29 March 2024
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 Athens, Georgia-based indie veteran and former lead singer of Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf
7.7
These nine songs are among the most intimate he’s written, with lyrics by turns blunt and delicate, underpinned with the candor you’d expect from an old friend given to straight talk Read Review
These weighty topics would be too much for most novice songwriters to take on, but in Bachmann’s secure and steady hands these eloquent songs hit home in a meaningful, significant fashion Read Review
The most lyric-centered record of Bachmann’s career; it’s not as immediate as Archers Of Loaf or Crooked Fingers, but it isn’t built to be Read Review
Armed with a baroque-pop sensibility that claims the middle ground between Harry Nilsson and The National. Print edition only
It's a thoughtful and neatly crafted album whose detailed framework feels like the right fit for Bachmann's rugged, world-weary meditations Read Review
Eric Bachmann continues to age gracefully without sacrificing his youthful essence Read Review
This album is earnest and contemplative Read Review
After spending a long stretch of time playing with his former band and as a member of Neko Case's backing band, it's good to see that he can return to the mold of singer-songwriter with a little extra fire in his belly Read Review
Varied, introspective, and primed for repeat listening Read Review
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Eric Bachmann: Eric Bachmann
Sum 41 Heaven :X: Hell
Despite its imposing 20-count tracklist, ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ never drags, instead firing through hit after hit; time flies when you’re having fun, and Sum 41’s discography is a testament to that. It’s a grand culmination of their work so far Dork
It's a high energy, fun and skillful way to say goodbye The Arts Desk
The Canadian icons leave nothing in the tank on their final LP, a career-spanning double album that carries the occasional hint of their glory days NME
There will be doubters and there will be haters, but Heaven :x: Hell is Sum 41 at their zenith and is, without any shadow of a doubt, the album of their career. What a way to leave Kerrang!
With Heaven :x: Hell, what Sum 41 has given us is a true grand finale, and it's one worth reveling in Sputnik Music (staff)
Chastity Belt Live Laugh Love
See review link XS Noize
Ride Interplay
Essentially, after spending decades dabbling in different notions of psychedelic rock, Ride have gone synth-pop in 2024 Spectrum Culture
They seem determined to do whatever the hell they like and have fun with it The Arts Desk
Overall: troubled, unflinching, but tuneful and triumphant. Print edition only Mojo
Here [on "Yesterday Is Only A Song"] and on the best tunes of Interplay, Ride feel wonderfully, unexpectedly, younger than yesterday. Print edition only Uncut
It's commendable that Ride continue to reach beyond their past, but the best moments of Interplay are the ones that remind the listener what made the band so unique to begin with All Music
Closing with the sighing reflection of ‘Yesterday Is Just A Song’, Ride seem to be embrace and move past their illustrious past, resulting in one of the most finessed, intriguing albums of their career to date Clash
When they delve into the big guitar histrionics of yesteryear, as on “Light in a Quiet Room,” the results are breathtaking Under The Radar
Sheryl Crow Evolution
It is somewhat predictably a soundtrack of life-affirming but slightly knocked-about beige wisdom wearing a pair of cowgal boots The Arts Desk
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Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
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
Dave We’re All Alone In This Together