ADRIAN THRILLS: The ringing guitars that powered songs such as Hold Back The River are again centre stage and there are intimate acoustic moments, too.
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There s no better vehicle for a budding blue-eyed soul singer than a break-up record, and Tom Grennan ticks all the right heart-wrenching boxes on his second album, Evering Road.
The gritty yet sensitive singer from Bedford outlined his credentials when his first release, Lighting Matches, reached the Top Five and he played sold-out shows at Brixton Academy and the Royal Albert Hall. Now he s building on those breaks by laying his heart on the line.
There s no better vehicle for a budding blue-eyed soul singer than a break-up record, and Tom Grennan (pictured) ticks all the right heart-wrenching boxes on his second album
English metalcore act Architects see their ninth studio album “For Those That Wish to Exist” become their first No.1 album in both Australia and their home country of England this week.
“For Those That Wish to Exist” becomes the 909th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2021), the 759th for ARIA (1983 to 2021), the 545th to debut at No.1, the eighth No.1 for 2021 and now the third chart topping set for the record label Epitaph after The Offspring (1995) and A Day to Remember (2016).
Of the nine studio albums issued for the English band, this is the fourth to chart here and their third Top 10 placing, having previously gotten as high as No.2 with their seventh set “All Our Gods Have Abandoned us” in June of 2016, while they last charted with “Holy Hell” (LP#8, HP-8) in November of 2018. And not only is it their first No.1 album here, but in their home country of England it also becomes their first ever Top 10 placing there from six Top 100 album chart entries.
Bring Me The Horizon take top spot in album chart
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Bring Me The Horizon have landed their second UK number one album with Post Human: Survival Horror.
The Sheffield rockers last topped the chart in 2019 with Amo.
Their album, which was first released in physical formats in October last year, narrowly saw off competition from Bicep’s Isles.
Oli Sykes (Lewis Stickley/PA)
Singer Oli Sykes said: “We really weren’t expecting to get a number one after having a record out for three months, so we’re super stoked for this to happen especially after getting the top five last year.
Rock band You Me At Six celebrate chart success
You Me At Six have gone straight to number one with their album Suckapunch.
The rock band, from Weybridge in Surrey, dethroned last week’s chart-topper, Sir Barry Gibb’s Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers’ Songbook.
It is their second number one album, following 2014’s Cavalier Youth, and their sixth top 10 collection overall.
Celebrating the news, frontman Josh Franceschi said: “Thank you to our fans, you guys are incredible. Without you we wouldn’t be here after 15 years.
“Maybe most importantly, thank you to everyone who has caused us pain or wrote us off or said we were done. This is for you.