The Cribs have released a melodic new indie track, titled ‘A Point Too Hard To Make’, and have shared news of a huge outdoor show set to take place during summer 2026 in Leeds.
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The new track comes from the Wakefield trio’s ninth studio album ‘Selling A Vibe’, which is due to come out on January 9, 2026.
Speaking about the new track, bassist and vocalist Gary Jarman said it’s about “all that 2000s damage, basically.”
He said: “Small-town romantics – years spent longing for connection, escape, excitement – given in abundance, for an entire decade. What do you do when the party is over? Where does it leave you? We will let you know if/when we get there. We’ve still got each other though. That’s what this one is about, a bit of a kitchen-sinker, really.”
Listen to ‘A Point Too Hard To Make’ below.
As well as releasing their new track, the band have also announced a huge extra show for summer 2026, set to take place at Leeds’ Millennium Square. Scheduled for July 11, 2026, the upcoming Leeds show also marks ten years since the band last performed in the Square, when Thurston Moore memorably joined them.
Pre-sale for the Leeds Millennium Square show begins this Wednesday, 29 October at 9am. General sale begins this Friday, 31 October at 9am. You can find your tickets here.
This is an additional show to The Cribs’ already announced spring 2026 tour, where they will be heading to towns and cities including Brighton, Birmingham and Sheffield.
The Cribs’ spring 2026 tour dates are
MARCH 2026
18 – Boiler Shop, Newcastle, UK
20 – Foundry, Sheffield, UK
21 – Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
22 – O2 Institute 1, Birmingham, UK
24 – Rock City, Nottingham, UK
25 – Tramshed, Cardiff, UK
28 – Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
The new track follows the already released ‘Summer Seizures’, which Jarman spoke to NME about the making of. “From 2021, I’d spent a lot more time at home in New York because I had other things going on,” he said. “But we’d still get together and do festivals every summer and stuff.
“‘Summer Seizures’ just kind of came out; we were just like messing around with stuff. That was the first sign of, ‘I guess we’re gonna start writing a record now’. Because unless we write something that we think is considerably better than the record previous, it’s not something that would get us excited or make us start work.”
He added: “All the significant events in my life had taken place in summer, and I could feel it coming around again.”
‘Selling A Vibe’, which will be the band’s ninth album, comes over five years on from 2020’s acclaimed ‘Night Network’, which NME called “their best album in a decade” in a five-star review.
