Splendour In The Grass headliners Blur have managed to push their way past a sea of new Mother's Day releases to score the highest debuting record on this week’s ARIA Album Charts.
It would appear absence does indeed make the heart grow strong, with the first new album in 12 years from the iconic Brit-rock outfit, The Magic Whip, debuting at #5.
It's the highest ever position achieved by the band in the Australian Albums Chart, and only their second time in the top ten following The Great Escape's peak at ten back in 1995.
The band is set to return to Australia this July for Splendour and a run of headline dates around the country.
Blur beat out new musical mum merch like Josh Groban’s Stages (#6) and Reba McEntire's Love Somebody (#51) in the chart debut race.
Swedish punks Millencolin also landed amongst the pre-Mother's Day fray with their new album after five years — True Brew came in at 16.
The highest debuting Australian artist was hardcore party favourites Deez Nuts, who debuted at #20 with their new album, Word Is Bond. It's their third top 50 effort and their highest chart ranking to date.
As mid-week figures predicted, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Marlon Williams also charted with his new record, coming in at #31.
Despite cancelling his remaining Australian dates due to health reasons, Sam Smith’s In The Lonely Hour still tops at #1 — the solid mum fave could stay at the top for the big day next week.
Don't miss a beat with our FREE daily newsletter
In the Singles Chart, See You Again by Wiz Khalifa, featuring Charlie Puth, remains number one (Puth reappears at five with his Meghan Trainor collab Marvin Gaye). The highest new entry was Brisbane's Grace with her surprisingly respectful cover of Lesley Gore's You Don't Own Me (but now with rap by G-Eazy), in at 14.
The week's other two local debuts in the Singles Chart came in the form of Hermitude's The Buzz, featuring Mataya and Young Tapz while Birds Of Tokyo's Anchor EP landed at 33.
