Reclusive Scottish band Belle And Sebastian had one of the highest-charting debuts on this week's SoundScan sales charts, landing at number 80 by selling almost 17,000 copies of its new album, "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant."

Considering the band's decision to avoid most interviews and media requests, the first- week push is quite a feat, especially considering that Belle And Sebastian's 1998 critical breakthrough, "The Boy With The Arab Strap," has sold a little more than 84,000 copies.

While American fans anxiously wait for word if Belle And Sebastian will play a few gigs here in the States, the group has issued a video for the first single from the record, "The Wrong Girl," which drummer Richard Colburn discussed during a recent interview with MTV News.

"It was [guitarist] Stevie [Jackson's] song," Colburn said, "and the song's more or less about him growing up and [making the] wrong choices in female partners and stuff like that. [Laughs]

"I think the video was based around him being born and him going through all the stages of his life, y'know, having girlfriends that weren't quite right and then ending up with the girlfriend he has now, who hopefully is the right girl, as opposed to 'The Wrong Girl.'

"[We did the video] with a friend of our called Lance Bangs, who's done quite a bit," Colburn continued, he said. "It comes across as the song does, as a complete story from him being born to him now, so I think it's worked out quite well." [RealAudio]

In addition to "The Wrong Girl," Belle And Sebastian has also just issued a stand-alone three-song single, "Legal Man," which has sold more than 10,000 copies since its release last month.