The Snuts (Official Charts Company/PA)
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Scottish indie rockers The Snuts have scored a number one with their debut album WL.
The four-piece, from Whitburn in West Lothian, denied US pop star Demi Lovato the crown after a closely-fought race this week.
Fronted by 26-year-old singer and guitarist Jack Cochrane, The Snuts also become the first Scottish band in 14 years to enter at number one with their debut, since The View’s Hats Off To The Buskers in 2007.
‘It’s old school and it’s beautiful’ – The Snuts celebrate chart success Scottish indie rockers The Snuts have scored a number one with their debut album WL. The four-piece, from Whitburn in West Lothian, denied US pop star Demi Lovato the crown after a closely-fought race this week. Fronted by 26-year-old singer and guitarist Jack Cochrane, The Snuts also become the first Scottish band in 14 years to enter at number one with their debut, since The View’s Hats Off To The Buskers in 2007. Titled WL, the album pays tribute to the Whitburn Loopy, the trouble-makers and youths from their hometown, and had been backed in the race for number one by fellow chart-topping Scot Lewis Capaldi.