RESERVOIR ANNOUNCES PUBLISHING DEAL WITH IVOR NOVELLO-WINNING SINGER-SONGWRITER ORLA GARTLAND

New York, October 6, 2026—Reservoir Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSVR), an award-winning independent music company, today announced a new publishing deal with Ivor Novello-winning singer-songwriter Orla Gartland for her future works, including her recent work on the original soundtrack for the fifth season of Apple TV’s “Trying.” This publishing deal expands upon Reservoir’s relationship with Gartland, who has been managed by Claire Kilcourse at Big Life Management, which is part of the Reservoir group of companies, since 2017. 

To date, the Dublin-born, London-based Gartland has self-released four EPs and two albums. 2021’s Woman on the Internet notably reached #1 on the UK Indie Chart and #10 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2024, Gartland released her sophomore album,Everybody Needs A Hero, which earned her the Ivor Novello for Best Song Musically and Lyrically for the single “Mine.” 

In addition to these albums, Gartland recently wrote and performed eight original songs for the fifth season of  Apple TV’s “Trying,” following in the footsteps of previous "Trying" soundtrack contributors Guy Garvey, Maisie Peters, Bear's Den and BEKA. The soundtrack, produced by longtime collaborator Tom Stafford, featured collaborations with Matt Maltese, Liang Lawrence and Martin Luke Brown, and arrived alongside the season premiere this past July. Separately, Gartland is also a member of the indie-pop SuperGroup FIZZ alongside Dodie, Greta Isaac and Martin Luke Brown, who released a 2023 album, The Secret to Life. Heading into 2027, Gartland is working on new music under her solo act. 

Gartland commented on signing with Reservoir, “How lucky am I to be signing with such a stellar Team of hard-working, music-loving people?! I feel truly seen by the Reservoir Team as an artist and songwriter. The company’s ambitious indie spirit feels very much aligned with my own, so I’m really excited for us to work together over the coming years.”

Reservoir U.K. Head of Creative Charlie Pinder also commented, “Orla is one of the most distinctive songwriters and artists working in the UK today, and the 'Trying' soundtrack following her Ivor win is proof of her artistry and range. We're thrilled to be her new publishing home as she moves into this Next chapter, and to continue working closely with Claire Kilcourse and the Big Life  Team  to give Orla dedicated support across the board."

ABOUT RESERVOIR

Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, and Cairo. Reservoir is the first female-founded and led publicly traded independent music company in the U.S. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, Reservoir represents copyrights and master recordings including titles dating as far back as 1900 and hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir frequently holds a Top 10 U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly, was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s The A&R Awards and won Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2020 and 2022 Music Week Awards.

Reservoir also represents a multitude of recorded music through Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, and Reservoir Recordings and manages artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life Management.

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Reservoir Media, Inc.

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Source: Reservoir Media, Inc.

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