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14 May 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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Arcade FirePink Elephant

"It leaves a shallow void where their spark once was" (5/10 - musicOMH). "It balances huge arena heft, synth throb and an ear-pleasingly smeary murk" (6/10 - The Arts Desk

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Mark Pritchard and Thom YorkeTall Tales

"The Radiohead frontman and the esteemed electronic producer release a collaboration album. What it lacks in razzle-dazzle it makes up for with risky maneuvers" (7.6/10 - Pitchfork)

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McluskyThe World Is Still Here and So Are We

"Scratchy guitar riffs and thunderous bass, all driven by pounding drums, suggest that the last 20 Mclusky-free years have just disappeared in a puff of smoke" (9/10 - musicOMH)

Highest Recent Ratings

Albums to watch

Self EsteemA Complicated Woman

"Her most concentrated and burning record" (10/10 - DIY). "takes the best parts of Prioritise Pleasure and her debut Compliments Please, and turns it all up to 10" (10/10 - musicOMH)

Julien Baker & TorresSend A Prayer My Way

"On their first album as a duo, the singers reclaim the honky-tonk music they grew up on" (9/10 - Slant). "A heart-bursting record that underlines the power of unity in a fractured world. A must-listen" (8/10 - Dork)

Bon IverSABLE, fABLE

"Soulful, almost spiritual in its delivery" (10/10 - DIY). "Marks a return to his fragile folk roots" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Revels in its sense of joy and collaboration" (8/10 - The Skinny)

Craig FinnAlways Been

"The Hold Steady bandleader has never sounded so alive" (8.5/10 - Paste Magazine). "Another rousing success from Finn" (8.4/10 - Northern Transmissions). "Probably his finest solo album to date" (8/10 - musicOMH)

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)

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)

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Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke

Tall Tales

Debut collaboration between the electronic musician Pritchard and the Radiohead frontman

Added: 09/05/2025
9.0

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GOLLIWOG

Latest full-length release from the New York-based rapper featuring contributions from El-P, ELUCID, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Markey, Messiah Musik, Kenny Segal, The Alchemist and more

Added: 09/05/2025
9.0

William Tyler

Time Indefinite

Fifth album of instrumental guitar compositions from the Nashville-based former member of Lambchop and Silver Jews

Added: 01/05/2025
9.0

Viagra Boys

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Fourth album from the Stockholm post-punk band produced with long-time collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt

Added: 23/04/2025
9.0

Mamalarky

Hex Key

Third full-length release from the Atlanta-based indie rock band

Added: 11/04/2025
8.0

Mclusky

The World Is Still Here and So Are We

Fourth studio album and first since 2004 from the Welsh post-hardcore trio

Added: 09/05/2025
8.0

Emma-Jean Thackray

Weirdo

Second full-length release from the Yorkshire-born London-based jazz composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer

Added: 25/04/2025
8.0

Femi Kuti

Journey Through Life

Latest full-length release from the London-born, Lagos-raised saxophonist who is the oldest son of the late Afrobeat artist Fele Kuti

Added: 25/04/2025
8.0

Tunde Adebimpe

Thee Black Boltz

Debut full-length solo album from the singer, songwriter, actor and vocalist with TV On The Radio

Added: 18/04/2025
8.0

Julien Baker & Torres

Send A Prayer My Way

Debut collaboration of alt.country from the duo produced with Sarah Tudzin of Illuminati Hotties

Added: 15/04/2025
8.0

Florist

Jellywish

Fifth album from the Brooklyn indie-folk band led by Emily Sprague

Added: 07/04/2025
8.0

Djo

The Crux

Third full-length album from the American actor and musician Joe Kerr (Stranger Things, Free Guy)

Added: 04/04/2025
8.0

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Death Hilarious

Fifth full-length album from the Newcastle sludge-rock band featuring a guest appearance from Run The Jewels' El-P

Added: 03/04/2025
8.0

Momma

Welcome To My Blue Sky

Fourth album from the Brooklyn indie rock quartet produced by bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch

Added: 03/04/2025
7.0

Model/Actriz

Pirouette

Second full-length album from the Brooklyn-based post-punk quartet was produced with Seth Manchester

Added: 02/05/2025
7.0

Blondshell

If You Asked for a Picture

Second full-length release from the Los Angeles-based indie rock musician Sabrina Teitelbaum

Added: 02/05/2025
7.0

Sunflower Bean

Mortal Primetime

Fourth album from the Brooklyn-based psych-pop trio Nick Kivlen, Julia Cumming and Jacob Faber

Added: 25/04/2025
7.0

Self Esteem

A Complicated Woman

Third album of experimental pop from former Slow Club member Rebecca Lucy Taylor

Added: 25/04/2025
7.0

Bon Iver

SABLE, fABLE

Fifth album and first in six years from the American indie/folk band fronted by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon featuring contributions from Dijon, Flock of Dimes and Danielle Haim

Added: 10/04/2025

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An ambitious pop artist offers a rich retro-pop exploration of family and tradition Rolling Stone

Kali Uchis Sincerely

The singer embraces, albeit wistfully, the pleasures of stability throughout the album Slant Magazine

Kali Uchis Sincerely

Another crowning achievement, it’s long past time we honoured Kali Uchis as a transformative R&B talent Clash

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"A personal journey through the past and self, focused on the power of scent in evoking forgotten moments" (10/10 - The Guardian. "An immersive album of beguiling charms about memories, isolation and dislocation" (8/10 - musicOMH)

Model/ActrizPirouette
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BlondshellIf You Asked for a Picture
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SamiaBloodless
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BeirutA Study Of Losses
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Black Country, New RoadForever Howlong
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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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