The Cribs | Photo credit: Steve Gullick
On January 5, 2026- The Cribs released their brand new single “Never The Same” and also announced their album Selling A Vibe will be released on January 9! “Never The Same” is a single that expresses the feeling of missing a part of you that doesn’t exist anymore and how chaotic it was. I can resonate to this song because I do look back at my old self and miss those moments, but at the same time without those moments; I wouldn’t be who I am today
“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.” – Ryan Jarman
“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. We have been interested in directing our own video for a while. Ryan in particular has always been very interested in film, and had recently made a video for Exclamation Pony that had come out really good. So we bought a bunch of 8mm film and decided to try and document our US tour. Shot on location in San Diego and featuring live footage from the shows, the video was mostly shot by Ryan and then edited by Gary, so it’s all on us. We were busy so we knew the chances of us all getting together to make another video on 16mm was unlikely, and this allowed us to try and keep it in the same world whilst also having the opportunity to make something candid and honest.” – Gary Jarman
Pre-order upcoming album Selling A Vibe HERE
Buy tickets for all shows HERE.
The Cribs – Instore + outstore release week shows
08 Jan – Circuit, Kingston, UK
09 Jan – Rough Trade East, London, UK – SOLD OUT
09 Jan – Rough Trade East, London, UK – SOLD OUT
10 Jan – Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK – SOLD OUT
10 Jan – Rough Trade, Liverpool, UK – SOLD OUT
11 Jan – Pie & Vinyl (signing), Southsea, UK
11 Jan – Papillon, Southampton, UK
12 Jan – Thekla, Bristol, UK – SOLD OUT
13 Jan – O2 Academy, Oxford, UK
14 Jan – The Parish, Huddersfield, UK
14 Jan – The Parish, Huddersfield, UK – SOLD OUT
15 Jan – Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK
15 Jan – Oran Mor, Glasgow, UK – SOLD OUT
The Cribs – UK headline tour
18 Mar – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK ^
20 Mar – Foundry, Sheffield, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
21 Mar – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
22 Mar – O2 Institute 1, Birmingham, UK ^
24 Mar – Rock City, Nottingham, UK ^
25 Mar – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK ^
27 Mar – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK ^
28 Mar – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK ^ (SOLD OUT)
11 Jul – Millennium Square, Leeds, UK
26 Jul – Truck Festival, Steventon, UK
^ = Support from Courting