{"product_id":"nothing_but_thieves-stray_dogs","title":"Stray Dogs","description":"\u003cp\u003eNothing But Thieves’ Stray Dogs was released September 25, 2026, through RCA\/Sony Music, marking the Southend quintet’s fifth studio album. Written over five months while touring, it brought the band back to Angelic Studios, where they recorded their 2015 debut. The return signals a shift away from the elaborate dystopian setting of Dead Club City toward more personal reflections on identity, gratitude, community, and belonging. Musically, the 12 tracks place forceful guitars alongside expansive pop melodies, acoustic passages, and lingering electronic textures, with Conor Mason’s expressive voice connecting the different approaches. Rather than simply recreating their early sound, the band uses those roots to consider what has changed after more than a decade together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stray Dogs” opens with distorted atmosphere, rapid guitar figures, and soaring vocals, while “Testosterone” follows with thick, choppy riffs before “Evolution” introduces a brighter, more immediate chorus. “Death in the Backseat” explores a darker, pulsing sound, and “#5,” described by the band as the album’s cornerstone, turns toward reflection and melodic accessibility. “Baby Kool (Evelyn)” offers a dreamy, retro-pop diversion, contrasting with the stripped-back acoustic vulnerability of “I Needed You Then, I Need You Now.” Closing track “A Different Kind of Happiness” brings the themes of otherness and connection together through a balance of delicate guitar detail and heavier accents. That breadth gives the album variety, although reviewers differed over whether its shifts between aggressive rock and polished pop form a convincing whole or interrupt its momentum.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Record Store","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album - Indie Excl. Pink Rose Vinyl","offer_id":68000577159482,"sku":"40938","price":40.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD \/ Album","offer_id":68000577192250,"sku":"40937","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Vinyl \/ Album","offer_id":68000577749306,"sku":"41632","price":35.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/2041\/0682\/files\/Screenshot_2026-11-14_at_7.38.33_PM.jpg?v=1794703194","url":"https:\/\/recordstore.ca\/products\/nothing_but_thieves-stray_dogs","provider":"Record Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}