26 May 2018
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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Second album from the heavy metal quintet produced by Arthur Rizk
7.9
Showcases Power Trip at their strongest yet, and packs its 30-minute runtime with songs that push everything they have done right so far to an entirely new level Read Review
Power Trip, unwittingly, have soundtracked our anger, confusion and desperation in 32 minutes of tormenting thrash metal Read Review
Despite taking almost four years to arrive, Nightmare Logic couldn’t have come at a better time. 2017 is likely to produce some of the angriest music since Vietnam, and Power Trip are the perfect act to lead an army head-long into battle Read Review
With more focus on detail, the Dallas thrashers push their second LP over the edge, balancing modern intricacy and old-school aggression Read Review
Even at this early stage of the year, it’s fair to say that Power Trip might just have written one of this year’s most exciting and important albums Read Review
This Dallas quintet speaks to the questions of "the edge" with might and imagination. Read Review
Ignore it at your peril Read Review
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Power Trip: Nightmare Logic
Wooden Shjips V
Lightness of touch is the real revelation here. Print edition only Q
Woozy, melodic and reflective. Print edition only Uncut
Creates a sense of space, both mental and physical, as well as the idea of an alternate perception that is the calling card of West Coast psychedelia. Print edition only Mojo
Isn't a major departure from what fans of the Shjips have come to expect, as the group will seemingly always stick to a surging, hypnotic brand of Krautrock-inspired minimalism All Music
Just a little sharper than Wooden Shjips have sounded before music OMH
Never rises above space rock, making the album feel like any other '60s hippie/psychedelic record Exclaim
An album of hazy intensity, perfect for these times and this summer The Guardian
Chvrches Love Is Dead
Mayberry is one of the more interesting figures in modern pop, so here’s hoping one day they’ll have a bit more substance and bite The Irish Times
Snow Patrol Wildness
One of the most comforting and relatable inclusions in the band's catalog All Music
‘Love Is Dead’ manages to balance hopeful, utopian pop with a darker, gloomier undercurrent NME
Will certainly please the band's ever-expanding fan base while not really moving the needle creatively enough to convince sceptics that their initial opinions were unfounded Exclaim
Stephen Malkmus And The Jicks Sparkle Hard
It feels far more assured of himself in a way we haven’t seen from him in quite some time Spectrum Culture
Missing the attitude and strangeness that made their past music unique Consequence Of Sound
Still capable of delivering exciting, engaging and boundary-pushing synth-pop when it really matters Under The Radar
Perhaps the record will turn Chvrches into genuine chart-botherers, or festival headliners, but their last two albums had already provided compelling evidence that they would have been capable of that under their own steam, without the anaesthetising effect of Kurstin’s expensive production The Line Of Best Fit
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past eight years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange
Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Leonard Cohen You Want It Darker
Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell
Mount Eerie A Crow Looked at Me
