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.”
About Believe
Believe is one of the world’s leading digital music companies. Believe’s mission is to develop independent artists and labels in the digital world by providing them the solutions they need to grow their audience at each stage of their career and development. Believe’s passionate team of digital music experts around the world leverages the Group’s global technology platform to advise artists and labels, distribute and promote their music. Its 2,020 employees in more than 50 countries aim to support independent artists and labels with a unique digital expertise, respect, fairness and transparency. Believe offers its various solutions through a portfolio of brands including Believe, TuneCore, Nuclear Blast, Naïve, Groove Attack, AllPoints, Ishtar and Byond. Believe is listed on compartment B of the regulated market of Euronext Paris (Ticker: BLV, ISIN: FR0014003FE9). www.believe.com
About Sentric
Sentric is a global, award-winning publisher that was acquired by Believe, one of the world’s leading digital music companies, in 2023. Based in Liverpool, with offices in London, Berlin, New York and LA, it boasts an international infrastructure including direct royalty collection in over 200 territories. Sentric represents more than 5.1 million works and over 500,000 songwriters either directly or via industry partners, including music publishers, independent labels, management companies and distributors that benefit from Sentric’s publishing administration, co-publishing and creative services.
About Cooking Vinyl Publishing
Cooking Vinyl Publishing is a leading independent full-service music publisher based in London.The company represents songwriters worldwide, across all genres, with a focus on creative development & sync licensing.
Its roster includes the likes of Avelino, Shed Seven, July Jones, The Waterboys, Her’s, Skerryvore, The Rifles, Isobel Campbel and The Orb; and songwriters such as Jacob Attwooll, Robbie Jay and Matty Benbrook.
With approximately 8000 titles, the catalogue boasts songs released by artists such as Paolo Nutini, Dido, Imanbek, TXT, Aitch, Flawes, BTS, Coldabank, NCT 127, NCT Dream, B Young, Cadet, Wretch 32, Jack Savoretti and Internet Money.
