Spiritual Cramp‘s anticipated new album RUDE arrives next month, and they’ve given us another preview with “Automatic,” a catchy bit of electro-punk. Hear it below.
AltPress also published a new interview with frontman Michael Bingham, where they discuss the new album, his fears of leaving San Francisco, touring with icons like Iggy Pop, and more. Describing the band for someone who hasn’t heard them, he told AltPress, “I think we’re just an indie-rock band with punk influence and dub influence. Some people hear the English Beat. It’s funny to me: Sometimes people will be like, ‘Man, they’re like a dub band.’ The thing is, though, whatever people hear is the fabric of our DNA. The English Beat is a band we use a lot in inspiration, a lot of us onstage. We’re also like a ska band in a way because there’s so many people onstage, but then you watch it live, and people are like, ‘No, they’re hardcore-adjacent because we’re so ferocious live.’ Those are the things that interest me. Jangle pop, mod music, C86 comps, oi music and punk rock, ska, reggae, and indie music, Arctic Monkeys. These are all the things that form what we’re doing — with a heavy emphasis on looking cool.” Read the interview in full here.
To go with the interview, we have a new exclusive orange marble vinyl variant of RUDE, limited to 500 copies. You can get it on its own or bundled with an exclusive t-shirt here.
Spiritual Cramp’s tour, which AltPress are presenting, runs through February and March of 2026, including a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on February 28. See all dates below.
SPIRITUAL CRAMP: 2025 TOUR DATES
02/17/2026 – San Diego, CA – Soma Side Stage
02/18/2026 – Phoenix, AZ – Rebel Lounge
02/20/2026 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada
02/21/2026 – Austin, TX – 29th Street Ballroom
02/22/2026 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
02/24/2026 – Atlanta, GA – The Earl
02/25/2026 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room At Third Man
02/27/2026 – Washington, DC – Atlantis
02/28/2026 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
03/01/2026 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
03/03/2026 – Boston, MA – Sinclair
03/05/2026 – Montreal, QC – Foufounes Electriques
03/06/2026 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
03/07/2026 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
03/08/2026 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
03/10/2026 – Minneapolis, MN – Turf Club
03/11/2026 – Kansas City, MO – Recordbar
03/13/2026 – Denver, CO – Marquis
03/14/2026 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
03/16/2026 – Portland, OR – Polaris Hall
03/17/2026 – Vancouver, BC – Wise Hall
03/18/2026 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
03/20/2026 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
03/21/2026 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom