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4 July 2025

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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)

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Frankie CosmosDifferent Talking

"A tight 17-track, 38-minute album that should be welcomed by all fans" (8/10 - All Music). "A warm blanket of bedroom pop vignettes, Frankie Cosmos's sixth album is a comforting listening" (6/10 - The Skinny)

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BC CamplightA Sober Conversation

"It’s perhaps the finest release of his career from start to finish, and that’s beating some stiff competition" (9/10 - Far Out). "An outstanding album — ambitious, honest, and unpredictable" (9/10 - XS Noize)

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carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

Tune-YardsBetter Dreaming

"May just be their most uplifting and inspiring work" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "May emerge as one of the Oakland duo’s all-time great records after a few years’ passage" (7.8/10 - Paste)

Ezra FurmanGoodbye Small Head

"A record of unflinching honesty and unparalleled vulnerability" (9/10 - DIY). "There’s an urgency coursing through this startling album’s veins that confirms its creator to be one of the most exciting songwriters around" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Jenny HvalIris Silver Mist

"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

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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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7.8

David Crosby

For Free

Eighth full-length solo release by veteran singer-songwriter of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash features a guest appearance from Sarah Jarosz

Added: 26/07/2021
7.8

Dave Okumu And The 7 Generations

I Came From love

Second solo album from the Vienna-born frontman of The Invisible featuring guest appearances from Raven Bush, Eska, Grace Jones, Kwabs, Robert Stillman and Byron Wallen

Added: 17/04/2023
7.8

Circuit des Yeux

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Seventh album from vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr

Added: 22/10/2021
7.8

Bombay Bicycle Club

My Big Day

Sixth album from the London indie rock quartet includes guest appearances from Chaka Khan, Damon Albarn, Jay Som, Nilüfer Yanya and Holly Humberstone

Added: 20/10/2023
7.8

Bob Mould

Here We Go Crazy

Fiftheent full-length solo studio release from the man behind alt.rock bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar

Added: 06/03/2025
7.8

Bill Ryder-Jones

If

The guitar prodigy and one-time member of The Coral releases his debut album of orchestral and acoustic music, based on a 1979 novel

Added: 14/11/2011
7.8

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

The Ones Ahead

First full-length release of new music from the Canadian-American singer-songwriter in nineteen years

Added: 02/08/2023
7.8

Beach Slang

The Things We Do To Find People Who Feel Like Us

Debut album from the Philly indie rockers led by James Alex, a member of Weston in the 90s

Added: 28/10/2015
7.8

Baroness

Purple

Fourth album of sludge / progressive metal from the Georgia quartet and first since they survived a bus crash while on tour in the UK in 2012

Added: 11/12/2015
7.8

Anna Meredith

Varmints

Debut full length release from the London-based composer and electronic musician who is a former composer-in-residence with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Added: 10/03/2016
7.8

Angelique Kidjo

Remain In Light

The New York-based Beninese singer-songwriter covers the entire Talking Heads' 1980 album produced by Jef Bhasker (Rihanna, Kanye West, Harry Styles, Bruno Mars, Drake, Jay-Z)

Added: 12/06/2018
7.8

Amanda Shires

To The Sunset

Sixth full-length solo album from the Texas-born singer-songwriter, produced by Dave Cobb (John Prine, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell)

Added: 06/08/2018
7.8

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Arcadia

Eighth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass country singer-songwriter and first in fourteen years with Union Station

Added: 02/04/2025
7.8

Alex Lahey

I Love You Like A Brother

Debut album of alt indie rock from the singer-songwriter from Melbourne

Added: 06/10/2017
7.8

The Bronx

Bronx VI

Sixth album from the LA hardcore punks who have also released three albums of mariachi music under the moniker of Mariachi El Bronx

Added: 03/09/2021
7.8

Summer Walker

Still Over It

Second album from the Atlanta R&B artist featuring guest appearances from Cardi B, Ciara, JT, Ari Lennox and Pharrell Williams

Added: 10/11/2021
7.8

Slipknot

We Are Not Your Kind

Sixth album from the American heavy metal band and first not to feature percussionist Chris Fehn, produced by Greg Fidelman (Metallica, Slayer)

Added: 08/08/2019
7.8

Savages

Adore Life

Second album from the London-based post-punk quartet

Added: 15/01/2016
7.8

Rumer

Seasons Of My Soul

Debut album from English singer-songwriter Sarah Joyce

Added: 29/10/2010
7.8

Royal Headache

High

Sydney-based punk/garage rock four-piece release their second album

Added: 18/08/2015
7.8

Oliver Wilde

A Brief Introduction to Unnatural Light Years

Lo-fi shoegazy folk from the Bristol solo artist and record store assistant

Added: 06/08/2013
7.8

Nadine Shah

Holiday Destination

Third album from the South Tyneside singer-songwriter of Pakistani-Norwegian heritage

Added: 22/08/2017
7.8

Mitski

Laurel Hell

Sixth album from the New York-based Japanese/American synth-pop singer songwriter produced by Patrick Hyland

Added: 01/02/2022
7.8

Melt Yourself Down

Pray For Me I Don't Fit In

Fourth studio album from the London-based jazz, funk, Afrobeat, world music and tribal pop collective led by former Acoustic Ladyland saxophonist Pete Wareham

Added: 04/03/2022
7.8

Maria Somerville

Luster

Second album and first for 4AD from the Irish dream pop singer/songwriter

Added: 28/04/2025
7.8

Lana Del Rey

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Album number seven from the singer-songwriter produced by Del Rey and Jack Antonoff (Lorde, St. Vincent, Taylor Swift)

Added: 19/03/2021
7.8

Kim Gordon

No Home Record

Debut full-length solo album from the Sonic Youth co-founder produced by Justin Raisen (Marissa Nadler, Sky Ferreira, Angel Olsen)

Added: 09/10/2019
7.8

Kali Uchis

Orquídeas

Fourth studio album from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis includes contributions from Peso Pluma, El Alfa, JT, Karol G and Rauw Alejandro

Added: 12/01/2024
7.8

Junglepussy

Jp3

Third album from the NYC rapper Shayna McHayle

Added: 18/05/2018
7.8

Jungle

Loving In Stereo

Third album of modern soul from the London-based collective led by electronic producers Josh Lloyd-Watson and Tom McFarland

Added: 11/08/2021

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