Khruangbin by Tamsin Isaacs
The UK’s high streets are tentatively reopening, the pubs creaked open their doors at 6am this morning, and record shops too are getting back into the swing of things.
Despite taking the top spot on the main chart rundown, HAIM have had to settle for second place on the UK Record Store Chart, with Khruangbin‘s own new entry Mordechai beating Women In Music Pt.III to number one. Elsewhere, reissues pervade the Top 10; from Belle And Sebastian, Nirvana and Longpigs.
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) Khruangbin – Mordechai
2 – (new) HAIM – Women In Music Part III
3 – (new) Mystery Jets – A Billion Heartbeats
4 – Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
5 – (new) Nadine Shah – Kitchen Sink
6 – (new) Belle And Sebastian – Tigermilk
7 – (new) Nirvana – Bleach
8 – (new) Longpigs – The Sun Is Often Out
9 – (new) Brigid Dawson & The Mother’s – Ballet Of Apes
10 – (new) Jessie Ware – What’s Your Pleasure?
11 – Bob Dylan – Rough And Rowdy Ways
12 – The Libertines – Up The Bracket
13 – King Gizzard/Mild High Club – Sketches Of Brunswick East
14 – Sleeper – At The BBC
15 – Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy
16 – Liam Gallagher – MTV Unplugged
17 – (new) Pottery – Welcome To Bobby’s Motel
18 – (new) Public Practice – Gentle Grip
19 – (new) Coriky – Coriky
20 – Alvvays – Alvvays
