7 June 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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Third solo album from the Maryland-born rapper
6.7
Very much out there in her own lane, Rico Nasty attacks each song with purpose Read Review
Rico Nasty continues to assert that human emotion is not a singular experience, and one can express the particularities of feeling your feelings through music in humorous or heartbreaking ways Read Review
Nasty’s latest LP paints an intimate portrait of an artist whose propensity to rage is just as strong as her motivation to grow Read Review
An alluring feat that feels just as trendy as it is against the grain Read Review
The rapper's latest LP, Lethal, matches her characteristic raw energy with a rock-influenced sound and introspective tone Read Review
Somewhere in here is the most hell-raising, heavyweight Rico Nasty album in years. But the tug-of-war approach to rap-rock doesn’t totally sell the vision Read Review
Perhaps mastering a sense of duality is what Rico Nasty is gunning for – harsh and soft, or trap and rock Read Review
The ideas are present, but the urgency and edge that once defined her work feel dialled back Read Review
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Little Simz Lotus
The Londoner raps about getting through tough times on her gripping new record The FT
Pulp More
More is classic Pulp, aged to near perfection All Music
On Lotus, the exceptionally gifted rapper is more vulnerable than ever, yet this only pushes her to be at her most self-empowering All Music
Turnstile Never Enough
Bookended by the rousing title track and radiant "Magic Man," it's a success from start to finish, offering a deft blend of surprise and satisfaction All Music
The Sheffield band’s first album in 24 years is the sound of life moving on, of time eroding us beautifully, and the miracles we’re lucky enough to have whack us in the face in the course of a day Paste Magazine
NEVER ENOUGH is an open invite to be part of something and experience community. If that's not worthy of our continued respect and reverence, I'm not sure what is. Turnstile remain the ambassadors we need, and their latest album is proof of their lasting legacy Exclaim
After ending the creative partnership behind her hit albums, the British rapper responds with a striking ode to the trauma and wisdom of truly growing up Rolling Stone
The Britpop icons’ first album since 2001 sees them evolve in both sound and outlook Rolling Stone
Forget the headlines, Little Simz is the greatest rapper alive. What else is there to talk about? The Line Of Best Fit
If NEVER ENOUGH proves one thing, it's that Turnstile has a bright blue horizon ahead of them. The sky is the limit now The Line Of Best Fit
Death In Vegas Death Mask
Juddering drum tracks are surrounded by a fog-like haze of effects, smudging the canvas like a muddy weather system The Arts Desk
A surprisingly moving reflection of the big issues - family, death and companionship - as he processes his feelings through caustic noise and deep-flanged techno. Print edition only Uncut
Death Mask makes for a visceral, at time abrasive listen. Print edition only Mojo
Fearless has taken the Death in Vegas project in numerous seemingly unrelated directions over the years, and few who have been following him since the big beat era could have predicted him making noisy, uncompromising techno influenced by Terrence Dixon and Pan Sonic All Music
On Death Mask, Fearless lifts the lid on what lies beneath and exposes his true self in ways that he’s always been reluctant to entertain. Fearless honesty suits him. The Quietus
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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange