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.
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