The Cribs - Selling A Vibe [CD]

Format: CD 
Catalogue No.: PIASR1573CD
Barcode: 5400863196059
Release Date: 09 Jan 2026
Genre: Indie/Alternative

 The Cribs return with their first album in five years, ‘Selling A Vibe’, released via Play It Again Sam.
 After two decades and nine albums as one of Britain’s best-loved bands, the Wakefield-born siblings have weathered enough storms, onstage and off, to realise that an indestructible bond exists between them.
 For years, it’s fizzed beneath the surface of their sound, perforating every thrash of guitar, every snap of snare, every impassioned vocal, roared back at them at live shows by sweat-drenched, devoted crowds. But rarely have the band acknowledged this bond out loud. “It’s not something we ever really said to each other explicitly,” admits bassist and lead vocalist Gary.
 That all changed, however, with the creation of ‘Selling A Vibe’, their bold new album, which captures The Cribs at their bottle-rocket energetic best.
 Produced by MGMT and Caroline Polachek collaborator Patrick Wimberly, ‘Selling A Vibe’ is an unapologetic celebration of family. It’s about finding your way back to health with help from those loved ones, the band explain: “On our first records, we were just writing about our individual experiences. That’s a really verdant field of inspiration, but as you go along, life points you towards bigger things to write about,” says Gary. “But this time, I realised when I was writing the lyrics that all of the songs were really rooted in family.”
 LP available to independent retailers on Seagram Green coloured vinyl.

Tracklisting
Dark Luck
Selling A Vibe
A Point Too Hard To Make
Never The Same
Summer Seizures
Looking For The Wrong Guy
If Our Paths Never Crossed
Self-Respect
You’ll Tell Me Anything
Rose Mist
Distractions
Brothers Won’t Break