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30 January 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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Joyce ManorI Used to Go to This Bar

"The Californian trio’s exhilarating, bittersweet seventh album marks a vital evolution" (8/10 - musicOMH). "They keep up their uninterrupted streak of never releasing a bad album" (8/10 - Under The Radar)

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Tyler BallgameFor The First Time, Again

"Mark it down as the first great album of 2026" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Ballgame's got the goods and the charisma" (8/10 - All Music). "Often startlingly brilliant" (8/10 - Mojo)

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CastYeah Yeah Yeah

"Sounding comfortable and confident. Songs are strong, the production is polished" (8/10 - XS Noize). "Sound of a band determined to prove they’re more than a Britpop legacy act" (7/10 - musicOHM)

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Dove EllisBlizzard

"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)

SnocapsSnocaps

"They are back playing pop that is pretty darn unmatched" (8.6/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook" (8.5/10 - Paste)

Florence + The MachineEverybody Scream

"Florence Welch enlists horror and magic to harness hope" (10/10 - NME). "An urgent and vital testimony to survival and rebirth, Florence Welch’s sixth album is a defiant middle finger to doubters" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

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)

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Ari Lennox

Vacancy

Third studio album from the Washington DC R&B singer-songwriter
Geologist

Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?

Debut full-length solo album from Animal Collective's Brian Weitz, featuring contributions from Emma Garau, Aliana Kalaba, Adam Lion, Shane McCord, Ryan Oslance, Dave Portner, Mikey Powers and Merrick Weitz
The Molotovs

Wasted On Youth

Debut album from the London-based indie rock band led by siblings Mathew and Issey Cartlidge
The Sha La Das

Your Picture

Second full-length release from Bill Schalda and his sons Paul, Will and Carmine produced by Thomas Brenneck

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Kula Shaker Wormslayer

This is a thoughtful, confident record from a band still following its own instincts — and doing so with conviction rather than nostalgia XS Noize

Kula Shaker Wormslayer

It’s an album that will mesmerise both long-time fans and newcomers alike. Each track unfolds like its own universe, bursting with vibrant colour, cosmic storytelling, and hypnotic energy Clash

Kula Shaker Wormslayer

A return to the band’s heyday of indie guitar rock, heavily influenced by psychedelia and eastern mysticism musicOMH

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Lucinda WilliamsWorld's Gone Wrong
"While burning with barely suppressed anger, her 16th album shows that, even in the darkest of times, there’s hope to be found" (8/10 - musicOMH). "The music is straight and soothing" (8/10 - Uncut)

Courtney Marie AndrewsValentine
"An earnest, aching set carried by dazzling vocal performances and rich, chamber-folk production" (7.4/10 - Pitchfork). "Brims with rich orchestration and incisive lyrics" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Dead Dads ClubDead Dads Club
"Imbued with a real sense of healing and closure" (8/10 - DIY). "Produced by Fontaines D.C.’s Carlos O’Connell, the record turns a period of grief into triumph" (8/10 - NME)

Oneohtrix Point NeverTranquilizer
"An impossibly dense and transportive electronic album that takes impermanence as its inspiration" (8.6/10 - Pitchfork). "A demonstration of Daniel Lopatin’s mastery of structural tension" (9/10 - Slant)

Melody’s Echo ChamberUnclouded
"The music is immaculate and interesting throughout" (8/10 - Northern Transmissions). "A record that is just as impressively crafted as anything she has done" (9/10 - All Music)

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