Frankie Cosmos locks down #1 on the NACC 200 for a second week with the Sub Pop release, Vessel. The brainchild of Greta Kline, Frankie Cosmos has become more of a collaborative project on this third release. Kline now has a backing band that has allowed her to develop a more ambitious sound, and she asked those musicians to add their expertise to each track on the album. The result has been embraced by college and community radio. Competition for the top spot will be fierce next week with The Decemberists rising 3-2 and three more albums soaring into the Top 10 including Wye Oak (13-4) and Hop Along (32-5).

Also racing quickly into #1 contention is Unknown Mortal Orchestra, who skyrocket from 43-6 this week after debuting on the NACC 200 last week. The New Zealand quintet formed in 2010 by primary members Ruban Nielson and Jake Portrait. Nielson posted a song anonymously on Bandcamp and within a day it had received significant online coverage including a post on Pitchfork. Nielson eventually took ownership of the song as being Unknown Mortal Orchestra. The band has released four studio albums since then, including their most recent, Sex & Food, out on Jagjaguwar.

Debuting impressively at #30 this week is Australian multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Jay Watson. Watson is a member of Tame Impala and Pond and records his solo material under the moniker, GUM. That name is a shortened version of a nickname he was given that he never really liked: Gumby. He shortened it to GUM, which he likes better and also likes as a sort of explanation of his sound, explaining to Happy Mag is 2015, “I like the sound of it because chewing gum is kind of gross and sticky but it’s also pink and sugary. You know what I mean? It’s kind of a good symbol for weird fucked up pop music.” The Underdog (out on Spinning Top) is Watson’s fourth solo release and is the highest debut on the NACC 200 this week.

Blasting 180-41 to score the week’s biggest climb, are Everett, WA band The Moondoggies. It’s been five years since their last LP. Their fourth release, A Love Sleeps Deep, is a deeper album lyrically than they’ve been known for. Over three previous releases, the band has been known mostly for recording good-times rock ‘n’ roll. With this new album, lead singer/songwriter Kevin Murphy is now a father and wanted to address the cynical times we live in from the perspective of, frankly, a white guy and hopefully bring up topics like casual racism, the lack of empathy for people who don’t look like you, and having humility for things you don’t understand with an audience that may not think as much about these topics.

Grabbing the second highest number of Top 10 adds this year is Kyle Thomas, aka King Tuff. Thomas started releasing music as King Tuff in 2006. The Other is his fourth studio album and third for Sub Pop. He also performed as a member of Ty Segall’s live backing band The Muggers which formed following the release of Segall’s 2016 release, Emotional Mugger. King Tuff’s last album, 2014’s, Black Moon Spell, was also a #1 add and subsequently topped the college radio chart. The Other collects 122 Top 10 adds and debuts at #118 on the NACC 200 this week. With all of those adds this week, expect a big jump on the chart next week.