Bristol trio Krooked Tongue introduce I Know A Place, their debut album landing April 24, 2026 on limited vinyl, built through an independent, fan-backed model.
The rollout is self-funded, partly offset by a £1,000 GoFundMe raised in two weeks, converting fan support into production capital.
Pre-release traction includes Apple Music playlisting and sync placements. Nothing Ever Grows featured on DAZN’s Bivol vs Beterbiev, with Let ‘Em Loose and Blood Shark integrated into Progress Wrestling shows at London’s Electric Ballroom.
Produced by Josh Gallop at Stage 2 Studios, the 10-track set locks sledgehammer choruses and direct hooks into sharp, sarcastic lyricism, cutting through love, instability, and grief inside a tight, guitar-led framework built for live carryover.
On its creation, vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford says:
So here it is. The debut album. It almost feels as though it’s always been. That this collection of songs have been rattling around in peoples heads for eternity but then we’re met with the reality that this is just the beginning. The title track from the debut album of the same name ‘I Know A Place’ is a reference to the conflict and the game of chess played by authoritarian figures throughout history time and time again. We live in turbulent times where people will too gladly pin their politics to the mast and let human connection fall by the wayside. We are only to blame for our failure to connect, falling into the abyssal trenches of division. Despite the commentary on the state of society, as a band we aim to allow the listener to find escapism from reality. An umbrella to the acid rain, where underneath sits two deck chairs and a cooler full of beers. This album hopes to bring back the love that we have so carelessly released our grip from.”
And although the overall feeling of this album is one of love. ‘I Know a Place’ pays homage to the friendly stranger that brings you in for a cup of tea when you need a place to get in from the cold. Or the high school sweetheart that wants to sneak off from the dance to be alone together, somewhere where nobody goes. It’s every secret hideout with friends in the dying light of summer, and every bar where you talk and laugh deep into the night with the people you care most about. It’s the cure to the bleakest of days in which you can turn and say ‘I Know A Place’. It’s whatever and wherever you want it to be. We hope with this album that we can ignite the thing that makes us love music at its core. It doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel, it just has the ride that wheel down to its spokes and take everyone on a ride that they’ll never forget.
Live activity feeds the rollout, supporting Kid Brunswick’s Dead Forever UK tour, sharing stages with False Heads, Virgin Marys, Pulled Apart By Horses, The Soap Girls, and Mother Vulture, alongside festival slots across Icebreaker, Dot to Dot, Tallinn Music Week, Burn It Down, and New Colossus.
With a Wipeout Music publishing deal and TRUST Artists representation in place, I Know A Place lands fan-backed, live-tested, and built for long-term catalogue growth.
Krooked Tongue: Oli Rainsford (vocals, bass), Dan Smith (guitar, vocals), Harry Pritchard (drums).
LIVE DATES:
May 7th 2026 – Gullivers, Manchester (Album Tour)
May 8th 2026 – Actress & Bishop, Birmingham (Album Tour)
May 15th 2026 – Blondies Bar, London (Album Tour)
May 23rd 2026 – Dot to Dot Festival, Bristol