Shortly after announcing the band was on hiatus, The Cribs revealed they will be releasing two new albums early this year. "There's one that's going to be really noisy and visceral and immediate, and one that's gonna be more pop," Gary Jarman, the band's bassist, told NME. There is no official release date for the albums, but Jarman said the group has been busily writing for the past month and expects the albums to drop early this year.