Anxiety Replacement Therapy

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Talking to NME about their new album at the start of 2023, The Lottery Winners frontman Thom Rylance said: “I’ve always told my story in our songs. If you’re telling your own story, it’s never going to be boring. When I started assembling these songs, I realised that every one I wrote was getting a bit lighter, feeling progressively less down. Completing the podium is Jessie Ware’s That Feels Good (EMI). It’s new at No. 3, for the British singer and songwriter’s third top 5 album. Ware has done it again and, if you know her for her podcasts, get to know her for her tunes. Seriously, they are bangers. We end with ‘[STOP]’, the end of the therapy session, as the narrator utters, “We hope you have found some peace and clarity”. The writing of this album was Thom Rylance’s way of dealing with his anxiety, a replacement therapy, if you will. Along with Lloyd, Lally and Singleton, The Lottery Winners have created an album that does justice to his writing and arduous journey. Full of 80s influence with a modern twist, rarely has mental health been dissected, reconstituted and utilised for musical entertainment so well. Not an easy task. It treats the subject matter with the importance, sensitivity, and respect it deserves but doesn’t browbeat you. This is not about lecturing folk but inviting them to understand one person’s tale while listening to banging choons. Manchester band The Lottery Winners new album ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’, features collaborations with Boy George, Frank Turner, and Shaun Ryder.

The Lottery Winners talk new album ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ The Lottery Winners talk new album ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’

ABOUT USLouder Than War is a music, culture and media publication headed by The Membranes & Goldblade frontman John Robb. Online since 2010 it is one of the fastest-growing and most respected music-related publications on the net. Manchester band The Lottery Winners have announced their forthcoming new album ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’, which will feature collaborations with Boy George, Frank Turner, and Shaun Ryder. When you’re weary, feeling small, when tears are in your eyes… try some Anxiety Replacement Therapy. The new album by The Lottery Winners isn’t available on prescription; you do have to buy it, but as self-care goes, you’ll be doing yourself a huge service if you make the investment.

The Lottery Winners roll to their first U.K. No. 1 with Anxiety Replacement Therapy (Modern Sky), their fifth studio album. So the first UK punks to release a single, album and tour the US are also pretty much the last ones standing, and Darkadelic further enriches their storied legacy. NME: Hi, Thom. How are you feeling? Have you stayed in the more optimistic place the album ends on? Each of the albums in my collection are a self-help tape for me,” explains singer Thom Rylance. “If I listen to Paul Simon’s Graceland, it’s because I know it’ll put me in a good mood. If I play The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths, it’s because I want to embrace feeling sad. We wanted to present ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ as a self-help tape for anyone playing it.”

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In episode #150 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Guitar legend Peter Frampton to talk about his recent live album – Peter Frampton At Royal Albert Hall. Peter Frampton is one of the […] Neal Barnard is a man of many talents and many passions. Impressively, he’s found a way to blend his work, encouraging people to eat and live well with that of his work as an artist […] The term’ hard-working band’ is thrown about quite often. It’s become quite the cliché. The Lottery Winners frequently get this label attached to them as they are no strangers to touring and playing live at every opportunity. For example, they came straight from supporting Frank Turner on his UK tour and swiftly set out on their own sojourn around this sceptred isle. However, most bands don’t become shopkeepers. After leading at the halfway mark, the British four-piece (Thom Rylance, Robert Lally, Katie Lloyd and Joe Singleton) completes a tight finish ahead of new albums by Nines, Jessie Ware and the National, the Official Charts Company reports.I learned two valuable lessons that day: stay authentic to yourself. And don’t take pictures of Johnny Marr without asking first.” I’ve always told my story in our songs. If you’re telling your own story, it’s never going to be boring. When I started assembling these songs, I realised that every one I wrote was getting a bit lighter, feeling progressively less down. Writing songs really is my anxiety replacement therapy. Once I realised the acronym of ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ is ART, I thought: ‘That’s genius, and it’ll look great on a T-shirt. Let’s have it!’

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A mammoth step forward, ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ is on one level a set of 10 absolute anthems (and three interludes from a mystery narrator). These are mass singalongs in waiting from a band who’ve specialised in bringing people together over their previous two albums. Darkadelic takes inspiration from two early 1980s albums – Strawberries (1982) and Phantasmagoria (1985) – when The Damned were trying to broaden their punk sound.Not Alone’ looks at the broader issues of people’s struggles. Whether it is money, work, relationships, sexuality or gender identity, to name but a few, we all hit the buffers from time to time. We can’t see a way out of a situation. We feel separated from society. So many people feel disconnected, like nobody understands, feeling like an outcast. Here, Rylance understands this, embraces it and cries, “There’s no such thing as normal!”. Surely, that line is a t-shirt waiting to happen. Begin Again, with its salsa feel, and chilled-out Hello Love stop the record becoming too monotonous, and Pearls is a charming song with stunning vocals and a funky bassline. Now we hit ‘[PAUSE]’, another of the narrated pieces. This is the centre point of Rylance’s experience of this episode of his mental health issues. Take a breath. Take some time out. Take your Sertraline. Reflect, respond and rebuild. Each of the albums in my collection are a self-help tape for me,” explains singer Thom Rylance. “If I listen to Paul Simon’s Graceland, it’s because I know it’ll put me in a good mood. If I play The Queen Is Dead by The Smiths, it’s because I want to embrace feeling sad. We wanted to present ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’ as a self-help tape for anyone playing it.”