A doff of the Hot Press Newsdesk cap to Moloko whose Statues album has just claimed the number one spot in Belgium/Flanders.

The Anglo-Irish duo experienced a sharp increase in sales following their appearances at Markt Rock in Leuven and Lowlands in the neighbouring Dutch town of Biddinghuizen.

Closer to home, Moloko pay a visit to the Dublin Olympia on October 29.