27 December 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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The second full-length release from the Vermont songer-songwriter and producer Nate Amos features re-recording of songs written between 2014 and 2021
Debut album from the Galway-born, Manchester-based indie-rock artist
Fourth studio album from French indie dream pop singer-songwriter Melody Prochet
First full-length album from the influential New York hip hop gourp since 2016 and first since the death of Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur
Second album and first in ten years from the Canadian singer-songwriter who has written for artists such as Harry Styles, Adele and FKA twigs
Latest release from the London folk-rock singer-songwriter, visual artist and poet featuring guest appearances from Danielle Fricke and Julia Steiner
Fifth album from the Chicago indie rock band featuring contributions from Malcolm Brown, Colin Croom, Whitney Johnson, J.J. Kirkpatrick, Vivian McConnell, Will Miller, Brian Seyler and Macie Stewart
Album number twentythree from the lo-fi indie folk band led by John Darnielle was produced by Matt Douglas
Album number eleven from the Massachusetts-born experimental electronica producer Daniel Lopatin
Debut full-length album from the indie rock band led by Katherine Parlour and Ella Risi
Latest full-length collaboration between Elucid and Billy Woods featuring guest appearances from Kapwani, Pink Siifu, Quelle Chris, Cleo Reed, Silka and Earl Sweatshirt
Second full-length album the Los Angeles-born, London-based neo-soul singer-songwriter produced by Jeff Bhasker
A companion album to EUSEXUA from the London-based trip hop / alternative R&B artist Tahliah Barnett includes a guest appearance by PinkPantheress
Third album of indie rock from the Welsh-Australian singer-songwriter
Sixth full-length album from the Detroit experimental hip hop artist including collaborations with Bruiser Wolf, Kassa Overall and Mike
Third full-length release from the Brisbane, Australia dream pop artist Harriette Pilbeam produced by Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som)
Third full-length album from the London-based indie pop group led by Asha Lorenz and Louis O’Bryen
Album number fifteen from the veteran gospel and soul legend is a covers album featuring contributions from Katie Crutchfield, Buddy Guy, MJ Lenderman, Bonnie Raitt, Derek Trucks, Jeff Tweedy and Justin Vernon
Sixth album from the folk rock bandformed in Denton, Texas produced by Sam Evian
Fourth album of experimental, flamenco-flavoured pop from the Catalonia-born Rosalia Vila Tobella includes guest appearances from Björk and Yves Tumor
The Lemonheads Love Chant
The band’s first album of original music in 20 years is an undeniably self-conscious comeback, manifesting the existential angst of middle age in sludgier-than-usual riffs, sudden switchups, and some of Evan Dando’s most self-reflective lyrics to date A.V. Club
Dove Ellis Blizzard
Enigmatic Galway songwriter sounds like a storm-tossed mix of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley The Irish Times
This is Lorelei Holo Boy
Amos has been an expert popsmith for years; the world is finally catching up, and not a moment too soon All Music
One half of Water From Your Eyes re-records songs from the back catalogue of his other band, resulting in acoustic fare touched with regret and darkness The Guardian
Nate Amos’s latest solo album consists entirely of songs written in the years prior to 2024’s Box for Buddy, Box for Star. The music presents us with yet another robust block of material that allows his idiosyncratic songwriting to truly shine Paste Magazine
This Is Lorelei’s Holo Boy has the air of an artist taking stock, as he maps the route taken while checking which parts still line up now Spectrum Culture
Songwriter Nate Amos polishes up 10 tracks from his Bandcamp days and confronts humorous self-effacement with new confidence Pitchfork
A wonderfully enjoyable cycle of straight-down-the-line songwriting Clash
Oneohtrix Point Never Tranquilizer
It’s his best work since Replica, and the most complete realization of his long-running obsession with the imperfect persistence of time. Tranquilizer doesn’t just show you a world—it shows you how that world remembers itself Under The Radar
Melody’s Echo Chamber Unclouded
This is the epitome of a “vibes album,” and as a vibes album, Unclouded knocks it out of the park Spectrum Culture
Dove Ellis’ debut is remarkably assured, showcasing a new talent with strong potential Spectrum Culture
The Galway-born singer-songwriter takes Romantic yearning — for the pure, the mythical, the divine — and turns it gently earthward on Blizzard Paste Magazine
Despite its title, ‘Tranquilizer’ is deceptively mesmerizing, potently putting calm emotions into a frenzied state, and leaving you coming back for more Northern Transmissions
Little Simz Lotus
She’s a rapper who refuses to let up and keeps ensuring that her name is held aloft in the conversations of the best in the world Far Out
Dove Ellis breathes new life into the Irish folk-rock scene. The album is hopeful, complex and as a whole plays with the picturesque diction of a pastoral poem. Wondering what will follow this stunning debut makes the listening all the more enjoyable Hot Press
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"With shades of Jeff and Tim Buckley, the Galway-born artist writes tunes so strong they seem as familiar as old friends" (10/10 - The Guardian). "The sound is entirely his" (8/10 - DIY)
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