Cryptids

From our farewell to Andy gig last week. A special evening, thank you everyone for coming. We will be on hiatus now while we get our new drummer up to speed, hopefully see you all soon.

📸 by Ben Heyward

🚨 IMPORTANT BAND ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

It is with heavy hearts that we must announce that our resident frog lover and human metronome, Dr Andrew "Andy" Tuckey, will soon be departing the band to take up employment in the UK. Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for Andy's creative and personal contribution to the band.
..But music can! To say goodbye to our beloved drummer, we are putting on a farewell gig at on May 16. Our friends , and will be playing to make the night a special one.

We hope you can all come along and show your appreciation. 🐸

A few photos from In The Pines last week!

More band news coming soon.

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Here's handful of photos of us taken in and around Somerville Auditorium, way back when Keana was in the band, to remind you all that we will be performing at said venue for 's In the Pines in just over a week! Make sure you get tickets if you haven't already, you don't want to miss this one.

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Your next opportunity to see us live will be on Saturday, 7 Feb. We are very excited to say we will be supporting with their album launch gig at , alongside our friends and . This lineup is literally too good to miss out on!!

Happy 2026! We'll be starting our year of gigging at on Jan 30. Playing with .black for their single launch, alongside . Tickets via the link in our bio. See you there!! 🫶

2025! What a year! We released our debut album and played some of our biggest and most fun gigs yet! Thank you to everyone who has listened to us, played with us, or come to one of our shows this year. We'll be taking a little break now, but can't wait to do it all again in 2026. We already have a few exciting things lined up.

Hope you all have a happy and safe holiday period celebrating whatever it is you celebrate. Look after each other and yourselves and enjoy all the fun things summer brings.

Love,
Dan and Cryptids

📸 by one of our biggest supporters, .chilvers

Our last gig for the year is coming up this Sunday! A nice little afternoon gig at with for their single launch, as well as .band and ! See you there 😎

A handful of these very cool gatefold CDs of our album are now available for purchase on our Bandcamp, link in the bio!

We are so excited to have two incredible bands opening for our band launch on Friday.

Lakefield Temple are your local purveyors of dreamy, hazy, emotional indie rock. What started as songwriter Randa’s solo venture is now more expansive than it’s ever been, filled with shimmering synths and soaring guitars.

Sam Jane is a charming folk songwriter who will be playing in band mode on the night. She released an album, "Girl Folk", earlier in the year, so make sure you listen beforehand to acclimatise yourself to her work. Word on the street is she's been improvising within songs lately, which certainly aligns with the Cryptids MO.

Make sure you get down to for doors at 8pm on Friday so you can see both exceptional artists.