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The Cribs have taken it back to their roots with two brand new singles, ‘The Day I Got Lost Again’ and ‘Opaline and Evergreen’. The two songs are a part of their Sonic Blew Singles Club, which will run every month until the end of the year.

‘The Day I Got Lost Again’ looks back to classic rock n roll formulas as they travel back to their roots as a band. The band explained:

“This song is pretty much us guys returning to our embryonic form, trying to rip-off “Hard Days Night” era Beatles…which is to say, it’s probably the closest we’ve sounded to our debut album since around 2004. It’s also the first (and almost certainly last) time you will hear a harmonica in a Cribs song. It follows the classic rock n roll formula of verse/chorus/verse/bad solo/chorus/corny ending - all done and dusted in way under 3 minutes.”

‘Opaline and Evergreen’ is a much softer take from the project, based around a more stripped back drumbeat and acoustic guitar combo. The band spoke about how the two singles work together: “we decided to pair this song with “The Day I Got Lost Again” because they are thematically coming from a similar place, lyrics wise - it’s inspired by all of those places that you encounter in your day to day existence, the ones occupied by the ghosts of the memories you made there (for better or worse) - and how simultaneously haunting and wonderful that can be, no matter how outwardly mundane they may appear. And how we miss being able to get lost."

You can subscribe to the Sonic Blew Singles Club and receive four 2-track 7”s from now until December.

See The Cribs live next year:

March 2022

01 – Birmingham, O2 Institute

02 – Norwich, Waterfront

04 – Sheffield, O2 Academy

06 – Manchester, Academy 1

08 – Newcastle, Boiler Shop

09 – Glasgow, SWG3

11 – London, Roundhouse

12 – Brighton, Chalk

13 – Bristol, The Marble Factory

More about: The Cribs