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4 April 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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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)

THE CHART: THE TOP RATED NEW ALBUMS

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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Spiritbox

Tsunami Sea

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

Added: 07/03/2025
8.4

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
8.3

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
8.3

Black Country, New Road

Forever Howlong

Third album from the London post-rock band and first since the departure of lead vocalist Isaac Wood

Added: 02/04/2025
8.2

Circuit des Yeux

Halo On The Inside

Eighth album from the Chicago-based experimental vocalist, composer, and producer Haley Fohr

Added: 14/03/2025
8.2

Antony Szmierek

Service Station At The End Of The Universe

Added: 27/03/2025
8.1

Japanese Breakfast

For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

Fourth solo album of lo-fi pop from Philadelphia musician Michelle Zauner produced by Blake Mills (Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius, Laura Marling) and featuring a guest appearance by Jeff Bridges

Added: 19/03/2025
8.0

YHWH Nailgun

45 Pounds

Debut album from the New York electronic post-punk quartet

Added: 21/03/2025
8.0

Greentea Peng

Tell Dem It's Sunny

Second full-length album from the South London neo-soul artist Aria Wells

Added: 20/03/2025
8.0

Deafheaven

Lonely People With Power

Sixth album from the San Francisco post-black metal outfit

Added: 26/03/2025
8.0

Ichiko Aoba

Luminescent Creatures

Latest full-length album from the Japanese folk artist working with producer Taro Umebayashi

Added: 27/02/2025
8.0

Divorce

Drive To Goldenhammer

Debut full-length album from the Nottingham quartet was produced by Catherine Marks

Added: 06/03/2025
7.9

clipping.

Dead Channel Sky

Fifth album from the LA-based experimental hip hop trio consisting of rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes

Added: 14/03/2025
7.9

Mdou Moctar

Tears Of Injustice

Latest release from the Nigerien desert blues Tuareg guitarist Mahamadou Souleymane is a rearranged and re-recorded acoustic version of 2024's Funeral for Justice

Added: 28/02/2025
7.8

Destroyer

Dan's Boogie

Album number fourteen from the Canadian indie rock band fronted by New Pornographers member Dan Bejar

Added: 28/03/2025
7.8

Bob Mould

Here We Go Crazy

Fiftheent full-length solo studio release from the man behind alt.rock bands Hüsker Dü and Sugar

Added: 06/03/2025
7.8

Jason Isbell

Foxes in the Snow

The first full-length solo release in ten years fromthe Alabama-born ex Drive-By Truckers member featuring only his acoustic guitar and vocals

Added: 05/03/2025
7.8

Steven Wilson

The Overview

Eighth studio album of progressive pop from the Porcupine Tree founder features two 20 minute tracks

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Sam Akpro

Evenfall

Debut full-length album from the South London experimental songwriter

Added: 01/04/2025
7.7

Patterson Hood

Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams

Latest solo album from the Drive-By Truckers frontman featureing guest appearances from Lydia Loveless and Waxahatchee, produced by The Decemberists' Chris Funk

Added: 24/02/2025
7.7

HotWax

Hot Shock

Debut album from the Hastings alt.rock trio

Added: 07/03/2025
7.7

Edwyn Collins

Nation Shall Speak Unto Nation

Tenth solo album and first in six years from the indie legend and former Orange Juice frontman

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Doves

Constellations For The Lonely

Sixth album and first in eleven years from the Manchester rock trio produced with Dan Austin

Added: 27/02/2025
7.7

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Arcadia

Eighth studio album from the Grammy Award-winning bluegrass country singer-songwriter and first in fourteen years with Union Station

Added: 02/04/2025
7.7

Coheed and Cambria

The Father of Make Believe

Eleventh studio album from the New York's prog-rock quartet is the third album in the Vaxis saga

Added: 14/03/2025
7.7

Bdrmm

Microtonic

Third album from the Hull-based dream pop / shoegaze five-piece led by Ryan Smith

Added: 28/02/2025
7.6

Jeffrey Lewis

The EVEN MORE Freewheelin' Jeffrey Lewis

Latest album from this New York singer-songwriter and comic book artist

Added: 20/03/2025
7.6

Great Grandpa

Patience, Moonbeam

Third full-length album from the Seattle-based indie rock quintet

Added: 01/04/2025
7.5

Courting

Lust for Life, Or: ‘How To Thread The Needle And Come Out The Other Side To Tell The Story

Third full-length release from the post-punk Liverpool quartet

Added: 14/03/2025
7.5

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Death Hilarious

Fifth full-length album from the Newcastle sludge-rock band featuring a guest appearance from Run The Jewels' El-P

Added: 03/04/2025

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Latest Reviews

Perfume Genius Glory

Despite the obvious beauty on display, there’s a thick veil that I just can’t seem to lift in order to fully connect with the work Sputnik Music (staff)

Deafheaven Lonely People With Power

Deafheaven sounds energized and focused on their sixth LP without quite hitting the same highs Spectrum Culture

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Death Hilarious

It's the aural equivalent of being mugged by a gang of feral kids and being left feeling particularly battered by the experience The Arts Desk

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Fresh stuff

For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women) by Japanese Breakfast

"Deliciously nuanced songwriting shines" (10/10 - NME). "The album’s production is imbued with a rich sense of depth and warmth" (9/10 - Slant)

BenefitsConstant Noise
"More enveloping, mesmeric and, at times, beautiful in its mannered rage" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Benefits shift between EDM, techno, rave and bleak, apocalyptic sonic wastelands" (8/10 - The Skinny)

The HorrorsNight Life
"Words struggle to capture the magnitude of this mountainous piece of music" (9/10 - Far Out). "Revelling in their history and carving a path for a new future, The Horrors feel as vital as ever" (8/10 - Dork)

Circuit des YeuxHalo On The Inside
"Haley Fohr’s latest is rawer, more physical, an almost visceral exercise in self-discovery and emotional struggle" (10/10 - musicOMH). "There’s an undeniable confidence here" (10/10 - God Is In The TV)

clipping.Dead Channel Sky
"It really is an epic masterpiece" (9/10 - DIY). "Put on your headphones, plug yourself in and enter clipping.’s immaculately-crafted cyber world" (9/10 - Clash).

Steven WilsonThe Overview
"This is philosophical space rock for adults, a sumptuous soundtrack for the unthinkable future" (10/10 - The Arts Desk). "There is no one doing it quite like Steven Wilson" (8/10 - Clash)

Jason IsbellFoxes in the Snow
"a shoo-in for Isbell’s seventh Grammy – has already set the bar for best Americana album of the year" (10/10 - Mojo). "Jason Isbell is one of the most powerful voices in modern Americana" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Lady GagaMayhem
"Maximalism meets controlled chaos on the superstar’s first pop album in half a decade – and it’s just so much fun" (8/10 - NME). "An album that sounds not retro, but relevant" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Mdou MoctarTears Of Injustice
"No less powerful than the originals" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "If Funeral For Justice was an eruption, here is its ghost, an echo of the same songs, reimagined in a raw, stripped-down form" (10/10 - musicOMH)

BdrmmMicrotonic
"A deep love for dance music and invigorating writing infuses the band’s third record with an incredible vitality" (10/10 - NME). "A eureka moment for bdrmm" (8/10 - Clash)

All-time top 10

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.

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