3 July 2022
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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Gwenno Tresor
Saunders and collaborator Rhys Edwards have assembled an impressively rich and deep-sounding record that suggests we’re checking in on a well-oiled band rather than two musicians layering instruments and found sounds The Line Of Best Fit
The singer-songwriter searches for meaning in natural landscapes, passing seasons and the domestic sphere The FT
Blossoms Ribbon Around The Bomb
Moving from lads with guitars to serious introspective songwriters Gigwise
From ABBA-ish jaunts to NYC odes, the five-piece are sounding rather more worldly Evening Standard
Album four sees the gang level up with some of their most candid songwriting to date, but their hallmark sense of fun is never far from sight NME
A band that don’t just connect in the here and now, but who are now making records to last for the long haul Dork
The band's star continues to rise, and this album cements their reputation as one of the best bands in the UK Clash
'Tresor' judiciously balances the electronic side of the album and the instinctively natural The Arts Desk
Saunders’s third solo album is another riveting addition to a colourful career The Irish Times
Exploratory, visionary record. Print edition only Uncut
It's the garlanded ritual folk of Kan Me ("May Song"), however, that underlines this is a record of changing seasons and transitional states. Accept the offer of tea but prepare to lose days in the process. Print edition only Mojo
Gwenno's excellent third album Tresor is a thrilling psych-pop journey well worth the four-year wait The Skinny
This enchanting and deeply felt piece of work looks set to give Cornish culture another shot in the arm, showcasing as it does the language’s attractive contours musicOMH
Gwenno has once again married the otherworldly with the primal with supreme effect Clash
Momma Household Name
The band’s third album, and first for Lucky Number, is a whirlwind of huge riffs and slick ‘90s revivalism NME
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