have shard their new live album ‘CROWDS’.

The band formed in Brighton, and across three sublime albums Squid have merged everything from math rock and electronics through to early music, brass, and beyond.

New live album ‘CROWDS’ picks tracks from each of their albums, with the focus naturally on most recent release ‘Cowards’.

A breakneck selection, the record taps in to their quicksilver live energy, and it’s available on streaming now.

A wicked, elastic performance, writhing with charismatic intent, the record comes to vinyl on December 4th, before Squid headline London’s Barbican on December 5th as part of Rough Trade’s 50th Birthday celebrations.

Squid comment…

Leaving to go on tour always brings some nerves, but playing music is a special way to explore the World, with an inevitable homecoming always to look forward to at the end. There’s no telling which shows will stand out and resonate with us as a band: often it’s the hometowns, sometimes somewhere in between, or where we’ve never been before.

Our 2025 tour of Cowards took us somewhere new in what we can do together: the instruments on stage, the places, the people, the new music and the older stuff. So we decided to turn these recordings into a live album, CROWDS. It’s not something we’ve done before. We’ve been playing together for just over 11 years. Our early shows in Brighton in 2015 and 2016 were for friends and friends of friends, family and teachers. Those people are often still in the audience, but they’re no longer the majority, and we feel lucky to have fans and festival crowds listening, discovering and supporting our music. 

To everyone, we hope you enjoy the record.

Tune in now.