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Shed Seven Creates U.K. Chart History With ‘A Matter of Time’


The aptly-named “A Matter of Time” becomes the British indie band’s first chart leader.

According to the Official Charts Company, the York, England-formed outfit now claims honors as the rock band with the longest-ever gap between a debut album and first leader – now set at 29 years and 3 months. Since then, Shed Seven (Rick Witter, Paul Banks, Tom Gladwin, Tim Wills and Rob Maxfield) has landed five titles in the top 10, including A Matter of Time, their sixth studio LP. 20 with their debut release Letter to Self(City Slang), while U.S. singer-songwriter Teddy Swims paddles to a first ever U.K. top 40 album with I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy(Part 1) (via Warner Records).

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