Circa Waves live in Manchester (Gary Mather for Live4ever)
Circa Waves lead a brand new Top 5 on this week’s UK Record Store Chart.
The band’s Sad Happy album is ahead of Porridge Radio, The Snuts, Ultraista and Four Tet, while Tame Impala hold on to #7 with The Slow Rush.
The Official Charts Company launched the UK Record Store Chart in 2012 to reflect the last decade’s drive to support independent music outlets and the concurrent surge in vinyl sales. It is compiled from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) Circa Waves – Sad Happy
2 – (new) Porridge Radio – Every Bad
3 – (new) The Snuts – Mixtape
4 – (new) Ultraista – Sister
5 – (new) Four Tet – Sixteen Oceans
6 – Caribou – Suddenly
7 – Tame Impala – The Slow Rush
8 – Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott – Manchester Calling
9 – Nadia Reid – Out Of My Province
10 – Cornershop – England Is A Garden
11 – (new) Boomtown Rats – Citizens Of Boomtown
12 – (new) Tears For Fears – Songs From The Big Chair
13 – (new) Maria McKee – La Vita Nuova
14 – The Orielles – Disco Valador
15 – Stephen Malkmus – Traditional Techniques
16 – Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
17 – Rory Gallagher – Check Shirt Wizard
18 – (new) Cocoroise – Put The Shine On
19 – Michael Kiwanuka – Kiwanuka
20 – (new) The Shires – Good Years
