The Lottery Winners

The Proper Mental Podcast

Welcome to episode 130 with Thom and Katie from The Lottery Winners!

The Lottery Winners are a four-piece indie-rock band hailing from the Leigh area of Greater Manchester. Their latest album, Anxiety Replacement Therapy, contains collaborations with the likes of Boy George, Shaun Ryder and Frank Turner and recently charted at number one in the U.K album charts.

The album has strong mental health themes throughout and I caught up with Thom and Katie before their recent show in Liverpool to chat all about the record.

We chat about the years of graft that went in to getting a number one album and how the band has dealt with the highs and lows of the music industry.

We chat about music and mental health, song writing, touring, medication and ADHD. They also share an incredible story about what it’s like to be in the studio with Shaun Ryder!

To have an album at the top of the charts with the word ‘Anxiety’ in the title is huge for normalising talking about mental health and it was awesome to chat to the band about how that came about.

I’ve been a fan of these guys for a while and they are one of the best live bands around! I cannot thank them enough for their time. This was really cool for me and the band were so lovely and so much fun to chat to!

The record is out now and the band is touring throughout the rest of the year. Go and see them live, it’s a wonderful experience!

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