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5 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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Black Country, New RoadForever Howlong

"They’ve navigated seismic changes and delivered music that feels both radically new and deeply authentic" (10/10 - Dork)

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs PigsDeath Hilarious

"The Newcastle outfit’s fifth album swaggers right up to the edge of oblivion and does a stupid little dance" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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DjoThe Crux

"An ambitious, joyous, heartfelt collection" (9/10 - DIY). "Djo triumphs in an accomplished attempt at a third album which spares no songs in getting to the crux of the matter" (8/10 - Clash)

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Japanese BreakfastFor Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women)

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

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)

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My Morning Jacket

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Tenth album from the psychedelic indie rock Kentucky veterans led by Jim James

Added: 21/03/2025
10

Circuit des Yeux

Halo On The Inside

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

Added: 14/03/2025
9.0

Sam Akpro

Evenfall

Debut full-length album from the South London experimental songwriter

Added: 02/04/2025
9.0

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: 24/03/2025
9.0

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
9.0

Divorce

Drive To Goldenhammer

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

Added: 05/03/2025
9.0

Bdrmm

Microtonic

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

Added: 04/03/2025
9.0

Doves

Constellations For The Lonely

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

Added: 01/03/2025
8.0

Throwing Muses

Moonlight Concessions

Album number eleven and first in seven years from the Newport, Rhode Island alt.rock trio produced by band co-founder Kristin Hersh

Added: 14/03/2025
8.0

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
7.0

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: 10/03/2025
4.0

Architects

The Sky, The Earth And All Between

Album number eleven from the Brighton metal core band produced by Jordan Fish

Added: 10/03/2025

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This is what happens when two behemoths of musical excellence find common ground, not in nostalgia, but in the endless possibility of what comes next Dork

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In the end, even greatness needs time to be fine-tuned, you suspect that such a liberty was never fussed over here Far Out

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Fresh stuff

Lonely People With Power by Deafheaven

"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)

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)

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)

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)

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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