Fresh Ink: Massive Attack has signed with Play It Again Sam, Miranda Lambert signed recording deal with MCA Nashville

ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about in this week’s edition.

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Massive Attack has signed with Play It Again Sam, part of the [PIAS] Label Group, in the Bristol trio's first commercial release cycle in several years. New single 'Boots On The Ground' featuring Tom Waits launched the partnership on April 16 alongside a short film directed with artist thefinaleye, closed by Kenny Gates (executive chairman, [PIAS]) and Russell Crank (director of A&R, Play It Again Sam) ahead of the band's summer 2026 festival run.

Three-time Grammy winner Miranda Lambert has signed a new recording deal with MCA Nashville, joining labelmates Reba McEntire, Luke Bryan, and Keith Urban. Mike Harris (President & CEO, MCA) closed the deal, which follows Lambert's 2024 Republic/Big Loud release _Postcards From Texas_; she remains founder of Big Loud Texas and recently co-wrote and sang on Ella Langley's country radio chart-topper 'Choosin' Texas.'

UTA has signed Los Angeles electronic duo The Hellp — Noah Dillon and Chandler Lucy — for booking representation, moving the act from Wasserman Music. The pair remain with Atlantic Records imprint Anemoia and Red Light Management on the heels of their third album _Riviera_, released in November 2025.

Edinburgh-born, London-based DJ and producer sim0ne has signed with Muise Management, the UK firm founded by Sarah Mhamdi that also counts Shygirl and COBRAH on its roster. The move follows her DJ Mag-premiered March 2026 single 'lights down' and precedes a debut EP due later this year; sim0ne was named BBC Radio 1's Future Star of 2024 and the first female face of SoundCloud's First On campaign.

Milton Keynes rock trio Torus — frontman Alfie Glass, bassist Harry Quinn, and drummer Jack Orr — has signed a global recording deal with Nettwerk Music Group, joining the Vancouver indie's roster weeks after its $300 million management-led buyout backed by Create Music Group. The signing follows new single 'Fall On Me' as the band builds toward its debut full-length.

MAC Agency has signed Florida rapper Cochise (Terrell Cox) for booking representation, with James Gosnell III, Tanner Westimayer, and Andrew Lieber adding the 2022 XXL Freshman to a roster that includes Luh Tyler and Yuki Chiba. The move from WME follows Cochise's August 2025 independent recording deal with ONErpm and the platinum certification of 'Tell Em' with $NOT, a Billboard Hot 100 entry that has crossed 670 million Spotify streams.

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