The Cribs are delighted to announce an exclusive show in the Northwest to celebrate 20 years since the release of their classic debut album.
In addition, this two-set show will see the band performing their breakthrough follow-up record ‘The New Fellas’ in full, plus their greatest hits.
A special ‘One Night At The Olympia’ gig, the Jarman brothers will be revisiting their ‘The Cribs’ record on its two-decade anniversary at Liverpool’s elegant Olympia venue on 24th May 2024. In addition, the show will see the Wakefield indie legends playing through its smash follow up ‘The New Fellas’, plus a further set showcasing hits from across the back catalogue. The show will be the band’s first time back in Liverpool since their ‘The Cribs at the Cavern’ performance in 2020 (which was released as a live album).
The band’s 2004 self-titled debut album was recorded at the legendary Toe-Rag studios and produced in part by US underground musician Bobby Conn. A record which took the band from DIY heroes to wider public acclaim with indie club hits such as “Another Number” and “You Were Always The One”, ‘The Cribs‘ was praised by NME for its “supreme pop melodies”. A cult classic, it holds a special place in long term Cribs fans hearts and continues to inspire new generations of indie bands to this day.
Releasing their searing debut in The band’s big breakthrough came with 2005 album ‘The New Fellas’. A record which was produced by Edwyn Collins, it featured 4 top 40 singles, including “Hey Scenesters!” and “Mirror Kissers”. Praised as one of Q Magazine’s ‘Albums of the Century’, it helped The Cribs grow into “the biggest cult band in the UK” (Q).
The full tracklisting for the ‘The Cribs’ and ‘The New Fellas’ is as follows.
THE CRIBS – ‘THE CRIBS’ (2004) TRACKLIST
1. The Watch Trick
2. You Were Always The One
3. The Lights Went Out
4. You & I
5. Things You Should Be Knowing
6. Another Number
7. What About Me
8. Learning How To Fight
9. Tri’elle
10. Baby Don’t Sweat
11. Direction
12. Third Outing
THE CRIBS – ‘THE NEW FELLAS’ (2005) TRACKLIST
1 Hey Scenesters!
2 I’m Alright Me
3 Martell
4 Mirror Kissers
5 We Can No Longer Cheat You
6 It Was Only Love
Side B –
7 The New Fellas
8 Hello? Oh…
9 The Wrong Way To Be
10 Haunted
11 Things Aren’t Gonna Change
12 You’re Gonna Lose Us
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TICKETS
Tickets forThe Cribs – ‘The Cribs’ 20th Anniversary Show @ Liverpool, Olympia
– Friday 24 May 2024 –
Go on sale On Sale: Friday 29 March here:
https://pinkdot.seetickets.com/event/the-cribs/liverpool-olympia/2985979
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Formed in Wakefield in 2001, The Cribs are the legendary indie-rock trio founded by twins Ryan and Gary Jarman, with younger brother Ross.
Following their sensational first two albums ‘The Cribs’ and ‘The New Fellas’, the band’s classic 2007 album ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ featured hit singles like “Men’s Needs” & “I’m a Realist” and was produced by Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand. Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) also featured on “Be Safe”. The album was full of enduring anthems and is still considered by many as one of the defining indie rock albums of the 2000s, both at home and overseas. In the USA, Rolling Stone made it one of their records of the year, calling it a “tour de force”.
ex-The Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, notably joined the band as an official member between 2008-11.
More recently, the Cribs released their eighth album, ‘Night Network’, to universal acclaim in November 2020 and issued four limited edition 7″s featuring previously unheard songs from the album sessions (recorded at Dave Grohl’s Studio 606) on the A-side, paired with home recordings undertaken during the lockdown on the B-side as part of their mail-order ‘Sonic Blew Singles Club’. The band also released a series of deluxe vinyl editions of their earliest albums in 2022.
Still one of the most-loved, acclaimed and relevant independent bands in the UK, The Cribs’ music and DIY attitude continues to inspire a new generation of artists, such as recent breakout acts IDLES and Yard Act.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
w/ https://thecribs.com/
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FURTHER PRAISE FOR THE CRIBS
“They were the embodiment of all I had missed from a scene I never felt I fit into before; they were FURY, and they were real. They self-produced without compromise; they played anywhere that would take them in order to enable their seething hunger for the live and their connection to a growing audience. They attacked the tropes of rock and roll, masculinity, class all the while tearing lumps out of the Indie scene with f**k off pop songs. Never losing a sense of humanity or that sense of fury. I believe it’s because they never stopped clawing away at their own sense of who they are whilst always moving with unflinching drive. In order to make the best art, you have to never wait for anyone; DIY. They did it themselves. They are The Cribs, and I am truly grateful.” – Joe Talbot, IDLES
“One time, my old band were being photographed for Italian Vogue; loads of people hanging expensive clothes off the current trendy indie bands du jour. One of the bands in the green room had an advance copy of ‘The New Fellas’ and was blasting it through the stereo. Through all the bulls***t and chatter in the room I remember hearing ‘Mirror Kissers’ and being f**king floored. F**K. THIS IS THE EXACT REASON WE SHOULDN’T BE HERE. It just hit me that whilst everyone was pratting around in London being all self-congratulatory, The Cribs had just got their heads down and written an incredible follow up album that referenced everyone pratting around in London being all self-congratulatory. I stole a Paul Smith coat and walked off in a huff. I still LOVE that record though.” – Ryan Needham, YARD ACT
