Krooked Tongue announce debut album 'I Know A Place'

Bristol rock band Krooked Tongue will drop their debut album this spring.

I Know A Place will arrive on April 24. The album’s latest single “Blood Shark” has gained a new lyric video, which can be seen here. When it comes to the new song, vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford said:

“‘Blood Shark’ is a jumper cable to the lazy and uninspired aspects of ourselves. A fat uppercut to our excuses for why we can’t, or don’t do the things we want to do. Everyone experiences nodus tollens at some point in their existence. Where it seems the vicissitudes of life are too turbulent to navigate. The walls are closing in and there’s not a ladder in sight. But we often need change to inspire the solution, taking a step back and approaching our inescapable slump from a different angle.

‘Blood Shark’ is a plea to find a will so strong that it becomes in itself, unstoppable. The metaphor of the ‘Blood Shark’ encapsulates the foibles of our decisions. When it’s all said and done, when we’re being lowered into the ground, the ‘Blood Shark waits at the bottom of your grave’. It feasts on a life left unfulfilled, reassuring you with a beguiling grin that it's OK that you didn’t follow your dreams. It’s a villainous reminder that there’s still time to fight back and give the big fish an inedible final judgement.

There’s a ton of lyrical nuggets throughout this tune; ‘You can run and get back to the river, back until you’re scaled’ is a play on evolution, or devolution I suppose; the idea that we need to keep moving forward and doing new things in order to grow. And if we aren’t willing to take a risk, we are perpetually moving in retrograde. The lyrics were a lot of fun to write, the track offered a chance to be playful within the parameters of such an ‘aggy’ sounding tune. Like, I really wanted to see if I could squeeze ‘Appaloosa’ into a song, and I sure as hell did.

Blood Shark is taken from our upcoming debut album ‘I Know A Place’ which is out on April 24th. We’ve been dying to get this body of work out into the world and give fans something to cherish forever.”

Krooked Tongue will make their live American debut at the New Colossus Festival next month in NYC. In May, the band will have a handful of shows in the U.K. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now.

Krooked Tongue tour dates

March 4th 2026 - Pianos (Showroom), New York, USA (New Colossus Festival)

March 8th 2026 - Pianos (Upstairs) - New York, USA (New Colossus Festival)

May 7th 2026 - Gullivers, Manchester (Album Tour)

May 8th 2026 - Actress & Bishop, Birmingham

May 9th 2026 - The Croft, Bristol

May 15th 2026 - Blondies Bar, London