San Francisco punks Spiritual Cramp return with new album RUDE this October, featuring a Sharon Van Etten collaboration and a chaotic new video for At My Funeral…

Words by Felix Bartlett | July 17, 2025

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After tearing up stages across the globe for the past year, San Francisco’s Spiritual Cramp have finally announced their long-awaited second album, RUDE, set for release on October 24 via Blue Grape Music.

Following a series of EPs and their acclaimed self-titled debut, RUDE marks a huge leap forward for the band. This time, Spiritual Cramp have opened up the songwriting process to the whole group, and the results are as epic as you’d expect. Produced by Grammy-winner John Congleton, mixed by Carlos de la Garza, and even featuring a duet with Sharon Van Etten, this album feels like the sound of a band levelling up.

The first taste of RUDE comes in the form of ‘At My Funeral’, a swaggering new single that perfectly captures Spiritual Cramp’s genre-hopping chaos. Think dub-soaked punk, Bay Area hardcore, and reckless garage-rock all smashed together, with a side of self-deprecating humour, of course. “When you focus on yourself and the people around you, you can keep your side of the street clean,” explains Bingham. “And when I see the opposite of that, I get kind of offended, which is what a lot of these songs are about.”

Check out the brilliant Sean Stout-directed video for At My Funeral below: