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31 March 2025

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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)

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Spiritbox

Tsunami Sea

Second studio album from the Canadian heavy metal band workign with producers Dan Braunstein and Mike Stringer

Added: 07/03/2025
8.8

The Cure

Songs Of A Lost World

Album number fourteen and first in sixteen years from the veteran alternative rock band produced by Robert Smith and Paul Corkett

Added: 23/10/2024
8.8

Fontaines D.C.

Romance

Fourth album from the Dublin post-punk quintet produced by produced James Ford (Pet Shop Boys, Blur, Arctic Monleys)

Added: 16/08/2024
8.7

Charli XCX

Brat

Sixth full-length studio release from the English electro popstar featureing contributions by A.G. Cook and Addison Rae.

Added: 05/06/2024
8.7

Still House Plants

If I don't make it, I love u

Third album from the London-based post-rock trio

Added: 24/04/2024
8.7

Bad Bunny

Debí Tirar Más Fotos

Latest full-length release from Puerto Rican rapper featuring guest appearances from Chuwi, Omar Courtz, Dei V, & Los Pleneros de la Cresta and RaiNao.

Added: 14/01/2025
8.6

Jessica Pratt

Here In The Pitch

Fourth album from the San Francisco freak-folk singer-songwriter produced with Al Carlson

Added: 03/05/2024
8.6

English Teacher

This Could Be Texas

Debut album from the Leeds indie.rock quartet produced by Marta Salogni (Björk, Depeche Mode, Romy)

Added: 12/04/2024
8.5

Heartworms

Glutton For Punishment

Debut full-length album from the London-based Jojo Orme was produced by Dan Carey (Black Midi, Fontaines DC, Kae Tempest)

Added: 06/02/2025
8.5

Kendrick Lamar

GNX

Sixth full-length album and first seven years from the Compton rapper working with producer Sounwave with additional work by Jack Antonoff, Mustard, Sean Momberger and Kamasi Washington

Added: 25/11/2024
8.5

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds

Wild God

Eighteenth studio album and first in five years from the alternative rock band self-produced by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

Added: 26/08/2024
8.5

Benefits

Constant Noise

Second album from the Teeside band led by Kingsley Hall formerly of The Chapman Family and features guest appearances from Pete Doherty, Shakk and Zera Tønin

Added: 20/03/2025
8.4

Perfume Genius

Glory

Seventh studio album from Seattle-based indie pop solo artist Mike Hadreas produced by Blake Mills (Fiona Apple, Feist, Laura Marling)

Added: 25/03/2025
8.4

Cindy Lee

Diamond Jubilee

Seventh studio release from the Canadian musician Patrick Flegel only available to download on a Geocities website or streaming on YouTube

Added: 12/04/2024
8.4

Beth Gibbons

Lives Outgrown

The debut full-length solo album from the Portishead singer was recorded over a decade and produced with James Ford and Lee Harris

Added: 13/05/2024
8.4

Vampire Weekend

Only God Was Above Us

Fifth album and first in five years from the New York indie pop / rock trio working with their longtime producer Ariel Rechtshaid

Added: 05/04/2024
8.4

Arooj Aftab

Night Reign

Fourth studio album from the Brooklyn-based Pakistani composer/singer featuring contributions from Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily, Moor Mother, Chocolate Genius, Inc

Added: 31/05/2024
8.4

Cameron Winter

Heavy Metal

Debut solo album from New York-based Geese frontman

Added: 13/01/2025
8.4

Mabe Fratti

Sentir Que No Sabes

Latest full-length album from Mexico City-based experimental cellist produced by Héctor Tosta

Added: 28/06/2024
8.4

FKA Twigs

Eusexua

Third album of trip hop / alternative R&B from the London-based singer and dancer Tahliah Barnett working with producers Eartheater, Koreless, Ojivolta, Stargate, Marius de Vries and North West

Added: 24/01/2025
8.4

Charli XCX

Brat and it’s completely different but still brat

Remix album of Brat (2024) from the English electro popstar featuring guest appearances from Robyn, Ariana Grande, the 1975, Jon Hopkins, Troye Sivan, Lorde, Tinashe, Julian Casablancas, Bon Iver and Billie Eilish

Added: 14/10/2024
8.4

Billie Eilish

Hit Me Hard And Soft

Third album from the Los Angeles-born pop singer-songwriter was writtena and produced with her brother Finneas O'Connell

Added: 17/05/2024
8.3

Knocked Loose

You Won't Go Before You're Supposed To

Third studio album from the Kentuky hardcore punk band produced by Drew Fulk (Kevin Gates, Papa Roach, Lil Peep)

Added: 10/05/2024
8.3

Laura Marling

Patterns in Repeat

Eighth album from the English singer-songwriter co-produced with Dom Monks

Added: 24/10/2024
8.3

Cassandra Jenkins

My Light, My Destroyer

Third studio album from the Brooklyn-born folk-pop singer songwriter

Added: 10/07/2024
8.3

Los Campesinos!

All Hell

Seventh album from the Welsh indie pop band produced by the band’s guitarist Tom Bromley

Added: 19/07/2024
8.3

Father John Misty

Mahashmashana

Sixth album from J Tillman under the Father John Misty pseudonym working with producers produced Drew Erickson and Jonathan Wilson

Added: 20/11/2024
8.2

Squid

Cowards

Third full-length album from the Brighton post-punk band produced by Marta Salogni and Grace Banks

Added: 05/02/2025
8.2

MJ Lenderman

Manning Fireworks

Fourth solo album from the North Carolina-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and member of Wednesday

Added: 05/09/2024
8.2

Kneecap

Fine Art

Second studio album from Belfast hip-hop trio produced by Toddla T and featuring a guest appearance from Fontain D.C.’s Grian Chatten

Added: 13/06/2024

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Perfume Genius Glory

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Forever Is a Feeling closes, significantly, with "Lost Time," a song whose sparse-bulky-sparse structure emphasizes her regret at not saying those three little words sooner. In the end, she manages to subtly dramatize her music without betraying the quiet honesty she's already known and beloved for All Music

Deafheaven Lonely People With Power

The San Francisco band return to their black metal sound with guttural shrieks and blistering riffs The FT

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