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3 April 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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Perfume GeniusGlory

"A glorious album that beguiles and enchants, all while insecurity and vulnerability lurk underneath" (10/10 - music OMH). "Perhaps his most musically expansive record to date" (9/10 - DIY)

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DeafheavenLonely People With Power

"Deafheaven’s best album yet, and one that serves as a snapshot of a band at the peak of their powers" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get" (8/10 - DIY)

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DestroyerDan's Boogie

"The mercurial Canadian’s perspective and lavish instrumentation are a reminder of beauty’s potential" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Dan’s Boogie is Bejar’s most graceful album yet" (9/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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Edwyn CollinsNation Shall Speak Unto Nation

"A fine album overflowing with excellent musical moments" (8/10 - Clash). "All of this music is a blast, an affecting display of the emotional textures which Collins has always dealt in so confidently, regardless of his health issues" (8/10 - Record Collector)

DivorceDrive To Goldenhammer

"Early contender for album of the year, Divorce are jumping to the front of the next-big-thing-queue" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Rare to find a debut album that exudes as much honesty" (9/10 - Clash)

Sam FenderPeople Watching

"Every song on People Watching is carefully crafted to remain with the listener" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Sam Fender is no longer just a vital voice in UK rock; he’s perhaps the most essential one" (10/10 - Dork)

Youth LagoonRarely Do I Dream

"This is a record you won’t forget in a hurry" (8/10 - Far Out). "The album represents a more mature development of Powers’ vision" (8.3/10 - Beats Per Minute). "Vital and exciting" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar)

John GlacierLike A Ribbon

"A captivating honest offering from a generational artist" (9/10 - Dork). "On one of the most accomplished debuts of recent times" (9/10 - musicOMH). "You’ll be repeating it again and again" (10/10 - The Guardian)

Sharon Van EttenSharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory

"Songs which are anthemic in feel and universal in their lyricism" (10/10 - DIY). "It’s a bold step that suggests even bigger, better things to come" (8/10 - Dork)

last 12 months

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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7.7

Pom Poko

Champion

Third full-length album from the Norwegian electronic pop-punk quartet who all trained at the Trondheim Conservatory

Added: 16/08/2024
7.7

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
7.7

Matt Berry

Heard Noises

Eleventh album from the award-winning comedian/actor and musician Matt Berry featuring guest appearances from Kitty Liv and Natasha Lyonne

Added: 29/01/2025
7.7

La Luz

News of the Universe

Fourth studio album from the California-based indie surf rock quartet from Seattle

Added: 27/05/2024
7.7

Jane Weaver

Love in Constant Spectacle

Latest full-length album of dream pop from the Liverpool-born singer-songwriter produced with John Parish

Added: 05/04/2024
7.7

Iron & Wine

Light Verse

Seventh album and first in five years from Sam Beam's indie folk outfit featuring a guest appearance by Fiona Apple

Added: 25/04/2024
7.7

HotWax

Hot Shock

Debut album from the Hastings alt.rock trio

Added: 07/03/2025
7.7

Horsegirl

Phonetics On And On

Second full-length studio release from Chicago trio produced by Cate Le Bon

Added: 12/02/2025
7.7

Edwyn Collins

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

Tenth solo album and first in six years from the indie legend and former Orange Juice frontman

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Doves

Constellations For The Lonely

Sixth album and first in eleven years from the Manchester rock trio produced with Dan Austin

Added: 27/02/2025
7.7

Youth Lagoon

Rarely Do I Dream

Second album as Youth Lagoon in two years from the Boise, Idaho musician Trevor Powers

Added: 21/02/2025
7.7

Moonchild Sanelly

Full Moon

Third full-length release from the South African artist Sanelisiwe Twisha produced by Johan Hugo

Added: 09/01/2025
7.7

Twenty One Pilots

Clancy

Seventh album from the Columbus, Ohio indie pop duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun

Added: 24/05/2024
7.7

Soft Play

Heavy Jelly

First release under this moniket from the English hardcore punk duo formerly known as Slaves

Added: 19/07/2024
7.7

Hovvdy

Hovvdy

Fifth album from the Austin, Texas indie-pop duo Charlie Martin and Will Taylor

Added: 29/04/2024
7.7

Coheed and Cambria

The Father of Make Believe

Eleventh studio album from the New York's prog-rock quartet is the third album in the Vaxis saga

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Spirit Of The Beehive

You'll Have To Lose Something

Fifth album from the Philadelphia-based psych rock trio

Added: 23/08/2024
7.7

Saint Etienne

The Night

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

Added: 13/12/2024
7.7

Claire Rousay

Sentiment

Latest release from the Canadian-American experimental musician and composer based in Los Angeles

Added: 19/04/2024
7.7

Horse Jumper of Love

Disaster Trick

Fifth album from the Boston indie rock trio featuring contributions from Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman and Squirrel Flower's Ella Williams

Added: 16/08/2024
7.7

Hinds

Viva Hinds

Fourth album from the Madrid-based garage rock quartet (formerly know as Deers) produced by former The Vaccines drummer Pete Robertson, and features guest appearances by Beck and Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.)

Added: 05/09/2024
7.7

Ethel Cain

Perverts

Second album from the Florida-born dream pop artist Hayden Silas Anhedönia

Added: 06/01/2025
7.7

Bdrmm

Microtonic

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

Added: 28/02/2025
7.7

Amen Dunes

Death Jokes

Sixth full-length of lo-fi rock from from New York-based Damon McMahon

Added: 10/05/2024
7.7

Nia Archives

Silence Is Loud

dDebut full-length studio release from the Bradford-born jungle producer and DJ

Added: 12/04/2024
7.6

Pale Waves

Smitten

Fourth album from the Manchester indie pop four-piece co-produced by Simon Oscroft

Added: 26/09/2024
7.6

O.

Weirdos

Debut full-length release from the London duo saxophonist Joe Henwood and drummer Tash Keary was recorded live to tape and produced by Dan Carey

Added: 21/06/2024
7.6

Goat Girl

Below The Waste

Third album from the South London post punk quartet

Added: 06/06/2024
7.6

Nick Lowe

Indoor Safari

Latest full-length release from British singer-songwriter features two new original songs

Added: 16/09/2024
7.6

Jeffrey Lewis

The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis

Latest album from this New York singer-songwriter and comic book artist

Added: 20/03/2025

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"More enveloping, mesmeric and, at times, beautiful in its mannered rage" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Benefits shift between EDM, techno, rave and bleak, apocalyptic sonic wastelands" (8/10 - The Skinny)

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"Maximalism meets controlled chaos on the superstar’s first pop album in half a decade – and it’s just so much fun" (8/10 - NME). "An album that sounds not retro, but relevant" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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BdrmmMicrotonic
"A deep love for dance music and invigorating writing infuses the band’s third record with an incredible vitality" (10/10 - NME). "A eureka moment for bdrmm" (8/10 - Clash)

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