Lottery Winners announce new album ‘KOKO’ with single ‘You Once more’ that includes Reverend & The Makers’ Jon McClure
Lottery Winners have introduced their new studio album ‘KOKO’ with the playful new single ‘You Once more’, that includes Reverend & The Makers’ Jon McClure.
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Set for launch subsequent yr on February 21 by way of Trendy Sky, the brand new file follows 2023’s ‘ART (Anxiousness Substitute Remedy)’, which reached Quantity One on the UK charts final yr.
Discussing the stress surrounding a follow-up, Thom Rylance, the quartet’s singer, songwriter and guitarist, mentioned: “Getting a No. 1 file was a tremendous feeling of euphoria, however the comedown was nearly instant.
“I had an existential disaster, pondering: ‘Is that this the most effective factor we’re ever going to do? How will we observe this up?’ It was an thrilling time, however an actual nervousness crept in.”
Their motto going into the brand new album – “carry on conserving on” – knowledgeable the title, and the band pressed on with crafting witty lyrics for ‘KOKO’, with bassist and/vocalist, Katie Lloyd admitting on ‘You Once more’: “I don’t consider you in any respect/ Besides the 55 instances a day I test in the event you referred to as/ Or after I’m climbin’ up the partitions.”
The music options McClure, who Lloyd describes as “the most effective storyteller you could possibly ever meet”. Rylance agreed that the one is “an absolute banger” because of his affect, and added: “If I needed to wager on any music from ‘KOKO’ being a success, it’s ‘You Once more’ – which is annoying as a result of Jon wrote the refrain, not me.”
The tracklist of Lottery Winners’ ‘KOKO’ is:
1. ‘Superpower’
2. ‘You Once more’ (feat. Reverend and the Makers)
3. ‘Panic Assault’
4. ‘UFO’
5. ‘Ragdoll’ (feat. Chad Kroeger)
6. ‘Struggling’
7. ‘Flip Round’
8. ‘Monaco’
9. ‘Three Needs’
10. ‘Grime and Gold’ (feat. Frank Turner)
11. ‘The Ceiling’ (feat. Shed Seven)
The band, who’ve now supported artists’ together with Rick Astley, Noel Gallagher’s Excessive Flying Birds and Nickelback, are additionally set to carry out a trio of homecoming exhibits at Manchester Academy in December. Tickets are on sale here from 10am on September 27.
Lottery Winners 2024 tour dates are:
DECEMBER:
27 – Manchester Academy
28 – Manchester Academy
29 – Manchester Academy
“I really like that we attraction to individuals who like Rick Astley and likewise to individuals who like Nickelback,” mentioned Thom, who mentioned the band are “related to bands throughout the complete spectrum of music”.
Guitarist Rob Lally credit enjoying arenas for making them “hungry to realize that stage of success” for themselves. “We’re able to placing on a terrific present anyplace. We began out performing for 50 individuals in tiny golf equipment, however throw us right into a stadium of hundreds, and we’ll be wonderful.”
Likewise, Thom praises Noel Gallagher for giving them a way of legitimacy. “Noel advised me, ‘I such as you, let’s keep in contact,’” he recalled. “Being buddies with Noel is a type of moments that made me really feel like, sure, perhaps we actually are a correct band now.”