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5 July 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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Kesha. [Period]

". isn't just a good album, it's a decisively great one, full stop" (9/10 - All Music). "A buffet of pop styles and only rare hints of her highly-publicised trauma" (8/10 - The Guardian)

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Kae TempestSelf Titled

"Instinctive and raw, yet tender to the touch, his most powerful statement yet demands to be heard" (9/10 - musicOMH). "A beefy, self-assured celebration of newfound identity" (8/10 - NME)

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Rival ConsolesLandscape From Memory

"A reset of sorts brings forth an album full of positive energy, showcasing electronic music at its most instinctive" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The record's best tracks are exceptional" (7/10 - All Music)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

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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7.5

Fruit Bats

A River Running To Your Heart

Tenth album from Eric D. Johnson's indie folk band roduced with Jeremy Harris

Added: 16/04/2023
7.5

First Aid Kit

The Big Black And The Blue

Swedish sisters Klara and Johanna with a debut album of indie/folk

Added: 18/01/2010
7.5

Ezra Furman

Goodbye Small Head

Seventh solo album from the Chicago indie rock musician and singer-songwriter

Added: 16/05/2025
7.5

Drake

Nothing Was The Same

The Canadian rapper's third album features contributions from 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Jay Z

Added: 22/09/2013
7.5

Douglas Dare

Whlem

Debut album from the London-based singer-songwriter who has opened shows for label-mates Ólafur Arnalds and Nils Frahm

Added: 12/05/2014
7.5

Dot Allison

Heart-Shaped Scars

First solo release in 12 years from the Scottish singer-songwriter and former One Dove singer co-produced by Fiona Cruickshank

Added: 31/07/2021
7.5

Dehd

Flower Of Devotion

Third full-length album from the Chicago DIY trio was produced by the band's guitarist Jason Balla

Added: 17/07/2020
7.5

Deep Sea Diver

Billboard Heart

Fourth album from the Seattle indie rock band led by Jessica Dobson and produced Andy D. Park

Added: 03/03/2025
7.5

Daniel Knox

Won’t You Take Me With You

Sixth full-length album from the Chicago-based singer-songwriter produced by Joshua Fitzgerald Klocek

Added: 15/01/2021
7.5

Dan Friel

Life

Third full length from the Brooklyn-based electronic artist and former member of Parts & Labor

Added: 21/10/2015
7.5

Crumb

Jinx

Debut full-length album from the Brooklyn-based psych-rock quartet

Added: 24/06/2019
7.5

Cloth

Secret Measure

Second full-lenth release from the Glasgow duo Paul and Rachael Swinton produced by Ali Chant

Added: 08/05/2023
7.5

Brandi Carlile

By the Way, I Forgive You

Sixth studio album from the singer-songwriter co-produced by Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings

Added: 20/02/2018
7.5

BLK JKS

After Robots

The Johannesburg experimental rock act, combining African rhythms and jazz on their debut

Added: 18/09/2009
7.5

Black Honey

Written & Directed

Second album from the Brighton four-piece indie rock band

Added: 18/03/2021
7.5

Billie Marten

Flora Fauna

Third album from the North Yorkshire singer-songwriter nominated for the BBC Sound of 2016 award

Added: 21/05/2021
7.5

Angel Olsen

Aisles

Five track EP from the St Louis-born singer-songwriter featuring covers of songs by Alphaville, Laura Branigan, Billy Idol, Men Without Hats and OMD

Added: 22/08/2021
7.5

A. Savage

Thawing Dawn

Debut solo album from the Parquet Courts frontman, released on his own label

Added: 27/10/2017
7.5

Woods

At Echo Lake

Fifth album of lo-fi rock and indie psych/folk from the Brooklyn quartet

Added: 13/05/2010
7.5

Willie Nelson

God's Problem Child

The latest album from the Texas country legend features Alison Krauss and one of the last ever recordings of Leon Russell

Added: 27/04/2017
7.5

We Were Promised Jetpacks

Unravelling

Third album of post-punk / indie rock from the Scottish five-piece produced by Paul Savage (Mogwai, The Phantom Band, Arab Strap)

Added: 08/10/2014
7.5

Vagabon

Sorry I Haven't Called

Third album of indie rock from the Cameroon-born, New York-raised, multi-instrumentalist Laetitia Tamko working with producer Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend, Georgia, Haim)

Added: 15/09/2023
7.5

U.S. Girls

Half Free

Fifth solo album of dark baroque pop and first for 4AD from Toronto-born Meghan Remy

Added: 24/09/2015
7.5

THEESatisfaction

EarthEE

Second album from the Seattle-based rap duo Stasia "Stas" Irons and Catherine "Cat" Harris-White

Added: 20/02/2015
7.5

The Orb

Moonbuilding 2703 AD

Thirteenth studio album from the seminal English ambient house duo

Added: 18/06/2015
7.5

The Julie Ruin

Hit Reset

Second album from the New York punk band fronted by punk icon and Bikini Kill founder Kathleen Hanna

Added: 06/07/2016
7.5

The Flaming Lips

American Head

Album number sixteen from Wayne Coyne's Grammy-winning psych rockers includes a guest appearance from Kacey Musgraves

Added: 10/09/2020
7.5

The Comet Is Coming

Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Fourth album from the London-based BAND who incorporate elements of jazz, electronica, funk and psychedelic rock

Added: 23/09/2022
7.5

Tegan and Sara

Heartthrob

Seventh studio album of indie pop / rock from the Canadian twin sisters

Added: 29/01/2013
7.5

SPELLLING

The Turning Wheel

Third full-length album of experimental art-pop from the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral

Added: 25/06/2021

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"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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"Retains the signature charm of The National while highlighting Berninger’s strengths as a writer" (8/10 - Dork). "A subtly textured delight that feels both playful and emotional" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.