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14 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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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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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
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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
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Oceansize

Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up

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

Added: 08/09/2010
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Napalm Death

Apex Predator – Easy Meat

Fifteenth studio album from the Kettering grindcore / death metal quartet

Added: 27/01/2015
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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
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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
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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
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Josephine Foster

I'm a Dreamer

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

Added: 13/11/2013
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Jim O’Rourke

Simple Songs

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

Added: 15/05/2015
8.0

Jenny Hval

Iris Silver Mist

Ninth studio album from Norwegian singer-songwriter and novelist

Added: 04/05/2025
8.0

Hamish Hawk

A Firmer Hand

Thrid studio album from the Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones

Added: 16/08/2024
8.0

Emeralds

Does it Look Like I'm Here?

New-age / ambient synthesizer experiments on the latest from the Cleveland-based drone / noise trio

Added: 09/06/2010
8.0

Darren Hayman and the Secondary Modern

Essex Arms

Fourth studio album from Essex-born singer-songwriter Darren Hayman

Added: 25/10/2010
8.0

Confidence Man

3AM (LA LA LA)

Third album from the Australian dance-pop quartet led by Matt Pryor

Added: 18/10/2024
8.0

Colin Stetson

Presents Sorrow - A Reimagining Of Gorecki's 3rd Symphony

Latest release from the innovative Canadian sax player and touring member of Arcade Fire and Bon Iver

Added: 08/04/2016
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Code Orange

Underneath

Fourth full-length album from the Pittsburgh hardcore punk band produced by Jami Morgan, Nick Raskulinecz (Korn, Alice In Chains) and Will Yip (The Wonder Years, Keane, Lauryn Hill)

Added: 12/03/2020
8.0

Chat Pile

Cool World

Second full-length album from Oklahoma City noise rock band produced by Ben Greenberg

Added: 11/10/2024
8.0

BROCKHAMPTON

iridescence

Fourth album from the Texan alternative hip hop group recorded in Abbey Road Studios as well as Hawaii

Added: 24/09/2018
8.0

Bill Wells & Aidan Moffat

The Most Important Place In The World

Second collaboration between the Scots composer and Arab Strab member, with artwork by Moffat's 6 year old son

Added: 16/03/2015
8.0

Bedouine

Bird Songs of a Killjoy

Second album from Los Angeles-based folk singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian

Added: 21/06/2019
8.0

Beatrice Dillon

Workaround

Debut full-length release from the London-based electronic producer

Added: 06/02/2020
8.0

Bassekou Kouyaté And Ngoni Ba

Ba Power

Third album from the Mali musician who's regarded as the world’s greatest n’goni player

Added: 27/04/2015
8.0

Ashley Monroe

Sparrow

Fourth studio album of neo-traditional country from the Knoxville-born singer-songwriter

Added: 20/04/2018
8.0

YHWH Nailgun

45 Pounds

Debut album from the New York electronic post-punk quartet

Added: 21/03/2025

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David Byrne Who Is The Sky

The artist’s new album of bright, bustling pop is positioned as a celebration of reasons to be cheerful. Often its fountain of optimism feels like a firehose of forced positivity Pitchfork

Ed Sheeran Play

On the enjoyably moreish Play, the ‘culturally Irish’ star sounds as if he’s back on form. Although we’ve only had time for a quick listen The Irish Times

Baxter Dury Allbarone

This record plays like his shot for glory, and with tracks as hooky and well-constructed as "Mockingjay" or the title track, there's no reason he shouldn't hit the big time All Music

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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)

The HivesThe Hives Forever Forever The Hives
"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).

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"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.