The Lottery Winners postpone release of new album ‘KOKO’ due to “manufacturing challenges”

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The Lottery Winners have postponed the release of their new album ‘KOKO’, citing “manufacturing challenges”.The Manchester indie band were initially due to release their sixth studio record on February 21 via Modern Sky.

It’ll feature Frank Turner (on ‘Dirt And Gold’), Nickleback‘s Chad Kroeger (‘Ragdoll’), Shed Seven (‘The Ceiling’) and Reverend & The Makers (‘You Again’).Now, the group have confirmed that fans will have to wait a little longer to hear the full LP – which follows their first UK Number One album, 2023’s ‘Anxiety Replacement Therapy’.“Due to manufacturing challenges, we’ve made the tough decision to postpone the release of our upcoming album, KOKO, by four weeks,” The Lottery Winners wrote in a statement on social media.“The new release date is 21st March 2025, and we’re counting down the days until you can own it.”They continued: “We’re incredibly proud of this record, our best work yet, and we sincerely apologise for the slight delay.

We promise it’ll be worth the wait. Keep On Keeping On (Waiting). Thom, Kate, Rob, and Joe.”To tide us over, The Lottery Winners will release ‘Dirt And Gold’ (feat.

Frank Turner) this Friday (January 17). You can hear a preview snippet of the track by pre-saving it here.Check out the posts below.A post shared by The Lottery Winners (@thelotterywinners)LW x @frankturner – Dirt and Gold is out this Friday and it’s a knockout.Pre-save for a preview right now:https://t.co/nYvH2ldyfe pic.twitter.com/RO9Z6PIOdg— Lottery Winners (@LotteryWinners) January 13, 2025‘Keep on keeping on‘ is a motto that informed the title of the forthcoming ‘KOKO’.