The Lottery Winners on Number 1 album race: "Thanks to Jessie Ware for bringing us into the conversation"
03.05.2023 - 11:11
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Currently leading a closely-fought race against the likes of Jessie Ware and Nines, this Friday could see The Lottery Winners claim their first-ever Number 1 album with Anxiety Replacement Therapy.
The fifth studio album from the indie-rock group, comprising Thom Rylance, Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd and Joe Singleton, boasts collaborations with Boy George, Frank Turner and Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder, and may well prove the first independently-released record to reach the summit since The Reytons, back in January.
Today, we catch up with Thom to find out what a chart-topping LP would mean to the Leigh-formed four-piece.
Pretty floaty. I'm not sure if I'm possibly still dreaming all of this. Floaty, but also very tired. We've been on the road relentlessly; we're in Leigh right now and ending our tour in Grimsby tonight. Very romantic.
I really hope so. It's a beautiful town, and there's a lot of support and local pride. It's been so amazing to see how much Leigh's behind the band. We've been playing in the pubs of Leigh for fifteen years.
I'm getting emotional at the thought of it. It means everything to us. It feels like fifteen years of hard work, not taking a wage, neglecting all of our financial and social responsibilities and pouring everything into something that we really believed it; it's affirmed that that was the right decision.
I've been manifesting this. My phone background's been a picture of the Number 1 Award for three months. If I do get the trophy, I'm gonna change it to a picture of a hot guy with a six pack. Maybe that's the next thing?
Absolutely. It's not just for us. There's a huge community and family around this band. I see so many people who say 'I'm coming to your gig on my own and I'm nervous