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9 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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6.1

Moon Duo

Escape

Krautrock and other experiments on the debut from Wooden Shjips singer and guitarist Eric "Ripley" Johnson teamed with Sanae Yamada

Added: 12/04/2011
6.1

Marc Almond

Variete

The former Soft Cell singer returns with a self-composed cabaret album

Added: 07/06/2010
6.1

Magnus Öström

Thread Of Life

First solo album from former drummer of Swedish jazz piano trio E.S.T.

Added: 13/04/2011
6.1

Green Day

iUno!

Punk trio's ninth studio album and the first of a trilogy of releases over the next few months

Added: 21/09/2012
6.1

Get Well Soon

Vexation

Second album of indie rock from German band fronted by Konstantin Gropper

Added: 30/01/2010
6.1

David Cronenberg's Wife

Hypnagogues

London-based alt.folk band with their second album

Added: 11/12/2009
6.1

Chipmunk

I Am Chipmunk

The London rapper and member of grime collective Boy Better Know, with his debut album

Added: 12/10/2009
6.1

Booker T

Potato Hole

The MGs frontman with his first solo album in years, with Neil Young adding lead guitar

Added: 07/05/2009
6.1

Boo Hewerdine

God Bless The Pretty Things

English singer-songwriter and lead singer of The Bible with his seventh solo album

Added: 26/01/2010
6.1

Blondie

Pollinator

Eleventh album from the legendary new wave band produced by John Congleton

Added: 04/05/2017
6.1

Bell X1

Blue Lights On The Runway

Fourth album of melodic pop/rock from the Irish trio

Added: 16/03/2009
6.1

Band Of Horses

Mirage Rock

The North Carolina indie rock / Americana band's 4th album with legendary producer Glyn Johns at the desk

Added: 14/09/2012
6.1

Allison Moorer

Crows

Latest collection of gentle alt country / folk songs from Shelby Lynne's younger sister

Added: 01/03/2010
6.1

A Camp

Colonia

Latest offering from the sporadic co-operative venture between the Cardigans' Nine Persson and Atomic Swing's Niclas Frisk

Added: 29/04/2009
6.1

Zoey Van Goey

Propeller Versus Wings

Second album from the Glasgow-based indie pop quartet produced by Paul Savage

Added: 09/03/2011
6.1

Yung Lean

Starz

Fourth studio album from Swedish rapper Jonatan Leandoer Håstad features a guest appearance from Ariel Pink

Added: 21/05/2020
6.1

You+Me

Rose Ave.

A folk pop collaboration from Dallas Green (City and Colour) and Alecia Moore (P!nk)

Added: 19/10/2014
6.1

Wave Machines

Wave If You're Really There

Liverpool alt.rock act with their debut album

Added: 22/07/2009
6.1

Vetiver

Tight Knit

Fourth album from the American indie/folk act

Added: 08/03/2009
6.1

The Script

Science and Faith

Second album of pop/rock from the Dublin trio.

Added: 14/09/2010
6.1

The Rifles

Freedom Run

Third album of sweeping indie rock from this London quintet

Added: 17/11/2011
6.1

The Courteeners

Mapping the Rendezvous

Fifth album from the Middleton, Greater Manchester indie rockers produced by Joe Cross

Added: 02/11/2016
6.1

The Broken Family Band

Please And Thank You

Indie rock / Americana from the Cambridge outfit

Added: 20/05/2009
6.1

The Autumn Defense

Once Around

Fourth album of alt-country from Wilco members John Stirratt and Pat Sansone

Added: 10/11/2010
6.1

Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders

Red Light Fever

Second album of alt.rock from Foo Fighters drummer featuring Dave Grohl and Queen

Added: 26/05/2010
6.1

Soul Asylum

Delayed Reaction

Tenth studio album from the veteran alt.rock Minneapolis band and first since the death of founding member Karl Mueller

Added: 01/08/2012
6.1

Sonny Smith

100 Records vol. 3

The final installment of the San Franciscan artist and musician's project for which he recorded 100 A and B sides to correspond to 100 pieces of album art created for fictional bands by various artists

Added: 08/02/2013
6.1

So Many Wizards

Warm Nothing

The LA-based band led by Iran-born Nima Kazerouni with a debut album of indie pop / lo-fi surf pop

Added: 14/08/2012
6.1

Silversun Pickups

Tenterhooks

Seventh album from the Los Angeles-based indie rock quartet produced by Garbage's Butch Vig

Added: 12/02/2026
6.1

Rats On Rafts

Tape Hiss

Second album of new-wave/post-punk from the Rotterdam based quartet

Added: 26/10/2015

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