Seeker Music, the music rights and publishing firm headed up by hit songwriter Evan Bogart (Beyonce’s Halo, Rihanna’s SOS), has acquired the publishing rights to British indie-rock band The Wombats’ first 4 albums.
Fashioned in Liverpool in 2003 and led by singer-songwriter Matthew Murphy, a few of the group’s best-known tracks embody Let’s Dance to Pleasure Division, Greek Tragedy, and Flip.
The band has offered over a million albums worldwide and, of their first 4 albums, one has been licensed platinum, two have been licensed gold, and three have charted within the UK Prime 5.
Their final album scored them a UK No.1.
The Wombats met as college students on the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts within the early 2000s, earlier than recording a number of early EPs and gaining massive fanbases within the European and Japanese markets.
They scored prime slots at Glastonbury, Studying, and Leeds Festivals, and with the discharge of Let’s Dance to Pleasure Division, broke via as key gamers within the mid-2000s UK indie-rock world.
Seeker says that its acquisition of The Wombats’ catalog represents “a twin emphasis each on current-day catalogs, to enhance [its] legacy acquisitions”, and likewise on UK-centric catalogs with international attain.
Different Seeker acquisitions in these classes embody the catalogs of the hit songwriters Plested and RuthAnne, manufacturing duo Future Minimize, UK R&B-icon Mark Morrison, and author/producer John Ryan (40+ One Course hits), amongst others.
Past The Wombats, different not too long ago introduced additions to Seeker’s catalog of over 14,000 copyrights and recordings embody that of hit songwriter Plested (Earlier than You Go), producer Kosine (Anaconda, Dance A$$), Mark Morrison (Return of the Mack), and extra.
The 12 months’s longest operating Billboard Scorching 100 No.1 this decade, the Grammy-Nominated A Bar Track (Tipsy), interpolates certainly one of Seeker’s catalog cuts, J-Kwon’s Tipsy.
“We’re completely thrilled to be working with the workforce at Seeker and may’t consider a greater workforce to assist construct our catalogue over the approaching years.”
The Wombats
The Wombats mentioned: “We’re completely thrilled to be working with the workforce at Seeker and may’t consider a greater workforce to assist construct our catalogue over the approaching years.”
“So excited to be working with Murph and the band on the following phases of their development and careers.”
Steven Melrose, Seeker
Seeker’s International Head of Inventive, Steven Melrose, added: “So excited to be working with Murph and the band on the following phases of their development and careers.
“And with Simon [Bobbett, Director/Founder of SB Music Management, who led the deal on The Wombats’ side], we all know we can have a fantastic workforce going ahead throughout all of our joint endeavors. Onwards!!!”Music Enterprise Worldwide
