We’ve had no warning, no buildup and zero teasers – Enter Shikari have dropped a brand new album out of nowhere.
Lose Your Self — released today via So Recordings — arrives suddenly but hits hard. Spanning 12 tracks, the album dives headfirst into themes of desolation, futility and the bleak state of the world, while still clinging onto flashes of hope and optimism throughout.
Surprise album drops aren’t exactly new — Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber have all done it before — but Shikari have taken things a step further. Lose Your Self isn’t just available digitally: it’s out physically on CD and vinyl worldwide, right from launch. No waiting, no gimmicks.
Available from midnight on Friday, April 10, the record is already being hailed as one of the band’s most ambitious and cohesive releases to date.
Frontman Rou Reynolds explains: “We’re delighted to present LOSE YOUR SELF and give people the chance to hear a Shikari record like never before — as a cohesive whole.
“No lead up, no singles, no explanation. Just forcing the listener to actually listen.”
He adds that the band deliberately avoided the noise of chart races and accolades this time around: “This is simply about the music being presented in a natural way.”
Despite being one of their darkest and heaviest records, Rou insists the album still centres on hope:
“Shikari will always offer hope. Because without hope, there is no action.”
Earlier this year, the band also revealed their biggest UK and EU arena tour yet, which lands in the UK at Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena on November 13.
Every UK arena ticket sold will include a £1 donation to the Music Venue Trust, continuing a scheme Enter Shikari pioneered — later adopted by artists like Sam Fender and Coldplay — to support grassroots venues across the UK.
The upcoming tour follows a monumental 2024 for the band, which saw A Kiss For The Whole World earn them their first-ever UK No.1 album, plus a raucous Wembley Arena headline show now preserved on Live At Wembley.
With over 3,000 shows played worldwide, multiple awards, and headlines at the UK’s biggest festivals, Enter Shikari aren’t just dropping an album — they’re reminding everyone exactly who they are.
And they’re doing it entirely on their own terms.
