How do I see the NEW releases not just those Spotify thinks I should hear?

[dancingcat]

I'm using Spotify as a premium member, have been for some years now.

I have always assumed that the latest albums would appear on the "New Releases" option and every week I'd look back and always found it odd that some new releases just wouldn't be there. I had assumed it was because those artists didn't want their music on Spotify, fare enough and I would look through what I could go through.

But today, for the first time possibly ever, I could see that actually none were *new* releases. Yes they were new to the list that week, but I struggled to find a single album which was released even this year let alone this week!

I'm guessing Spotify has decided these albums are new to me/my list and that is why they are deemed "new". But the fact is they're not, and they're not even current in many cases (today showed Adam Lambert and Robbie Williams among others from even longer ago). I just want to know what's released now, not 2,3 or 10 years ago (yes there was one from 2013...)

Is there a way to see actual new releases or is this "New Releases" option just a waste of the space it fills?

[Sebasty]

Hey @dancingcat 

I recommend checking out everynoise.com. This site, done by a Spotify data alchemist, has a section for new releases categorized by genre and they're releases dropped within the last week. Check it out here!

Note: it's quite a huge thing and may somewhat hog the resources on weak machines while it loads up.

This site is honestly a godsend for music discoverers. I personally love the Canonical Path feature.

Hope this helps you out!

[Pick_Nick]

I'm here for the same thing... I want Spotify to add a way to see ALL new albums added this week, not just their 'hand-picked' selection. 

Every Friday I like to look at the 'new releases' to see if there any new albums from artists I like, its always random artists i've not heard of and then you discover 'x' artist had a new album out which you didn't even know about

Please improve this Spotify!

[withdanie]

Same. please fix this Spotify!

[MGowen1]

Same here…albums used to be listed under new releases.  So unless you know of an albums release you are blind to what’s actually out there 

[DAYCO]

Same.  This has been like this for months and needs to be fixed.  I want to be able to browse everything that came out for the week in one spot.

[Yeeeeeeeeeeemad]

Same! Im always looking for new artist or new album but now gone.. please bring it back! 

[yournatalita]

I vote for this feature too. 

Algorithm is not really doing well now. I don't get correct artists in my handpicked section, so I'd prefer to be able to chose for myself. Seeing it by genres would be amazing.

For example, I listened to Lizzy McAlpine pre-released singles a couple of times, but I wasn't recommended to the album when it dropped, instead I get artists I've never listened.
I do understand that many won't care about this feature, and it's a cool tool to sell to labels. Anyway, you can add an extra hidden section for those who doesn't afraid to explore in a bit of a mess. 

[beeceebeecee]

Please bring back album releases. My home page nowadays is just music I've already been listening too or podcasts. Hint: I do not care about this, I want to discover new music as whole albums because this is how I listen to music: albums.

[gravesend46]

Thing is, it can't even be that difficult to implement. The Release Radar playlist does a pretty good job of curating my likes and filling with songs I'm interested in hearing.

So why the New Release list is so painfully lacking in actual album releases is a mystery. It's often unchanged for weeks at a time despite the fact I know there are three or four albums released that must be on my algorithm but yet are never flagged up by Spotify.

[dancingcat]

I don't understand why it's so difficult to implement. Every week new music is released. I've been using Spotify for years now. I have many artists I've chosen to "follow" and others I also repeat download from. In addition there are artists who regularly put out stuff I have and will never download. I don't like Little Mix or gansta rap or grime for example. I do listen to and download Indie Rock and I could list a dozen artists here but to make my point clearer, they all sit under the same genre of Indie Rock, Alt. Rock or Indie Alternative.

But every week I'll go to look at new releases and all I'm seeing are a handful- and it literally is a handful of albums which are nothing to do with the sort of music I already listen to and download. 

It is not hard, to have some sort of a system only suggest albums similar to that which I listen to. I don't understand why it is difficult to implement, not when I have been a user of Spotify for about 10 years now if not longer than this. If this is difficult to implement then someone needs to leave their Spotify job and find a basic job doing something without technology because even I can see a way around this one!

[NahSpots]

Nah, I wonder this too because I check for new releases and Spotify shows stuff that has been out. Like what about anything upcoming, just released, anything? 

[zygoted]

https://artists.spotify.com/new-releases

New Releases is pay-to-win. You're still going to get music roughly adjacent to your personal taste but probably not the artists you're actually interested in.