Chet Faker Scores Highest Debut On Carlton Dry Indie Music Charts

Glastonbury-beating Australian singer-songwriter Chet Faker has long been a presence on the Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts, and now he's even more so following the #2 debut of his new single, Bend, the highest-placing for any fresh entry on both the Albums and Singles charts this week.

Faker's new entry displaces Sia's Big Girls Cry from its previous spot, now down a rung to #3 — but at 24 weeks in the charts, it's not like she's underperforming — while fellow debutantes Nova & The Experience also come out strongly, hitting #4 with Whole Body. A name we haven't seen for a while on this ladder is veteran act The Superjesus, who find themselves once again making a chart debut with new single The Setting Sun — it's just outside the top 10, at #11.

It's a much quieter week for new faces in the full-length stakes, with Lior achieving the sole new entry with the 10th-anniversary edition of his excellent album Autumn Flow at #15. There's minimal movement at the pointy end — Sia's 1000 Forms Of Fear rises a place to #3, Courtney Barnett's truly excellent Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit is also up one to #4, while Ta-Ku slips two places to accommodate them, with Songs To Make Up To now sitting at #5. 

The week's top two contenders remain unchanged, however, with Seth Sentry once again seeing a crowning effort from his well-received new record Strange New Past, while the ever-evolving Hermitude sit pretty just behind with Dark Night, Sweet Light at #2.