Ryan Jarman: Last News

The Cribs have spoken to NME about how “perverse” it seems that their first three albums have re-entered the Top 10, as well as sharing some thoughts on the “indie sleaze” phenomenon.The Wakefield indie-punk trio are currently playing a run of intimate shows across the UK after re-issuing their first three records – 2004 debut ‘The Cribs’, 2005 follow-up ‘The New Fellas’ and 2007’s ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’.Now in the midweek album charts, their debut is at Number Eight, ‘The New Fellas’ is at Number Seven, and their breakthrough third album has crashed into the Top Five at Number Four – just beneath new releases by Maggie Rogers and Harry Styles, and Beyoncé’s latest effort ‘Renaissance’.“We’ve been so busy playing multiple shows a day and haven’t really had any days off, so we haven’t really had chance to process it yet – but it’s certainly not what we were expecting when we did these reissues,” frontman Ryan Jarman told NME. “The fundamental reason for doing these reissues was because the vinyl had been out of print for such a long time.“We didn’t expect anything like this, but it’s amazing.

The Cribs have reflected on the recording process of ‘Night Network’, with the band saying they felt they had “nothing to lose” with their new album due to the difficulties that were happening behind the scenes at the time.The Wakefield trio will release their eighth album on Friday (November 20), marking their first LP since 2017’s ‘24-7 Rock Star Shit’.Speaking to NME about the album, which was recorded at Foo Fighters’ Studio 606 in LA after Dave Grohl personally invited them to use the facility, The Cribs explained how legal battles over the ownership of their back catalogue threatened to overshadow the making of ‘Night Network’.Frontman Ryan Jarman noted that “music has always been an escape” for himself and his brothers, with his

The Cribs’ Gary Jarman has paid tribute to his brother Ryan Jarman to mark their 40th birthday today (October 20).The twins, who serve as bassist and guitarist in the Wakefield three-piece respectively, are celebrating their joint milestone today, with Gary writing in a post on the band’s social media accounts this morning that he couldn’t “believe that we made it to 40”.“After a life in the cryogenic chamber of being touring musicians, it feels so strange to be writing this with the context that only an enforced period away from the things we love can give,” Gary wrote in reference to the coronavirus-enforced shutdown of live music this year.To Ry, love Gaz pic.twitter.com/xlhZQ2A1dp— The Cribs (@thecribs) October 20, 2020Sharing an image