Indie band Viola Beach have scored a number one album chart, six months after they were killed in a car crash. The self-titled debut was compiled by the band’s families, using live sessions and studio recordings, many of which were originally bound for an EP.
It outsold the number two album, ELO’s All Over The World, The Very Best Of, by about 6,000 copies, said the Official Chart Company. “I’m in shock,” said Finn Reeves, whose brother River was the band’s guitarist. “I think they’d be absolutely thrilled. I can see the smiles on their faces.
“They made this happen. They did the hard work.” Viola Beach consisted of singer Kris Leonard, guitarist River, bassist Tomas Lowe and drummer Jack Dakin. All four members of the Warrington band and their manager Craig Tarry died when their car plunged into a canal in Sweden in February.
