some absolute bangers, too Dork

Halsey The Great Impersonator

Halsey deftly wields the enticements of pop, all the while exploring ageless issues regarding self, suffering, and the pursuit of wholeness Beats Per Minute

Laura Marling Patterns in Repeat Signed

Another short album that feels like a glimpse into Marling’s household, a slice of her own domesticity to track her first years of motherhood. It’s another gift, for her child and her listeners, but more assuredly for herself Beats Per Minute

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Fresh stuff

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I Wanna Run Barefoot Through Your Hair by Christopher Owens

"Potentially one of the year’s best records" (10/10 - DIY). "A must-listen for anyone who’s ever been in the type of love that doesn’t always get a light shone on it" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

GoatGoat
"It invites us to bask in rich soundscapes that can often overwhelm—but in the best way possible" (9/10 - Far Out). "Goat continue to make some magical and mysterious music" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Leon BridgesLeon
"The musician’s emotional fourth album borrows liberally from the past but the themes are modern and the sound utterly timeless" (10/10 - The Observer). "A beautifully constructed contradiction" (9/10 - Far Out)

Geordie GreepThe New Sound
"Somehow bolder, stranger and more accessible than his work with Black Midi" (10/10 - Loud And Quiet). "Absolutely bonkers and utterly brilliant" (9/10 - DIY). "Wildly accomplished and utterly absurd" (8/10 - Far Out)

Pale WavesSmitten
"There’s a newfound directness and pop joy on the Manchester band’s fourth record" (8/10 - NME). "May be the band’s most complete package to date" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Alan SparhawkWhite Roses, My God
"A brave undertaking; perhaps a new beginning; certainly a triumph" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Grief has never sounded so captivating" (9/10 - Clash)

Katy J PearsonSomeday, Now
"A departure but a truly successful one, full of sublime vocals and creative confidence" (10/10 - DIY). "Wistful synth-pop that showcases her ever evolving creativity" (8/10 - musicOMH)

BlossomsGary
"A collection of arrestingly catchy, carefree pop songs that are sure to steal the hearts of fans and newcomers alike" (9/10 - God Is In The TV). "‘Gary’ is the most fun you’ll have with any band in 2024" (8/10 - Dork)

The Jesus LizardRack
"In short; ‘Rack’ is everything you could want from a new The Jesus Lizard record" (9/10 - Clash). "Another thrilling chapter from one of the most significant noise bands ever" (8/20 - PopMatters)

TindersticksSoft Tissue
"Features all of their classic hallmarks but also exists in a more elevated, refined realm" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The cult outfit continue to illuminate the fringes of pop music" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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.