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1 November 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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7.7

Wire

Mind Hive

Sixteenth studio album from the veteran English post-punk band

Added: 23/01/2020
7.7

The Rolling Stones

Hackney Diamonds

The latest release from the rock veterans, and first album of original material since 2005, includes guest appearances from Elton John, Lady Gaga, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder and Bill Wyman

Added: 17/10/2023
7.7

The Mars Volta

The Mars Volta

Seventh album and first in ten years from the progressive rock duo Cedric Bixler and Omar Rodruguez

Added: 16/09/2022
7.7

The Field

Cupid's Head

Fourth full-length album from Swedish-born, Berlin-based ambient techno specialist Axel Willner

Added: 01/10/2013
7.7

The Chemical Brothers

No Geography

Album number nine from the British electronic duo features Japanese rapper Nene and Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora

Added: 10/04/2019
7.7

The Big Moon

Here Is Everything

Third album from the London indie rock quartet led by Juliette Jackson and produced by Adam Barlett

Added: 13/10/2022
7.7

Steve Earle & The Dukes

Ghosts of West Virginia

Seventeenth studio album from the alt.country singer songwriter recorded in Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, NYC

Added: 22/05/2020
7.7

Spoon

Hot Thoughts

Ninth studio album from the Austin, Texas indie rock band formed in 1993 and first on Matador since their debut

Added: 14/03/2017
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

Shura

forevher

Second album from Manchester-born '80s-inspired synthpop musician Alexandra Denton

Added: 14/08/2019
7.7

Shrag

Canines

Third album from the Brighton-based high-energy indie rock five-piece

Added: 02/07/2012
7.7

Sampa The Great

As Above, So Below

Second full-length album from the Zambia-born, Melbourne-based rapper Sampa Tembo was produced by Mag44

Added: 08/09/2022
7.7

Saint Etienne

The Night

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

Added: 13/12/2024
7.7

Ride

Interplay

Seventh studio album by Oxford alt.rock / shoegaze quartet produced with Richie Kennedy

Added: 29/03/2024
7.7

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Viscerals

Third full-length album from the Newcastle sludge-rock band

Added: 02/04/2020
7.7

Paul Weller

On Sunset

Album number fifteen from the former Jam and Style Council frontman

Added: 26/06/2020
7.7

Paul Weller

Fat Pop (Volume 1)

Sixteenth full-length solo album from the veteran English rock artist with contributions from Andy Fairweather Low, Hannah Peel and his daughter Leah

Added: 12/05/2021
7.7

Offa Rex

The Queen Of Hearts

Collaboration between The Decemberists and English folk-rock artist Olivia Chaney

Added: 10/07/2017
7.7

Marika Hackman

Big Sigh

Fourth album from the London-based multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter produced by Hackman, Sam Petts-Davies and Charlie Andrew

Added: 10/01/2024
7.7

Mac DeMarco

This Old Dog

Third full-length self-produced album from the Canadian multi-instrumentalist and multi-media artist

Added: 02/05/2017
7.7

LUMP

Animal

Second full-length album for the collaboration between Laura Marling and Tunng's Mike Lindsay

Added: 27/07/2021
7.7

Laetitia Sadier

Rooting For Love

Fifth solo album and first in seven years from the French-born Stereolab frontwoman

Added: 23/02/2024
7.7

King Creosote

Astronaut Meets Appleman

Latest release from the eclectic Fife-based alt.folk singer-songwriter & guitarist Kenny Anderson

Added: 01/09/2016
7.7

Kali Malone

All Life Long

Sixth album from the Stockholm-based, American composer and organist with contributions from the Macadam Ensemble and Anima Brass

Added: 09/02/2024
7.7

Julianna Barwick

Healing Is A Miracle

Fourth album from the Louisiana-born, Brooklyn-based singer whose ambient music is built around multiple loops and layers of her voice

Added: 09/07/2020
7.7

Jack White

Lazaretto

Second solo album of garage blues rock from the former The White Stripes leader and Raconteur

Added: 05/06/2014
7.7

Iceage

You're Nothing

Second album from the Copenhagen punk rockers

Added: 11/02/2013
7.7

Field Music

Field Music (Measure)

Third album of indie rock from Sunderland-based brothers David and Peter Brewis

Added: 28/01/2010
7.7

Fever Ray

Radical Romantics

Third studio album and first release in six years from the Swedish electronic pop musician Karin Dreijer of The Knife

Added: 08/03/2023
7.7

Feist

Multitudes

Sixth studio album and first for six years from the Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter

Added: 12/04/2023

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