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28 August 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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Wolf AliceThe Clearing

"Their boldest, most striking record yet" (10/10 - DIY). "Frankly, soft-rock has not sounded this grand in a long time, and only Wolf Alice could have crafted it" (8.7/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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LaufeyA Matter Of Time

"Laufey conjures a fairytale world woven from jazz, pop and a ticking clock" (10/10 - Laufey). "It makes for the boldest chapter in her artistic story yet" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

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Water From Your EyesIt’s A Beautiful Place

"One of indie’s most unique duos embrace sci-fi sounds, frightening existentialism and a newfound heaviness on their new album" (8/10 - NME).

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The New EvesThe New Eve Is Rising

"Velvets-style drone rock, trad folk, anarcho-punk and hippy whimsy are all discernible in the Brighton quartet’s debut album – all played with white-knuckle intensity" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Wet Legmoisturizer

"Spikier, sleazier and sexier, the Isle of Wight duo defy second album syndrome" (9/10 - musicOMH). "The band’s propensity for catchy, danceable garage-punk remains intact" (8/10 - Slant)

LordeVirgin

"The pop star turns inward and redefines who she wants to be on her most introspective record yet" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "Returns to pop’s fray to revel in the mess of late-20s angst" (8/10 - The Guardian)

Loyle Carnerhopefully!

"Full of love, fatherhood and feeling, the Croydon lyricist’s fourth is less a reinvention than a maturation" (7/10 - musicOMH). "As moving as it is musically satisfying" (8/10 - DIY)

carolineCaroline 2

"Each song is gloriously cinematic, intoxicatingly unexpected and truly powerful, even in its quietest moments" (9/10 - Far Out). "UK post-rock’s preeminent sentimentalists" (8/4/10 - Pitchfork)

StereolabInstant Holograms On Metal Film

"Lætitia Sadier et al pick up where they left off yet sound more timely than ever" (8/10 - The Guardian). "This is highbrow music for lowbrow times" (9/10 - Far Out)

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Deftones

Private Music

Tenth studio album from the Sacramento alt. metal band produced by Nick Raskulinecz (The Hold Steady, Korn, Alice In Chains)

Added: 21/08/2025
9.0

Laufey

A Matter Of Time

Third album from the Los Angeles-based Icelandic-Chinese jazz-pop artist Laufey Lín Jónsdóttir working with producers Spencer Stewart and The National’s Aaron Dessner

Added: 21/08/2025
9.0

Nourished By Time

The Passionate Ones

Second full-length release from Baltimore alt.R&B artist Marcus Elliot featuring a guest appearance by Tony Bontana

Added: 19/08/2025
9.0

Ethel Cain

Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

Third album from the Florida-born dream pop artist Hayden Silas Anhedönia

Added: 08/08/2025
9.0

The Armed

The Future Is Here and Everything Needs to Be Destroyed

Sixth full-length album from the Detroit hardcore punk collective

Added: 01/08/2025
9.0

Indigo De Souza

Precipice

Fourth album from the North Carolina-based indie rock musician recorded in Los Angeles with Elliott Kozel

Added: 24/07/2025
8.0

CMAT

EURO-COUNTRY

Third full-length album from the Irish pop singer-songwriter Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson produced with Oli Deakin

Added: 27/08/2025
8.0

Hand Habits

Blue Reminder

Latest full-length album from the American indie rock musician Meg Duffy includes contributions from Anna Butterss, Josh Johnson, Blake Mills and Gregory Uhlmann

Added: 22/08/2025
8.0

Water From Your Eyes

It’s A Beautiful Place

Latest release from the Chicago indie pop duo Rachel Brown and Nate Amos

Added: 21/08/2025
8.0

Alison Goldfrapp

Flux

Second solo album from the London-born singer and one half of electronic duo Goldfrapp co-produced with Stefan Storm and Richard X

Added: 14/08/2025
8.0

Cass McCombs

Interior Live Oak

Eleventh studio album from the California-born singer-songwriter

Added: 14/08/2025
8.0

Ada Lea

When I Paint My Masterpiece

Third full-length release from the Montreal singer-songwriter Alexandra Levy produced with Luke Temple

Added: 11/08/2025
8.0

Debby Friday

The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life

Second full-legth album from the Nigeria-born, Toronto-based experimental musician

Added: 01/08/2025
8.0

Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band

New Threats From the Soul

Second full-length album from the Jeffersonville, Indiana Americana musician Ryan Davis

Added: 25/07/2025
8.0

Tyler, The Creator

Don't Tap the Glass

Ninth album from the Los Angeles-based Odd Future rapper featuring guest appearances from Pharrell Williams (under both his name and his alias Sk8brd), Madison McFerrin and Yebba

Added: 21/07/2025
7.0

Reneé Rapp

Bite Me

Second studio album from the North Carolina-born pop artist and actress

Added: 01/08/2025

Latest Reviews

Cass McCombs Interior Live Oak

The highlights deserve to be ranked amongst McCombs finest achievements so far The Line Of Best Fit

Nova Twins Parasites & Butterflies

Though 'Parasites & Butterflies' is still plenty full of their electro-rocking moments, it is also more inward and personal The Arts Desk

Nova Twins Parasites & Butterflies

Pushing themselves even further, incorporating even more, and doing anything to see what will fit DIY

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Fresh stuff

I'll Always Love You by Ethel Cain

"Hayden Anhedönia closes the ‘Ethel Cain’ chapter of her artistic journey with a bleak yet beautiful record" (10/10 - NME)

Cass McCombsInterior Live Oak
"US indie’s steadfast storyteller makes a wonderfully unhurried double album his best yet" (10/10 - The Guardian). "At its best when it leans into the reverie with a riff that calls upon a relaxed stroll" (8/10 - Far Out)

Alison GoldfrappFlux
"Think of Flux as an elegant evolution. She’s still dancing, but this time with her heart closer to the surface" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Floats in an elegant yet directionless orbit" (6/10 - The Skinny)

Marissa NadlerNew Radiations
"It confirms her strength as a vulnerable storyteller in an era of frequent isolation" (8.5/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Nadler still shines as a spell-weaver and mistress of moods" (6/10 - Mojo)

The Black KeysNo Rain, No Flowers
"After a career hiccup, the reliable rock duo ground themselves with a smooth, solid LP" (7/10 - Rolling Stone). "A pleasant, straightforward collection of reliably rocking jams" (7/10 - All Music)

BabymetalMetal Forth
"There are moments of genius here. In forging new bonds and attempting to break new ground," (8/10 - Kerrang!). "Proves once again that BABYMETAL are in a league of their own" (8/10 - Dork)

Reneé RappBite Me
"Hell-raising rocker parties her troubles away on her uproarious second album" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s a record that is cut from her very core, completely on her own terms" (10/10 - Dork)

Tyler, The CreatorDon't Tap the Glass
"Half an hour of early 80s rhythms and slick one-liners with the IDGAF attitude of his early years" (8/10 - The Guardian). "A crate-digging party project that favours feel over formula" (8/10 - NME)

Folk Bitch TrioNow Would Be A Good Time
"Breathtaking vocal harmonies, razor-sharp lyrical edge and delicate darkness set this Melbourne band apart" (10/10 - NME). "In short, it’s gorgeous. All ten tracks. Gorgeous" (9/10 - Far Out)

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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