Photo credit: Steve Gullick

Ahead of the release of their forthcoming new album, Selling A Vibe, released on 9th January 2026, The Cribs have today shared the record's final single, Never The Same. Packed with catchy melodies and snappy percussion, the track takes an inward look at what we lose, and what we leave behind when we grow as people. Guitarist and singer Ryan Jarman comments: "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." Bassist and singer Gary Jarman adds: "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." 

Take a listen for yourselves below. 

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 

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