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3 June 2026

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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Boards of CanadaInferno

"The elusive Scottish electronic duo return after over a decade away with an immersive, multi-dimensional album that is both evocative and ambitious" (10/10 - musicOMH)

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Paul McCartneyThe Boys of Dungeon Lane

"A richly nostalgic trip that proves this legend is still as creative as ever" (9/10 - Rolling Stone). "A welcome return from the master" (8.5/10 - Hot Press).

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IceageFor Love of Grace & the Hereafter

"The quintet add shoegaze, country and 50s rock’n’roll to their core indie-punk sound, resulting in songs that offset lyrical bleakness with gleeful, uplifting music" (10/10 - The Guardian)

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Kevin MorbyLittle Wide Open

"A masterpiece of simple and, at times, epic proportions that will linger deep within one’s soul" (9/10 - PopMatters). "The eight-minute-long title track is arguably Morby’s greatest song to date" (8/10 - Mojo)

Aldous HardingTrain On The Island

"A spellbinding listen, the high water mark of Harding's singular career" (9/10 - Exclaim. "It’s an oblique character study of herself, and the best album of her career so far" (9/10 - Pitchfork)

KneecapFENIAN

"After their Glastonbury fracas and legal troubles, political friction provides the backbone to this dense, musically adventurous third album" (9/10 - musicOMH).

FrikoSomething Worth Waiting For

"A record that leaves the kind of impression more associated with acts with far lengthier histories" (9/10 - DIY). "A euphoric, breakneck adventure towards a promised land" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Lime GardenMaybe Not Tonight

"A breakup album that wears its messiness on its sleeve, Lime Garden’s second is figuring life out, track by track" (9/10 - NME). "A new indie disco essential" (9/10 - DIY)

Angine de PoitrineVol.II

"There's a ferocity and alienness to the complexity" (10/10 - Exclaim). "It breathes on its own and speaks without words. Angine de Poitrine let the music do the talking" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions)

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Foo Fighters

Your Favorite Toy

Album number twelve from Dave Grohl's post-grunge rock stalwarts and first with drummer Ilan Rubin

Added: 24/04/2026
7.0

Broken Social Scene

Remember The Humans

Sixth full-length studio album and first in nine years from the Canadian dream pop / art rock collective

Added: 04/05/2026
7.0

Kneecap

FENIAN

Third studio album from Belfast hip-hop trio produced by Dan Carey (Black Country, New Road, Black Midi, Squid)

Added: 01/05/2026
7.0

Tori Amos

In Times Of Dragons

Album number eighteen from the American singer-songwriter

Added: 01/05/2026
7.0

Friko

Something Worth Waiting For

Second albumfrom the Chicago indie rock quartet produced by John Congleton

Added: 24/04/2026
6.0

Paul McCartney

The Boys of Dungeon Lane

Twentieth solo album from the music legend co-produced with Andrew Watt

Added: 29/05/2026
6.0

Lykke Li

The Afterparty

Sixth and final album of synth pop from Swedish singer, songwriter, model and actress

Added: 08/05/2026
5.0

Bleachers

Everyone For Ten Minutes

Fifth album from producer Jack Antonoff's New York-based indie pop project

Added: 22/05/2026

Latest Reviews

Bleachers Everyone For Ten Minutes

With its shout-along hooks and pop drama, Jack Antonoff’s latest isn’t so different from the others, but his myopic views on modern life and celebrity are becoming harder to bear Pitchfork

Boards of Canada Inferno

13 years after the superb Tomorrow’s Harvest, Scottish duo Boards of Canada turn their attention to religion on the apocalyptic Inferno No Ripcord

Iceage For Love of Grace & the Hereafter

Unconcerned with convention, Iceage move confidently at their own rhythm, weaving moments of musical levity into the grim vignettes that still lie at the heart of their sound No Ripcord

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Fresh stuff

Blue Morpho by Ed O’Brien

"The guitarist’s album might be the most Radiohead side project yet to emerge from the mother ship" (8/10 - The Irish Times). "Works that move and grow like the building blocks of life itself" (8/10 - Clash)

RostamAmerican Stories
"Meticulous, inventive record" (8/10 - Mojo). "A record of reflection and connection that ranks among the more beautiful-sounding you might hear this year" (8/10 - DIY)

The Coral388
"It’s a lucky number thirteen for fans – The Coral remain a band to cherish" (8/10 - Clash). "Every choppy guitar line and snaking Hammond or Farfisa lick form hooks in their own right" (8/10 - The Arts Desk)

Genesis OwusuRedstar Wu & the Worldwide Scourge
"Seething with righteous anger and moshpit-ready tracks, the Australian artist’s genre-hopping but cohesive LP makes a case for the durability of the form" (10/10 - The Guardian)

The Lemon TwigsLook for Your Mind!
"This is musical joy captured in a record one of the group’s strongest works to date" (9/10 - Clash). "The exultant power-pop on the D'Addario brothers' sixth album is untouchably brilliant" (7/10 - musicOMH)

Broken Social SceneRemember The Humans
"You can hear them having fun, bouncing the ideas off one another" (8.5/10 - Under The Radar). "Celebrates the joy and spirit of a bunch of old friends simply jamming together" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Kacey MusgravesMiddle of Nowhere
"Grammy-winning star revels in sprawling songs about single life, dry spells and toxic exes, against a sonic backdrop inspired by her homes in Mexico and Texas" (10/10 - The Independent)

The Black KeysPeaches!
"‘Peaches!’ is full of dynamism, swirling riffs and pounding drumbeats. It never loses itself in the mele" (8/10 - Clash). "The Black Keys‘ most raw-sounding record" (8/10 - 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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