Enter Shikari Surprise Release New Album 'Lose Your Self'

Official Announcement | Published: Apr 09, 2026 9:47 PM EDT

(Cosa Nostra) With zero announcements or teasers from the band, Enter Shikari have today surprise released their brand new album! Lose Your Self (released via So Recordings) spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout.

Whilst the likes of major pop stars including Beyonce, Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber who have famously released albums out of the blue over the years, Enter Shikari have managed to not only release Lose Your Self digitally, but also physically, unlike their predecessors. As of right now (12am BST on Friday, April 10th), this accomplished and ingenious body of work is available to stream and also buy in CD and vinyl format worldwide. Listen here.

Frontman Rou Reynolds articulates, "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. We want people to go on a proper journey with this album, and see where it takes them.

"No lead up, no singles, and no explanation. Forcing the listener to actually listen, without being drip-fed ideas out of context, or spoon-fed explanations. We simply present it all, for the listener to immerse themself in.

"Releasing in this way was also a decision to not be distracted by chart races, or accolades and 'things'. We got the No.1 album on our last record. This is simply about the music being presented in a natural way.

"Despite turning out to be one our darkest and heaviest albums to date, it also preaches hope and offers answers.

"Shikari will always offer hope, because without hope there is no action. We'll just always offer it with a dose of realism."

Earlier this year, Enter Shikari announced a UK and EU headline arena tour for November, their biggest yet, a headline run in Australia in May, and two headline runs in North America - the first hitting the East Coast in June, where they will be joined by Boston Manor and Initiate as support, the second hitting the West Coast in September and October with Initiate and main support TBA.

The EU dates kick off on 3rd November at the Sporthalle in Hamburg, and include the band's biggest ever German headline show, at Dusseldorf's Mitsubishi Halle, boasting a capacity of 7500! The band will then begin the UK leg of the tour in Nottingham at the Motorpoint Arena on 13th November. Gigs in cities including Cardiff, Hull, Glasgow and Manchester will follow, before ending with not one but two shows at London's Alexandra Palace on 20th and 21st November!