Those Damn Crows release new single "No Surrender"
Determined Welsh rockers Those Damn Crows start the new year by releasing a mission statement new single, making their intentions crystal clear. New track No Surrender comes from their forthcoming new album “God Shaped Hole”, due out 11th April via Earache Records. Previous album “Inhale/Exhale” soared straight into the UK official album chart at #3.
Frontman Shane Greenhall comments, "'No Surrender is about coming to a point in your journey where the sacrifices outnumber the rewards, leading most to give up. With us Crows - it’s always a case of we can’t quit, we don’t know how, we’ve come too far, it’s not even a thought. It’s just another milestone towards the bigger picture, towards the so-called End Game! We will overcome and achieve what we’ve always known is potentially ours… IF we believe and by f*** WE DO! And, it’s going to hit when we perform it live!"
You can stream the new single now HERE and did you see Those Damn Crows headline the Utilita Arena in Cardiff last month? Maybe you'll spot yourself in the single's official video, which you can watch below:
And Those Damn Crows hit the road on their special underplay headline tour in March 2025, but don’t hang about…. tickets are selling fast with some shows already sold out and most others with low ticket warnings !
Shane says, "Feels so good to say us Crows are back with a very unique U.K. tour, just a week or two before the release of our new album ‘God Shaped Hole’. We can’t wait to catch up with you all, performing live and loud in these smaller, unique venues. Crowfamily… it’s gonna be killer! Let’s F***in Crow!"
Tour Dates
Mon 10th Mar - OXFORD O2 Academy Main Room
Tue 11th Mar - FROME Cheese & Grain low tickets
Thu 13th Mar - BOURNEMOUTH The Old Fire Station low tickets
Fri 14th Mar - NORWICH Waterfront low tickets
Sun 16th Mar - EXETER Phoenix low tickets
Tue 18th Mar - SHEFFIELD Corporation sold out
Wed 19th Mar - LINCOLN The Drill sold out
Fri 21st Mar - MORECAMBE Alhambra low tickets
Sat 22nd Mar - EDINBURGH La Belle sold out
Mon 24th Mar - ABERDEEN Lemon Tree low tickets
Tue 25th Mar - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy 2 sold out
Thu 27th Mar - LONDON 100 Club sold out
What separates Those Damn Crows from so many other bands is the beating emotional heart at the centre of their music. “God Shaped Hole” reaffirms the band’s place at rock’s top table. It marries music fuelled by power, passion, and melody to an intelligence and emotional honesty that’s increasingly rare these days. Like all the best music, “God Shaped Hole” comes from the heart and the head.
“I don’t know how to write any way other than being completely honest,” says Shane. “Maybe I’m a little too honest and reveal a bit too much of myself. But I think that’s what people connect with.”
In the decade-plus since they formed in the fiercely working class town of Bridgend, South Wales, Those Damn Crows have gone from wide-eyed hopefuls playing to 20 people at the Camden Barfly to the leading lights of their generation, a genuine modern rock powerhouse spearheading the scene’s current resurgence, notching up a Top 3 album with 2023’s “Inhale/Exhale” and sharing massive stages with everyone from Queens Of The Stone Age and ZZ Top to the Alice Cooper/Johnny Depp supergroup The Hollywood Vampires and German punk superstars Böhse Onkelz.
Even by their standards, “God Shaped Hole” – recorded with longtime producer Dan Weller – covers a lot of musical bases while still retaining Those Damn Crows’ unique identity.
Anthemic opening track Dancing With The Enemy and the electrifying Let‘s Go Psycho! (released as a single before their triumphant main stage performance at 2024's Download Festival) are guaranteed crowd-starters, while the supremely melodic Dreaming would sound perfect spilling from an open-top convertible as it powers down the Pacific Coast Highway and the pummelling Spit And Choke crackles with punky energy. Elsewhere, Fake possesses an unexpected yet muscular waltz-like groove as it turns an eye on those who use social media to sell a distorted perception of their own lives, No Surrender is as defiant as its title suggests, Glass Heart is a gleaming pop rock gem, and the soaring The Night Train possesses a beautifully restrained, folky edge.
“God Shaped Hole” is available to pre-order now from Earache Records HERE.
