04.02.12 Parachute Band’s fourth album is charting at home and abroad, following its worldwide release at Parachute Festival 2012 last weekend.

MATINS:VESPERS entered the New Zealand Top 40 album charts this week at #2. The album also reached #4 on the New Zealand iTunes album charts and topped local iTunes Inspirational charts.

The double album also made waves overseas in its week of release, reaching #52 on the US iTunes Christian/Gospel charts, being featured in the iTunes store’s “New & Noteworthy” section. It also reached #18 on the Canadian iTunes Inspirational charts.

Other festival headliners have also charted on the New Zealand Top 40 in the week following Parachute 2012, including:

• #8    Casting Crowns COME TO THE WELL
• #16  Avalanche City OUR NEW LIFE ABOVE THE GROUND
• #23  New Empire SYMMETRY
• #24  LZ7 LIGHT
• #26  Lydia Cole ME & MOON
• #29  Massad OVERTURE E.P
• #20  The Rocket Summer OF MEN AND ANGELS
• #32  The Jury and The Saints AS ALIENS AND STRANGERS
• #33  Randy Stonehill SPIRIT WALK