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31 October 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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Anna Von HausswolffICONOCLASTS

"All of the different influences on Iconoclasts just blend so well and it never sounds messy" (9.4/10 - Sputnik). "A marriage of opposites: automaton-like discipline and total abandon" (8/10 - Slant)

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The Belair Lip BombsAgain

"Establishes them as a new great hope" (8/10 - NME). "For a band whose influences range from Queen to hardcore, it’s impressive how coherent it all sounds" (8/10 - Dork)

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CreeperSANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH

"Never a band to shy away from making their songs as huge as possible, their fourth record features some of their most monumental tracks to date" (8/10 - Clash)

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The Last Dinner PartyFrom The Pyre

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

BrògealTuesday Paper Club

"2026 is there for Brogeal’s taking, they’re gonna be a lot of people’s new favourite band" (8/10 - God Is In The TV). "This is what it sounds like when a band get it right the first time" (10/10 - Dork)

Jay SomBelong

"With ‘Belong’ serving notice of Jay Som’s continued abilities" (8/10 - Clash). "Will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer" (8/10 - Exclaim"

IdlewildIdlewild

"The fact they are producing some of their best work seems almost absurd, and yet here we are" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Idlewild is no nostalgic LP—it’s the sound of a band rejuvenated" (10/10 - XS Noize)

WednesdayBleeds

"Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in" (10/10 - NME). "A monumental statement from one of the most exciting bands today" (9/10 - PopMatters)

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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7.8

Bdrmm

I Don't Know

Second album from the Hull-based dream pop / shoegaze five-piece led by Ryan Smith

Added: 30/06/2023
7.8

Arca

KiCk i

Fourth album from London-based Venezuelan electronic producer Alejandra Ghersi who's worked with FKA Twigs, Bjork and Kanye West

Added: 25/06/2020
7.8

Youth Lagoon

Heaven Is a Junkyard

First album as Youth Lagoon for eight years from Trevor Powers

Added: 13/06/2023
7.8

Young Thug

Beautiful Thugger Girls

Debut studio album from Atlanta rapper Jeffery Lamar Williams features guest appearances from Millie Go Lightly, Future, Snoop Dogg, Lil Durk, Jacquees, Travis Scott

Added: 22/06/2017
7.8

Wunderhorse

Midas

Second album from the English rock band led by songwriter Jacob Slater

Added: 01/09/2024
7.8

Wilco

Ode To Joy

Eleventh studio album from pioneering Chicago folk rock band featuring songs written and produced by Jeff Tweedy and recorded by Wilco at the bands' own Chicago studio dubbed The Loft

Added: 02/10/2019
7.8

Viagra Boys

Welfare Jazz

Second album from the Stockholm post-punk six-piece

Added: 07/01/2021
7.8

Vagabon

Infinite Worlds

Debut album of indie rock from the Cameroon-born, New York-raised, multi-instrumentalist Laetitia Tamko

Added: 01/03/2017
7.8

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Goon

Debut album from the Canadian singer-songwriter with Patrick Carney and Ariel Rechstaid as guest producers

Added: 12/03/2015
7.8

Thundercat

Apocalypse

LA-based bass player and Flying Lotus collaborator Stephen Bruner with a 2nd solo release as Thundercat, covering future funk, jazz, soul and psychedelic electronica

Added: 17/06/2013
7.8

The xx

Coexist

The introverted London band follow up their widely-acclaimed debut with a 2nd album of indie rock / dream pop, now as a trio

Added: 04/09/2012
7.8

The Weather Station

Humanhood

Seventh studio album of indie folk from the Canadian outfit led by actress and musician Tamara Lindeman

Added: 16/01/2025
7.8

The Linda Lindas

Growing Up

Debut album from the Los Angeles punk rock quartet

Added: 07/04/2022
7.8

The Joy Formidable

AAARTH

Fourth self-released studio album by Welsh indie rock trio

Added: 01/10/2018
7.8

The Breeders

All Nerve

Fifth full-length album from American alternative rock band formed in 1989 by Kim Deal of Pixies

Added: 27/02/2018
7.8

The Black Keys

El Camino

Seventh studio album from the Akron Ohio garage rock duo Dan Auerback and Patrick Carney

Added: 28/11/2011
7.8

Sunflower Bean

Mortal Primetime

Fourth album from the Brooklyn-based psych-pop trio Nick Kivlen, Julia Cumming and Jacob Faber

Added: 25/04/2025
7.8

Shame

Drunk Tank Pink

Second album of guitar-based indie rock from the Brixton-based quintet produced by James Ford (Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Florence and the Machine, Depeche Mode)

Added: 12/01/2021
7.8

Samba Toure

Gandadiko

The Malian blues guitarist's fourth album takes inspiration from Bo Diddley and French art-pop

Added: 12/02/2015
7.8

Saint Etienne

I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Tenth studio album from the London alternative dance trio formed in 1990

Added: 10/09/2021
7.8

Russian Circles

Guidance

Sixth album of instrumental post-rock and metal from the Chicago trio produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou

Added: 04/08/2016
7.8

Riz Ahmed

The Long Goodbye

The first album under his own name from the London-born rapper and actor (The Four Lions, Star Wars, The Night Of)

Added: 08/03/2020
7.8

Richard Thompson

Still

Solo album No.16 from the venerable folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, produced by Jeff Tweedy

Added: 24/06/2015
7.8

Patterson Hood

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Latest solo album from the Drive-By Truckers frontman featureing guest appearances from Lydia Loveless and Waxahatchee, produced by The Decemberists' Chris Funk

Added: 24/02/2025
7.8

No Joy

Motherhood

Fourth album from the Montreal shoegaze artist Jasamine White-Gluz produced by Jorge Elbrecht

Added: 24/08/2020
7.8

Nine Inch Nails

Ghosts VI: Locusts

Surprise release from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s cult industrial rock band with Ghosts V: Together also released at the same time

Added: 01/04/2020
7.8

Mount Kimbie

Crooks And Lovers

Much anticipated post-dubstep debut album from British duo Dominic Maker and Kai Campos

Added: 14/07/2010
7.8

Metz

Up On Gravity Hill

Fifth release from the Toronto post-hardcore trio featuring contributions by Owen Pallett and Black Mountain's Amber Webber

Added: 15/04/2024
7.8

Margo Price

Hard Headed Woman

Fifth studio album from the Nashville-based country singer-songwriter featuring guest appearances from Tyler Childers and Jesse Welles

Added: 29/08/2025
7.8

Lime Garden

One More Thing

Debut full-length album from the Brighton indie rock band produced by Ali Chant

Added: 15/02/2024

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