Krooked Tongue Release Their Debut Album 'I Know A Place'

Official Announcement | Published: Apr 25, 2026 12:09 PM EDT

(Memphia Music) Bristol rock trio Krooked Tongue have released their debut full-length studio album 'I Know A Place', to limited edition vinyl. With the financial pressures of being an independent band navigating the costs of recording and releasing their debut album to vinyl, as well as self-funding a trip to New York City to showcase at its renowned New Colossus festival in March, Krooked Tongue turned to GoFundMe and with the support of their fanbase, raised 1,000 pounds in less than two weeks.

The album's previous singles have seen support from Apple editorial's 'Breaking Hard Rock', 'New In Rock', New Noise Magazine, HEAVY Magazine, CLOUT, Fab UK, Bristol 24/7, Sirius XM, Total Rock, Primordial Radio and Boogaloo Radio, with 'Nothing Ever Grows' being used throughout the Bivol vs Beterbiev boxing fight on DAZN Sports and 'Let 'Em Loose' and 'Blood Shark' being used to soundtrack Progress Wrestling's live shows at London's Electric Ballroom.

Produced by long-time collaborator Josh Gallop (Sergeant Thunderhoof, Mother Vulture) at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, their 10-track album spans the breadth of the human experience: teenage love, life's turbulences, unfulfillment, technology, human connection, grief and fighting fear and exploring the unknown. The album marks a shift toward the most striking evolution of the bands sound, from initially forming whilst at university together, to spending years refining their songwriting and finding a mature sonic identity that is unmistakably theirs. The album delivers sledgehammer choruses, sing-along vocal lines, lyrical wit, scathing sarcasm and infectious melodies from the opening note, to the very last.

On the creation of the album, 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." Get the album here