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6 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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Arlo ParksAmbiguous Desire

"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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

James BlakeTrying Times

"A record that couldn’t be more consistently him" (9/10 - DIY). "Amid the stylistic shifts of Blake’s seventh record come samples of Dusty Springfield and Dizzee Rascal" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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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6.7

Crocodiles

Endless Flowers

Third album from the San Diego noise pop duo

Added: 04/06/2012
6.7

Common

Let Love

Twelfth studio album from the Grammy-winning hip hop artist and actor

Added: 30/08/2019
6.7

Cold Pumas

Persistent Malaise

Deput full-length from the Brighton indie / punk three piece known to deploy harmonised guitar riffs and complex rhythmical structures

Added: 07/12/2012
6.7

Cold Cave

Love Comes Close

Synthpop with industrial overtones on the full length debut from the band led by Philadelphia's Wesley Eisold

Added: 31/10/2009
6.7

Cloud Control

Dream Cave

Second album from Australian indie rock quartet now based in London

Added: 16/09/2013
6.7

Chrystabell & David Lynch

Cellophane Memories

Thir collaboration between the Texan singer Chrysta Bell Zucht and the Twin Peaks creator

Added: 02/08/2024
6.7

Chilly Gonzales

Solo Piano II

Second volume of piano pieces from the versatile Canadian producer, MC and electro artist Jason Beck

Added: 23/08/2012
6.7

Chad VanGaalen

Shrink Dust

Fifth album of spacey indie from the Canadian musician and artist who does all of his own outré videos and artwork

Added: 28/04/2014
6.7

Cate Le Bon

Me Oh My

Folk, electro, country and psychedelia on the debut album from Gruff Rhys' right hand lady in mercury-nominated Neon Neon

Added: 16/10/2009
6.7

Caroline Says

There's No Fool Like An Old Fool

Second album from singer-songwriter Caroline Sallee self-recorded in her Austin, Texas apartment

Added: 21/03/2018
6.7

Califone

All My Friends Are Funeral Singers

Latest slice of experimental post-rock from the Chicago outfit

Added: 28/10/2009
6.7

Cage The Elephant

Tell Me I'm Pretty

Fourth album from the Kentucky indie rock five-piece produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys

Added: 16/12/2015
6.7

Bryce Hackford

Fair

Debut of ethereal techno featuring a few tracks over 20 minutes in length

Added: 01/01/2014
6.7

Brigitte Calls Me Baby

Irreversible

Second full-length Album from the Chicago alt.rock band produced by Lawrence Rothman and Yves

Added: 16/03/2026
6.7

Blue Hawaii

Untogether

First official electronica / dream pop full-length release from the Montreal duo, recorded separately over the course of two years

Added: 13/02/2013
6.7

Black Lips

Underneath The Rainbow

Seventh studio album from the Atlanta, Georgia garage rock quartet

Added: 12/03/2014
6.7

Black Francis

Nonstoperotik

Mr Frank Black, reverting to his Pixies name, with a solo album of assorted rock stylings

Added: 29/03/2010
6.7

Bibio

Ambivalence Avenue

Intelligent dance music from Wolverhampton-based producer Stephen Wilkinson

Added: 01/08/2009
6.7

Benjamin Clementine

And I Have Been

Third album from London-born poet and singer-songwriter was self-produced

Added: 01/11/2022
6.7

Beat Connection

Surf Noir

Debut mini-album release from the Seattle outfit, blending house, indie pop and electro-pop

Added: 13/04/2011
6.7

Barn Owl

V

Seventh studio album of minimal / psychedelic post-rock instrumentals from San Franciscan duo Evan Caminiti and Jon Porras

Added: 17/04/2013
6.7

Axxa / Abraxas

Axxa / Abraxas

60s-rooted psychedelic pop, folk and garage rock on the debut from 23-year-old Atlanta singer-songwriter Ben Asbury

Added: 10/03/2014
6.7

Ash

Race The Night

Album number eight from the Northern Irish pop-rock trio, led by songwriter Tim Wheeler

Added: 18/09/2023
6.7

Art Brut

Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!

First new full-length studio album by English and German indie pop outfit in seven years produced by Jim Moray

Added: 20/11/2018
6.7

Ariana Grande

Positions

Sixth album from the American pop star features guest appearances from Doja Cat, Ty Dolla Sign and the Weeknd

Added: 30/10/2020
6.7

Animal Collective

Painting With

Album number ten from the experimental psychedelic band this time working as a trio and recorded in the same studio as The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds

Added: 12/02/2016
6.7

Angus & Julia Stone

Angus & Julia Stone

After persuasion from producer Rick Rubin, the chilled Australian brother/sister folk pop reunite for a third LP

Added: 01/08/2014
6.7

Angel-Ho

Death Becomes Her

First full-length album for Hyperdub from the South African DJ/electronic producer with guest appearances from K-$, K Rizz and Queezy

Added: 05/03/2019
6.7

Andrew Bird

Hands of Glory

Bird describes this release as a 'companion' to 2012's baroque pop album, Break It Yourself

Added: 31/10/2012
6.7

Andrew Bird

Useless Creatures

Instrumental indie folk from the Chicago-based musician, originally released as a bonus album with the 2009 release Noble Beast

Added: 29/11/2010

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