The Cribs have dropped new single ‘Never The Same’ ahead of their upcoming album launch

The Cribs have unveiled a new single titled ‘Never The Same’, marking the final release before their upcoming album ‘Selling A Vibe’.

The album, due Friday 9th January, is their first full-length record in over five years. Guitarist and singer Ryan Jarman described the track as a return to their roots.

“Never The Same is kind of a throwback to our original approach: trim all the fat, bring it in as short as possible and keep out of the way…streamlined. Stylish. It’s almost a little paradoxical as lyrically it’s about feeling like a different person at this point in life, and missing the chaos of your previous existence, even if it wouldn’t make sense anymore,” he said.

Bassist and singer Gary Jarman added, “We wrote Never The Same the evening that we returned home from Italy, after playing Louis Tomlinson’s ‘Away From Home’ festival. The night before, we had been talking with Louis’ manager about maybe writing and/or producing some tracks for his next LP, so upon our return to Wakefield we got to work and banged this out, fully formed, in a couple of hours. And then we became attached to it and decided to keep it for ourselves! I think that the freedom of conceiving it for someone else just meant that we didn’t overthink anything, and just got straight to the point – it came together fast. So yeah, in an alternate timeline it could’ve been a Louis song.”

The Cribs are set to begin a series of UK instore and outstore shows, followed by a full UK headline tour in March. The dates read:

JANUARY
8 Circuit, Kingston, UK
9 Rough Trade East, London, UK – SOLD OUT
9 Rough Trade East, London, UK – SOLD OUT
10 Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK – SOLD OUT
10 Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK – SOLD OUT
11 Pie & Vinyl (signing), Southsea, UK
11 Papillon, Southampton, UK
12 Thekla, Bristol, UK – SOLD OUT
13 O2 Academy, Oxford, UK
14 The Parish, Huddersfield, UK
14 The Parish, Huddersfield, UK – SOLD OUT
15 Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK
15 Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK – SOLD OUT

MARCH
18 Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK
20 Foundry, Sheffield, UK (SOLD OUT)
21 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK (SOLD OUT)
22 O2 Institute 1, Birmingham, UK
24 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
25 Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
27 Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
28 Concorde 2, Brighton, UK (SOLD OUT)

JULY
11 Millennium Square, Leeds, UK
26 Truck Festival, Steventon, UK