Nothing However Thieves have executed it: they’ve bagged their first-ever UK #1 album.

The Essex band had beforehand come shut, with 2020’s ‘Ethical Panic’ coming in at third and 2017’s ‘Damaged Machine’ rating second.

However now they’ve achieved the primary spot on the UK albums charts with their newest album, ‘Lifeless Membership Metropolis’.

Chatting with the Official Charts Firm, the band, fronted by Conor Mason, have mentioned:

“That is very, very cool. Thanks world, thanks UK, for supporting our report. Thanks for this award, it’s been unreal. 

“It’s a type of issues that you just don’t anticipate as a band as children, rising up collectively. Thanks for purchasing our report and supporting us for all these years.”

Early figures launched in the beginning of the week confirmed Nothing However Thieves have been on track to take the #1 spot, however nothing was assured.

They have been fending-off competitors from the likes of Fontaines D.C. frontman Grian Chatten’s debut solo album, and Elton John’s best hits album ‘Diamonds’, within the wake of his widespread Glastonbury headline set.

What’s extra, the band have now topped the charts with a really visionary challenge, through an idea album that challenged the band’s common rock strategy and embraced ‘80s synths and melodies. 

Have a learn of our unique ‘The Album Story’ function with Nothing However Thieves, by which Conor, Joe and Dom discuss us via the making of the LP, in addition to its sound, and the way they see it becoming into their total catalogue.

Elsewhere on this week’s charts, Lil Uzi Vert secured their second UK Prime 10 album, with ‘Pink Tape’ debuting at quantity seven.

The most recent album from the Philadelphia-born rapper, singer and songwriter turned just a few heads by not solely that includes Convey Me The Horizon and BABYMETAL, but additionally by that includes a canopy of System Of A Down’s nu-metal traditional ‘Chop Suey!’.