Bear’s Den are also new in the Top 10 of the UK’s main chart rundown.
Bear’s Den have beaten the high profile new release from Florence & The Machine to top the latest UK Record Store Chart.
Elsewhere, The Black Keys debut at #5 with Dropout Boogie, while Fontaines D.C. remain in the Top 20 with Skinty Fia and Wet Leg have a sixth week on the chart courtesy of their self-titled debut.
A decade ago, The Official Charts Company began compiling the UK Record Store Chart to reflect the boom in vinyl sales which had begun during the previous decade. Its figures are taken from the best selling albums at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1/ (new) Bear’s Den – Blue Hours
2/ (new) Florence & The Machine – Dance Fever
3/ (new) Florence Black – Weight Of The World
4/ (new) Obongjayar – Some Nights I Dream Of Doors
5/ (new) Seahorses – Do It Yourself
6/ (new) The Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
7/ Peaness – World Full Of Worry
8/ Arcade Fire – WE
9/ (new) Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
10/ (new) Fader – Quartz
11/ (new) Metronomy – The English Riviera (Instrumentals)
12/ Rosalia – Motomami
13/ (new) Nofx – Punk In Drublic
14/ (new) Slipknot – Iowa
15/ Amyl & The Sniffers – Comfort To Me
16/ Fontaines D.C. – Skinty Fia
17/ Belle & Sebastian – A Bit Of Previous
18/ Wet Leg – Wet Leg
19/ Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
20/ Sigrid – How To Let Go
