5 April 2026
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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Fifth solo album from the LA-based bass player and Flying Lotus collaborator Stephen Bruner featuring guest appearances from A$AP Rocky, Channel Tres, Lil Yachty, Mac Miller, Tame Impala and Willow
Third album from London-born singer-songwriter and poet Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho
Tenth album and first in seven years from the Seattle drone metal merchants led by Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson
Fifth album from the Swedish indie folk singer-songwriter
Album number ten from Canadian-American A.C. Newman-led musical collective
Third album of lo-fi indie rock from the Maryland-based trio led by Lindsey Jordan
Second full-length album from the London singer-songwriter Rachel Agatha Keen featuring guest appearances from Al Green and Hans Zimmer
Debut full-length solo release from Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist features six original songs and guest appearances from Nick Cave and Thom Yorke
Fourth album from the Melbourne-born, Los Angeles-based indie rock singer-songwriter featuring a guest appearance from Waxahatchee
Debut album from New York electronic duo Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis
Sixth studio album from the Scottish indie rock outfit featuring contributions from Arab Strap's David Jeans and The Cure's Robert Smith
First solo album for eight years from the Swedish pop star co-produced with Klas Åhlund
Third full-length self-produced release from the New York-based pop artist April Harper Grey
Sixth solo album from the Hot Chip front man featuring guest appearances from Green Gartside and Lola Kirke
Eighth album from the Liverpudlian electronic pop quartet produced by Daniel Hunt
Sixth Korean-language album and tenth overall from seven-member South Korean boy band featuring songs co-written with such artists as Diplo, Mike Will and Kevin Parker
Latest full-length release from the indie-folk Canadian artist produced with David Parry
Second full-length Album from the Chicago alt.rock band produced by Lawrence Rothman and Yves
The latest release from Americana singer Sturgill Simpson under this extended moniker
Latest full-length album from the Halifax, England DIY indie pop band
Arlo Parks Ambiguous Desire
One of those albums that evokes a tangible mood; in this case, somewhere adjacent to the sun coming up after a rollercoaster of a night out. As such, it's frequently wonderful. Print edition only Uncut
"We're blossoming," she sings of a new romance, but she could easily be talking about herself and her artistic trajectory, having pulled off a daring makeover with such style. Print edition only Record Collector
Any fear, dissociation or sorrow Parks describes is repeatedly shaken off in the communion of the dancefloor The Independent
Sunn O))) Sunn O)))
You may rejoice, you may be bemused, or you may soil your drawers and run for the nearest exit. It's quite an experience, however you find it. Print edition only Record Collector
What remains undeniable is that Sunn O)))’s all-enveloping textures occupy a landscape like no other. Slow your breathing, open your ears and let yourself be taken there Kerrang!
At over an hour, it’s not casual listening. But SUNN O))) have always been about testing limits, pushing boundaries, (destroying speakers). That’s precisely why the album works and why the band have endured: ‘SUNN O)))’ feels like a reaffirmation — of process, of power, and of why they remain darlings of the underground Clash
The album is a magnificently heavy double of downtuned, epic riffing. Print edition only Uncut
The enrobed duo of Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson have produced a beguiling work that distils the overwhelming impact of nature on the human psyche into 80 minutes of utterly transcendent avant metal The Quietus
Thundercat Distracted
Thundercat invites listeners into a space where confusion, beauty, and pain coexist, reminding us that even in a fractured world, there is still room to feel, create, and live fully Northern Transmissions
The American musician serves up audio comfort food with some stylistic progression and a generous helping of technical skill musicOMH
He's still finding joy inside the pain, supplying the high notes with that ethereal contratenor and the low end with those sinuous basslines All Music
Thundercat has finally made the all-out pop album he's been hinting at. It fits like a glove. Print edition only Mojo
Distracted may be his most coherent album to date. Less prone to abrupt zigzags than its predecessors, it's his smoothest, too. Print edition only Uncut
This blissfully atmospheric album opts for the polished beauty of the chillout room, where it makes a fine soundtrack to dancing away heartache musicOMH
Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson's vast primordial compositions all but dissolve structure, leaving the evocation of feeling to celebrate a communion of man and the natural world musicOMH
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"An astonishing body of work that firmly emphasizes what an important band The Twilight Sad are" (9/10 - Under The Radar). "A powerful and truly wonderful return from The Twilight Sad" (9/10 - Clash)
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.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Rosalía Lux
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Hayley Williams Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways