Nothing But Thieves: Stray Dogs LP Vinyl

Why you'll love it

The Essex band's fifth album, the follow-up to Dead Club City, their first UK number one. It carries the singles "Evolution", "Stray Dogs", "Baby Kool (Evelyn)" and "A Different Kind of Happiness".

This edition

12 tracks
On RCA, the band's label since 2014

About the album

Nothing But Thieves formed in Southend-on-Sea in 2012, signed to RCA two years later and have been building steadily ever since: Broken Machine reached number two in the UK in 2017, and Dead Club City went to number one in 2023, with "Welcome to the DCC" named BBC Radio 1's Hottest Record of the Year. Conor Mason's falsetto has drawn comparisons with Jeff Buckley and Muse, which is a lot to live up to, and he does.

Stray Dogs, their fifth album, was trailed by "Evolution" in May 2026, then the title track in July, "Baby Kool (Evelyn)" in August and "A Different Kind of Happiness" in September, before the full 12 songs arrived on September 25. The band announced an arena world tour for 2027 alongside it. Five albums in, they're still turning the guitars up and the falsettos higher, and the neighbours have stopped complaining.