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7 November 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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Anna Von HausswolffICONOCLASTS

"All of the different influences on Iconoclasts just blend so well and it never sounds messy" (9.4/10 - Sputnik). "A marriage of opposites: automaton-like discipline and total abandon" (8/10 - Slant)

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The Belair Lip BombsAgain

"Establishes them as a new great hope" (8/10 - NME). "For a band whose influences range from Queen to hardcore, it’s impressive how coherent it all sounds" (8/10 - Dork)

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CreeperSANGUIVORE II: MISTRESS OF DEATH

"Never a band to shy away from making their songs as huge as possible, their fourth record features some of their most monumental tracks to date" (8/10 - Clash)

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Lily AllenWest End Girl

"Her best album in 16 years, an incisive diary of a marriage in freefall" (10/10 - The Independent). "A hard-hitting pop exposition, while also providing an endless supply of hooks" (8/10 - Clash)

The Last Dinner PartyFrom The Pyre

"Insanely rich with ideas, hooks, smart artifice and real emotion, From The Pyre is a feast of giddy raptures" (10/10 - Record Collector). "Both thematically and sonically richer" (10/10 - DIY)

BrògealTuesday Paper Club

"2026 is there for Brogeal’s taking, they’re gonna be a lot of people’s new favourite band" (8/10 - God Is In The TV). "This is what it sounds like when a band get it right the first time" (10/10 - Dork)

Jay SomBelong

"With ‘Belong’ serving notice of Jay Som’s continued abilities" (8/10 - Clash). "Will undoubtedly solidify her reputation as your favourite pop singer's favourite pop singer" (8/10 - Exclaim"

IdlewildIdlewild

"The fact they are producing some of their best work seems almost absurd, and yet here we are" (9/10 - The Line Of Best Fit). "Idlewild is no nostalgic LP—it’s the sound of a band rejuvenated" (10/10 - XS Noize)

WednesdayBleeds

"Karly Hartzman has delivered a record that’s lean, confrontational and lived-in" (10/10 - NME). "A monumental statement from one of the most exciting bands today" (9/10 - PopMatters)

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Militarie Gun

God Save the Gun

Second album from Los Angeles alt.rock five-piece led by singer Ian Shelton

Added: 17/10/2025
9.0

Idlewild

Idlewild

Tenth studio album from Scottish indie rock veterans is the first in six years produced by the band’s guitarist Rod Jones

Added: 04/10/2025
8.0

Florence + The Machine

Everybody Scream

Sixth studio album from Florence Welch's indie rock band working with producers Mark Bowen, Aaron Dessner, James Ford and Danny L Harle

Added: 01/11/2025
8.0

Lily Allen

West End Girl

Fifth studio album of the London-born singer-songwriter recorded in Los Angeles

Added: 24/10/2025
8.0

Demi Lovato

It’s Not That Deep

Ninth album from the Albuquerque-born actor and pop singer-songwriter executive produced by Zhone

Added: 24/10/2025
8.0

The Last Dinner Party

From The Pyre

Second album from the London indie rock band produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Wolf Alice)

Added: 16/10/2025
7.0

Claire Rousay

A Little Death

Latest release from the Canadian-American experimental musician and composer based featuring a guest appearance from M. Sage

Added: 31/10/2025
7.0

The Belair Lip Bombs

Again

Second album from Australian indie rock quartet produced with Nao Anzai and Joe White

Added: 30/10/2025
7.0

Skullcrusher

And Your Song is Like a Circle

Second full-length album from the New York indie folk singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine

Added: 19/10/2025
7.0

Bar Italia

Some Like It Hot

Fifth full-length album from the London-based trio Nina Cristante, Jezmi Tarik Fehmi and Sam Fenton

Added: 15/10/2025
7.0

Jay Som

Belong

Fourth album of lo-fi dream pop from the Oakland-based Melina Duterte featuring guest appearances from Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins and Paramore's Hayley Williams

Added: 09/10/2025
7.0

Snõõper

Worldwide

Second album from the Nashville punk rock produced by John Congleton

Added: 03/10/2025
5.0

Taylor Swift

The Life of a Showgirl

Album number twelve from the singer-songwriter features a guest appearance from Sabrina Carpenter and was produced with Max Martin and Shellback

Added: 04/10/2025

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Mavis Staples Sad And Beautiful World

It's a bravura performance from all concerned; for all the album's unquestionable strengths, you may wish for a drop more of the same raw sawdust-kicking passion and bite during some of the more restrained proceedings that follow The Line Of Best Fit

Mavis Staples Sad And Beautiful World

Her voice may sound a little deeper and more gravelly and her delivery might be punctuated with a few more breaths at times, but there's no denying her command and power. Print edition only Record Collector

Mavis Staples Sad And Beautiful World

Cook puts Staples right at the front of the mix, accentuating her voice to the point where it's like she's whispering in the listener's ear. Print edition only Uncut

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Fresh stuff

Everybody Scream by Florence + The Machine

"Florence Welch enlists horror and magic to harness hope" (10/10 - NME). "An urgent and vital testimony to survival and rebirth, Florence Welch’s sixth album is a defiant middle finger to doubters" (9/10 - musicOMH)

The LemonheadsLove Chant
"Cleverly, it retains a rough-shod production and avoids digital polish" (7/10 - Far Out). "The sound overall mostly evokes the primordial, punky, pre-grunge Lemonheads" (8/10 - Uncut)

Demi LovatoIt’s Not That Deep
"Feels like a homecoming to her electronic-pop roots" (8/10 - Rolling Stone). "It’s not that deep, but it might just be Lovato’s best effort yet" (8/10 - The Line Of Best Fit)

Sudan ArchivesThe BPM
"A vibrant, energetic atmosphere on her bustling house party of a third album" (9/10 - musicOMH). "Pulses with the kind of euphoria that comes from letting loose on the dance floor" (8/20 - Slant)

Militarie GunGod Save the Gun
"The California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8.5/10 - Paste). "the California band pushes its post-hardcore sound into something both raw and exciting" (8/10 - NME)

Taylor SwiftThe Life of a Showgirl
"Swift hits all her marks — from new, exciting sonic turns to incisive storytelling" (10/10 - Rolling Stone). "Has its moments, but lacks the consistency of Taylor’s recent work" (6/10 - Clash)

The AntlersBlight
"Silberman and co. deliver that incredible depth and meaning, with an earnestness like only they can muster" (9/10 - Sputnik). "Electric glitches and intriguing lyrics add to a quietly seductive package" (8/10 - Uncut)

AgricultureThe Spiritual Sound
"It will have you levitating with joy" (10/10 - The Guardian). "Wraps you in screams and distortion, pummelling while blanketing, devastating amidst the uplift" (9/10 - Exclaim)

SprintsAll That Is Over
"There’s no shortage of noise in 2025, but precious little of it says something worth hearing. Sprints do" (10/10 - Dork). "The anger remains palpable, the lyrics ever relatable" (10/10 - DIY)

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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