Slowdive‘s self-titled comeback album is the new number one on the UK Record Store Chart.
The Top 20 is almost entirely new, with Gorillaz, Ed Sheeran, Imelda May, Mark Lanegan, Future Islands and Thurston Moore making up the small group to have held on from last week. More new entries come from the likes of Kasabian, The Afghan Whigs and Perfume Genius.
Since 2012, the UK Record Store Chart has been charting the best selling albums sold at 100 of Britain’s leading independent music shops.
UK Record Store Chart, Top 20:
1 – (new) Slowdive – Slowdive
2 – (new) Blondie – Pollinator
3 – (new) Kasabian – For Crying Out Loud
4 – (new) Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
5 – (new) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Lovely Creatures
6 – Gorillaz – Humanz
7 – (new) At The Drive-In – Inter Alia
8 – (new) The Afghan Whigs – In Spades
9 – (new) Leftfield – Leftism
10 – Rag N Bone Man – Human
11 – (new) Hawkwind – Into The Woods
12 – Ed Sheeran – ÷
13 – (new) Pond – The Weather
14 – (new) Perfume Genius – No Shape
15 – Imelda May – Life Love Flesh Blood
16 – (new) Moon Duo – Occult Architecture Volume 2
17 – Mark Lanegan – Gargoyle
18 – Future Islands – The Far Field
19 – (new) Bonnie Prince Billy – Best Troubadour
20 – Thurston Moore – Rock n Roll Consciousness