THOSE DAMN CROWS UNVEIL NEW SINGLE “THE NIGHT TRAIN”

2nd April 2025 0 By Jon Deaux

Premier league Welsh rock squad THOSE DAMN CROWS are just days away from finally dropping their highly anticipated fourth album, God Shaped Hole, due out April 11th via Earache Records.

Packed full of certified bangers, with huge choruses and evocative lyrics, the band have whipped out one more single from the LP to tide fans over. “The Night Train” is released today and includes a bit of everything that makes THOSE DAMN CROWS so great, from its beautiful melody and wistful inspiration to its enduring refrain.

Frontman Shane Greenhall has this to say about the song: “Having had an extremely powerful and vivid dream where I visited my father and relatives who have passed away, it really felt like I had travelled somewhere else, to a different time/place rather than a dream.

It inspired me to write The Night Train – the transport that takes you to your loved ones who are no longer with us. The train takes you to their new home, where you’re temporarily invited and reunited with your loved ones for a short time, at the same time, every single night, like a grieving Groundhog Day.

Your destination is one dream away.”

The single’s official video is more unusual for the group, as it is entirely animated. The band worked with noted animator Marco Pavone.

Shane comments, “I’ve always wanted an animated video to tell the story of a Crows song. ‘TNT’ was the perfect fit and song for doing so. When I storyboarded the idea to Marco (our animator) he absolutely nailed the brief. It almost feels like a bedtime story but the dream world is a place we visit every night. Imagination, manifestation is a gift and TNT is surely something we would all grab with both hands if we could get the chance to be with our loved ones again who have crossed.”

Get the track here.

THOSE DAMN CROWS are also thrilled to announce ten UK headline shows in October 2025. Special guests are yet to be revealed.

Renowned for their engaging live shows, don’t miss:

Fri 17th Oct – LEICESTER O2 Academy

Sat 18th Oct – LEEDS Stylus

Mon 20th Oct – NEWCASTLE Boiler Shop

Tue 21st Oct – GLASGOW SWG3

Wed 22nd Oct – MANCHESTER Albert Hall

Fri 24th Oct – BRISTOL Crane: Prospect Building

Sun 26th Oct – PLYMOUTH Plymouth Pavilions

Tue 28th Oct – SOUTHAMPTON Engine Rooms

Thu 30th Oct – BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute

Fri 31st Oct – LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Friday, April 4th, via www.thosedamncrows.com. Fans should look out for select earlier O2, Live Nation, and artist presales.

To access an exclusive tour pre-sale, pre-order the new album before 11.59 pm on Wednesday from earache.com/thosedamncrows, and you’ll be sent a special pre-sale link at 10 am Thursday, 3rd April! If you have already pre-ordered, don’t worry, you’ll get this too, so keep an eye on your inbox!

THOSE DAMN CROWS soon kick off an extensive set of UK-instore appearances to coincide with the album’s release. With a massive 17 locations and both day and evening timings, the Instore Mega Tour begins on April 12th!

As well as meeting the band and getting your album signed, fans will get to hear some acoustic renditions of tracks from God Shaped Hole! For full details and to secure your place at these very special events, visit https://thosedamncrows.com/instores/.

The band will also be bringing their much-loved Crowcast Podcast straight to you this April! Taking place on April 16th at The Gate in Cardiff, this special one-off live show will feature the podcast’s regularly enjoyed segments, as well as an interactive Q+A with the Crows themselves on everything God Shaped Hole. Don’t miss out, secure your tickets now: https://thosedamncrows.com/news/crowcast-live-and-in-person/.

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 long-time 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.