Babyshambles, are delighted to celebrate their comeback with the release of a new album, 'Live At Koko', through Strap Originals. Recorded at Babyshambles show at London’s legendary Koko in December 2025, Babyshambles - 'Live At Koko' captures the band at their chaotic/joyful/dynamic/melodic/orgiastic peak.

Babyshambles returned last year after 11 years on the subs bench and played a jubilant sellout tour of the UK, to an ecstatic fan reaction, from which this Koko show was taken.

TRACK LISTING

1. Introduction by Bill Bailey / Killamangiro
2. Delivery
3. I Wish
4. Sedative
5. Beg Steal Or Borrow
6. There She Goes
7. Unstookie Titled
8. 8 Dead Boys
9. Baddie’s Boogie
10. Pipedown
11. Fuck Forever

Produced by The Clash’s resident innovator, Mick Jones, and even boasting a vocal cameo from Kate Moss, 'Down In Albion' evokes the sights and smells of its era yet also possesses a forward looking perspective which creates a perpetually relevant body of work that both charts and soothes the human condition.

Accompanying the album’s original 16 tracks, the anniversary edition includes five carefully chosen songs from the band’s archives, with several – despite bootleg fame amongst the band’s fanbase – getting their first official release.

'Gang Of Gin' and '352 Days' were both recorded around the album and were considered as possible b-sides but never officially released, while 'Why Did You Break My Heart/Piracy' did feature on the flip side of the single release of 'Albion'.

'Do You Know Me' and 'My Darling Clementine' are both taken from the fan favourite session for Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show, which was recorded in October 2004 and helped to lay the creative foundations for 'Down In Albion'.

Initially formed in 2003 when Doherty was temporarily excluded from The Libertines, Babyshambles quickly evolved into an alternative creative outlet for the songwriter, allowing him to explore a different range of themes within a fluid, spontaneous musical landscape.

Forging an expressive, collaborative partnership with bassist Drew McConnell, drummer Adam Ficek and lead guitarist Patrick Walden, as the Babyshambles’ line-up solidified, 'Down In Albion' managed to not only bottle the lightning of a group who always sailed close to the wind – creatively, culturally and personally – but it is also filled with insightful and timeless songwriting that skips between vivid narratives and full throttle emotion.

This edition not only celebrates their visceral mix of personal experience and state of the nation observations, but also pays tribute to Babyshambles’ Walden, who passed away earlier this year. While his characterful playing and melodic innovation is etched deep within 'Down In Albion's music, the guitarist's portrait, photographed by Hedi Slimane, has also been embedded within the sleeve using a special UV gloss.

From the nihilistic-titled yet deceptively hopeful 'Fuck Forever', via the squalor and the joy of 'Pipedown' and '8 Dead Boys', the humour of 'What Katie Did Next', the romanticism of 'In Love With A Feeling' and the melancholic yet heart-swelling 21st century anthem 'Albion', with a smile and roar Babyshambles debut is a truly immersive and invigorating web of feelings, abandon and creative energy.

TRACK LISTING

1. La Belle Et La Bete
2. Fuck Forever
3. A'rebours
4. The 32nd Of December
5. Pipedown
6. Sticks And Stones
7. Killamangiro
8. 8 Dead Boys
9. In Love With A Feeling
10. Pentonville
11. What Katy Did Next
12. Albion
13. Back From The Dead
14. Loyalty Song
15. Up The Morning
16. Merry Go Round
17. Gang Of Gin
18. 352 Days
19. Do You Know Me (BBC Radio 1 Session)
20. My Darling Clementine (BBC Radio 1 Session)
21. Why Did You Break My Heart/Piracy

The acclaimed 2007 album reissued on 1LP clear vinyl. Taken from the original 2007 masters when Pete Doherty was at the pinnacle of his creative powers, ‘Shotter’s Nation’ followed in the footsteps 'Down In Albion’, the band’s debut album, and Doherty’s first album outside of his first band - the era-defining Libertines. Both were met with commercial and critical acclaim, breaking into the top 10 of the album charts.

‘Shotter’s Nation’ is unmistakably Doherty. Melodic, stark, catchy, raw, brilliantly unique - his music has always created an unflappable loyalty from his many fans, remaining timeless, yet still sending a nostalgic excitement through its listeners. The album also features four songs co-written by Doherty’s then-girlfriend Kate Moss who also regularly performed live with them.

The approach to the recording and release of the album was an escape from Doherty’s previous methods. Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, Morrissey, The Cranberries) took over producer duties from The Clash's Mick Jones, and it was and his first album released by a major label, Parlophone.

TRACK LISTING

1. Carry On Up The Morning
2. Delivery
3. You Talk
4. UnBiloTitled
5. Side Of The Road
6. Crumb Begging Baghead
7. Unstookie Titled
8. French Dog Blues
9. There She Goes
10. Baddie's Boogie
11. Deft Left Hand
12. Lost Art Of Murder

Parlophone are thrilled to announce that the third Babyshambles album Sequel To The Prequel. The album was recorded at Question Du Son, Paris and mixed in The Bunker, London, with producer/mixer and long time 'Shambles collaborator Stephen Street.

Filled with hooks and humour, the album features some of the band’s finest ever lyrics ranging from the tender to the downright hilarious. Musically it has already been called their most accomplished and collaborative work to date.

As Peter Doherty told the NME recently, “I don’t want this to be half arsed, I want to get up there and really fu*king smash it out. Babyshambles aren’t back, this band has always been here”.

The album - featuring sleeve artwork by Brit-art icon Damien Hirst - is released on CD, and on heavyweight 12" clear vinyl LP (including a CD of the album, plus artwork poster).

STAFF COMMENTS

Andy says: Proper songs and a solid production make this a surprisingly coherent effort from the erstwhile Libertines man.

TRACK LISTING

1. Fireman
2. Nothing Comes To Nothing
3. New Pair
4. Farmer's Daughter
5. Fall From Grace
6. Maybelline
7. Sequel To The Prequel
8. Dr. No
9. Penguins
10. Picture Me In A Hospital
11. Seven Shades
12. Minefield

Following a triumphant and eventful UK tour Rough Trade are proud to announce the release of the most anticipated album of the year: Babyshambles' debut album "Down In Albion". It includes the band's top five hit "Fuck Forever" and a new recording of their first "Killamangiro". The sixteen-track album was produced by Mick Jones and mixed by Mick Jones and Bill Price. There is a vinyl due for release later in the year - it's going to be a strictly limited double with the fourth side etched!