Krooked Tongue has today released their new single titled ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’ from their upcoming debut album dropping in early 2026.
Krooked Tongue is a band that has solidified its sound, and, for a band that only has a few years under its belt, that is an accomplishment few achieve and few realize.
Yet, here it is, originality in carnate. An indie band that is helping to define the purpose of indie music. Free of constraints and the corporate naysayers.
Beautifully crafted with all of those rough edges, ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’ is exactly what we need for summer.
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About ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’
Hot on the heels of April’s celebrated single ‘Marigold’, Krooked Tongue return with their new single ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’, taken from their debut album due for release early 2026.
The album’s previous singles ‘Marigold’, ‘Let ‘Em Loose’, ‘Ember Mile’ and ‘Nothing Ever Grows’ saw support from Apple editorial’s ‘Breaking Hard Rock’, ‘New In Rock’, New Noise Magazine, HEAVY Magazine, CLOUT, Fab UK, Total Rock, Primordial Radio and Boogaloo Radio, with ‘Nothing Ever Grows’ being used throughout the Bivol vs Beterbiev boxing fight on DAZN Sports.
With interest in the band quickly growing, Krooked Tongue recently signed a publishing deal with Wipeout Music, and have also joined TRUST Artists’ live roster, and hope to continue to cement themselves as an emerging band to watch in the UK.
Recorded and produced with long-time producer Josh Gallop (Sergeant Thunderhoof, Mother Vulture, Phoxjaw) at Stage 2 Studios in Bath, ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’ delivers an addictive dose of nostalgia, blending driving fuzz-fueled guitar lines, explosive drums and infectious melodies, urging listeners to get out from under the weight of what’s familiar and discover the unknown.
On the singles lyrical inspirations, vocalist and lyricist Oli Rainsford states, “The idea behind ‘You Don’t Need A Sun Tan’ came about after visiting the town I grew up in one summer weekend. Meeting up with your old mates, getting leathered at the pub, and realising that everything is almost exactly how it was when you left. Sure, there’s a new wave of people, the next generation of Wetherspoons patriots, but nothing ever really changes, and it’s a double-edged sword. It’s a reminder of why you left to begin with, to see the world, get out of the bubble, and head to the city. But there’s also a sense of belonging, being back with ‘your’ people. A certain comfort that comes with heading back to the old stomping ground. It’s an ode to that message, not one that’s positive or negative, just merely an observation. I think ‘Sun Tan’ also acts as a word of encouragement for people to get out from under the weight of what they know, and discover what they don’t know yet.”
‘Back at the bar, she said honey look,
I’m getting out now while I still have my looks.
See you around, I’m gonna steal the world.’
“It’s having the bottle to make that decision, to realise that time waits for no one. The premise of the tag line ‘you don’t need a sun tan’ is one of reassurance. We come up with these checklists on why we can’t do or be the things we want to, you don’t need a resume to see the world, ‘you don’t need a sun tan’. There’s no limitations on a blank page.”
About Krooked Tongue
Krooked Tongue burst onto the scene with the release of their critically acclaimed debut EP ‘No Vacancy Hotel’ in February of 2022, recorded with Josh Gallop (Phoxjaw, Mother Vulture) at Stage 2 Studios. The EP has since amassed over 200,000 streams and saw support from publications such as Ones To Watch, HardBeat Magazine, and Distorted Sound.
Their second studio EP ‘Deathproof’, released in May 2023, saw the start of the band’s evolution. There was a refreshed maturity to their songwriting and an evident progression in their sound. ‘Deathproof’ has been streamed over 320,000 times to date and was celebrated by Louder Than War Radio, Ones To Watch, Sirius XM, BBC Introducing, and many others.
August 2024 saw their biggest support tour to date, supporting Kid Brunswick on his final ‘Dead Forever’ tour across the UK. They’ve also recently shared the stage with False Heads, Virgin Marys, Phoxjaw, Moriaty, Pulled Apart By Horses, The Soap Girls, and Mother Vulture and have played slots at festivals such as Icebreaker, Dot to Dot, The Godney Gathering, Estonia’s Tallinn Music Wee,k and Burn It Down.
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