Another NACC 200 record is set this week. By staying at #1 for a second week, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner (along with her chart-topping predecessor, Arlo Parks) have now accumulated the most consecutive weeks at #1 by solo artists. Wasner records as Flock Of Dimes and her second solo LP, Head Of Roses (Sub Pop) also extends the record for the deepest into a year we’ve ever gone with only three #1s. Waiting in the wings hoping to score the fourth Top 200-topper of 2021 are Dinosaur Jr. (5-2) and Crumb (35-4).
Speaking of Crumb, the Boston-born, Brooklyn-based band pulls off something this week that no other artist has ever accomplished on the NACC 200. Self-Released albums (we don’t include band imprints) in the NACC Top 10 are unfortunately a rarity, but Crumb is now the first with two of them. Their first LP, Jinx, reached #9 in 2019. This week, by soaring 35-4 with their sophomore LP, Ice Melt, not only do they have their second but it is also the highest-charting self-released album on the NACC 200 in over three years.
Two other bands also reach the NACC Top 10 this week. Kero Kero Bonito jumps 18-10. But even Crumb’s 31-spot climb pales in comparison to Manchester Orchestra‘s leap. The band’s sixth studio album, The Million Masks Of God (Loma Vista/Concord) explodes into the top tier, rising 141-9. This gives them their second NACC Top 10 following the Atlanta four-piece’s 2017 LP, A Black Mile To The Surface.
The NACC 200’s highest debut this week comes from last week’s most-added artist. Maine native Juliana Hatfield is enjoying rousing success with her 19th LP, Blood (American Laundromat). The album leaps aboard the NACC 200 this week at #23. This year marks 35 years of making music for Hatfield as a solo artist along with bands Blake Babies, Some Girls, The Lemonheads, and her namesake, The Juliana Hatfield Three.
This week’s most-added album is from Brighton quintet Squid (though they are now based in London). Formed in 2018, the band has released a series of EPs. Their debut LP, Bright Green Field (Warp) came out Friday and it collects 61 Top 10 Adds this week in addition to debuting at #89 on the NACC 200.
Rising 2-1 on the NACC Singles Chart is Chvrches. The Glasgow trio is back with “He Said She Said”. The song looks to be the first single from an upcoming fourth album, tentatively called CVH4. Modest Mouse has returned with “We Are Between.” The song is this week’s most-added single and comes from their upcoming seventh LP, The Golden Casket, due June 25. The new record is their first LP since 2015
The NACC Top 5 overall Adds, this week’s genre chart-toppers, and the week’s most-added genre records are included below. There are new chart-toppers at NACC Non-Comm, NACC NEXT, NACC Canadian, Electronic, R&B/Soul, Heavy, Blues, and Latin this week.
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 ADDS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | # OF ADDS
1) SQUID Bright Green Field [Warp] // 61
2) ICEAGE Seel Shelter [Mexican Summer] // 54
3) IRON AND WINE Archive Series Volume 5: TallahasseeRecordings [Sub Pop] // 52
4) FLYING LOTUS Yasuke [Warp] // 48
5) BABE RAINBOW, THE Changing Colours [Eureka/Kobalt] // 41
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 DEBUTS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | DEBUT
1) JULIANA HATFIELD Blood [American Laundromat] // 23
2) BLACK KEYS, THE Delta Kream (Advance Tracks) [Nonesuch] // 29
3) Matt Sweeney AND BONNIE PRINCE BILLY Superwolves [Drag Cityl] // 44
4) ROSIE TUCKER Sucker Supreme [Epitaph] // 45
5) FLYING LOTUS Yasuke [Warp] // 60
NACC 200 CHART: TOP 5 CLIMBERS
# | ARTIST | TITLE | LABEL | MOVE
1) DAWN RICHARD Second Line [Merge] // 156
2) MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA The Million Masks Of God [Loma Vista/Concord] // 132
3) TEKE::TEKE Shirushi [Kill Rock Stars] // 124
4) KIWI JR Cooler Returns [Sub Pop] // 109
5) LOS RETROS Looking Back (EP) [Stones Throw] // 98
#1 ON NACC GENRE CHARTS:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
NON-COMM: DINOSAUR JR. Sweep It Into Space [Jajaguwar]
NACC NEXT: DINOSAUR JR. Sweep It Into Space [Jajaguwar]
BLUES: BOB CARRITORE AND FRIENDS Spider In My Stew [Vizztone]
CANADIAN: SOOK-VIN LEE AND ADAM LITOVITZ jooj two [Mint]
CHILL: LONDON GRAMMAR Californian Soil [Ministry Of Sound/Metal & Dust]
ELECTRONIC: ZEDS DEAD Catching Z’s [Altered States]
FOLK: RHIANNON GIDDENS AND FRANCECSO TURRISI They’re Calling Me Home [Nonesuch]
HEAVY: GOJIRA Fortitude [Roadrunner]
HIP HOP: BROCKHAMPTON ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE [Question Everything/RCA]
JAZZ: DR. LONNIE SMITH Breathe [Blue Note]
LATIN: MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF SOUND Distrito Federal [Soy Sauce]
R&B/SOUL: JON BATISTE WE ARE [Verve]
WORLD: JUPITER AND OKWESS Na Kozonga [Everloving]
MOST-ADDED @ NACC GENRES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
ELECTRONIC: FLYING LOTUS Yasuke [Warp]
FOLK: TONY JOE WHITE Smoke From The Chimney [Swamp.Easy Eye Sound/Concord]
HEAVY (tie): HILDR VALKYRIE Revealing The Heathen Sun [Moribund]
SCAR OF THE SUN Inertia [Napalm]
HIP HOP: MCKINLEY DIXON For My Mama And Anyone Who Look Like Her [Spacebomb]
JAZZ: LUNAR OCTET Convergence [Summit]
WORLD (tie): INNOV GNAWA Lila [Daptone]
KASAI ALLSTARS Black Ants Always Fly Together, One Bangle Makes No Sound [Crammed]
LAS FLORES DEL CHANGUI “Cuidao Con La Lengua [Petaluma]
NACC SINGLES:
GENRE: ARTIST Title [Label]
#1 SINGLE: CHVRCHES “He Said She Said” [Glassnote]
MOST-ADDED SINGLE: MODEST MOUSE “We Are Between” [Epic]