Cooking Vinyl & Sentric sign The Lottery Winners' Thom Rylance in Publishing JV

02 October 2024 - Press release

Deal includes The Lottery Winners back catalogue.

 

Cooking Vinyl Publishing and Sentric, owned by Believe, one of the world’s leading digital music companies have signed their first deal with The Lottery Winners’ Thom Rylance. 

The deal includes The Lottery Winners’ entire back catalogue.

With Rylance as their frontman and principal songwriter, The Lottery Winners skyrocketed to fame with their critically acclaimed album Anxiety Replacement Therapy, which topped the UK Official Charts in 2023, selling over 22,000 copies in its first week - the fourth highest of the year.

The album also reached No.1 in the Physical, Download, CD and Cassette charts, as well as No.1 on the iTunes Album Chart, with an acoustic version of the album reaching No.2.

The band embarked on a sold out European and UK tour in late 2023, including 1,000+ capacity venues across the UK. This was complemented by a festival season full of main stage slots including Kendal Calling, NBHD Weekender, Boardmasters, Isle Of Wight, and a record six slots at Glastonbury.

In 2024, the band have played on a host of arena tours, supporting the likes of Rick Astley, Nickelback, and Noel Gallagher. 

They have received strong media support nationally on both TV (Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, MTV’s Gonzo, Sky’s Soccer AM, BBC Breakfast) and radio (BBC Radio 1, 2 and 6 Music; Radio X, Virgin Radio, Absolute Radio).

Building on this momentum, The Lottery Winners recently announced their new album, KOKO, will come on 21 February 2025 featuring major collaborations with Nickelback, Reverend And The Makers, Shed Seven and Frank Turner. 

The lead single, ‘You Again’, was premiered on Sara Cox’s BBC Radio 2 drivetime show last week to kick off the campaign.  

The band currently have more than 270,000 monthly listeners on Spotify alone.

Ryan Farley MD & Head of A&R, Cooking Vinyl Publishing: "I'm delighted to welcome Thom as the first signing to the new-look Cooking Vinyl Publishing/Sentric family and am excited to work with him as his career blossoms further. He is a wonderfully creative songwriter with bags of energy and ideas and, even with a UK #1 album already under his belt, it feels like the best is yet to come. It's exciting to think where he and The Lottery Winners will be in 3-5 years time!

Thom Rylance: “Very excited to be working with such an amazing team. Couldn’t think of a better place for my babies. Songs, I mean. I mean songs.”

Chris Meehan, Sentric CEO: “Having known Thom for a long time I’m delighted to be working with him again, he is an exceptional songwriter and performer. I look forward to seeing this deal amplified with Ryan & the Cooking Vinyl team’s creative support.”