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6 March 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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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)

Manic Street PreachersCritical Thinking

"It couldn’t be anyone else making this record in 2025" (8/10 - Under the Radar). "The Welsh rockers’ 15th album finds them in thought-provoking mood" (8/10 - The Guardian)

MogwaiThe Bad Fire

"The Bad Fire proves this legendary group can still produce moving, intelligent and vital work" (10/10 - The Skinny). "Some of the most euphoric music they’ve made in a while" (8/10 - DIY)

Saint EtienneThe Night

"Truly beautiful and moving ambient pop mini-triumph that's sad, nostalgic, and elegiac" (9/10 - All Music). "Conjures images of a city just before dawn rises" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Father John MistyMahashmashana

"Unequivocally stunning" (10/10 -The Arts Desk). "Striking a compelling balance between the epic and the intimate" (9/10 - DIY). "One of his finest albums" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Michael KiwanukaSmall Changes

"A boundless effort that, while revelling in its musical referents stands tall, ceaselessly, beside them" (10/10 - The Skinny). "It's a record built to last" (8/10 - Record Collector)

Hamilton Leithauser

This Side of the Island

Latest solo album from The Walkman singer recorded at co-producer Aaron Dessner’s Long Pond Studio

Label: Glassnote Music
UK Release date: 07/03/2025
US Release date: 07/03/2025

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10.0 140451
10.0 | Far Out

NEW It’s boldly powerful rock ‘n’ roll, and it’s beautiful—severing our psyche from the worries of the future with a rapt assegai of the present in full pomp
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8.0 | PopMatters

NEW Features some incredibly compelling tracks and his most sophisticated instrumentation to date
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7.0 | musicOMH

NEW Sharp, charming love songs from The Walkmen’s front man, co-produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner
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