Nothing But Thieves can move from a whisper to a full-scale eruption without losing the tension that makes their music instantly recognizable. Their songs balance Conor Mason’s remarkable range with sharp guitar work, electronic detail, social unease, intimate confession, and choruses built to fill enormous rooms. The result is a catalog that keeps changing its surface while holding tightly to the emotional intensity at its center.

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Nothing But Thieves formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 2012. The band consists of lead vocalist Conor Mason, guitarists Joe Langridge-Brown and Dominic Craik, bassist Philip Blake, and drummer James Price. After building an audience through early independent recordings and live performances, the group signed with RCA Records in 2014.
The early EPs If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You, Graveyard Whistling, Ban All the Music, and Urchin introduced songs including “Itch,” “Emergency,” “Last Orders,” “Graveyard Whistling,” and “Ban All the Music.” The band’s self-titled debut album followed in 2015 and reached number seven on the UK Albums Chart. “Trip Switch,” “Wake Up Call,” “If I Get High,” “Excuse Me,” “Honey Whiskey,” and “Lover, Please Stay” displayed the contrast between the band’s muscular arrangements and Mason’s elastic voice.
Broken Machine arrived in 2017 and peaked at number two in the United Kingdom. “Amsterdam,” “Sorry,” “Particles,” “I Was Just a Kid,” “Live Like Animals,” “Soda,” and the title track expanded the band’s sound while retaining its guitar-driven identity. Nothing But Thieves also recorded an acoustic version of “Broken Machine” for the #IAMWHOLE mental health campaign.
The 2018 EP What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? contained “Forever & Ever More,” “Gods,” “You Know Me Too Well,” and “Take This Lonely Heart.” Two years later, Moral Panic addressed technology, social division, anxiety, power, and alienation through songs including “Is Everybody Going Crazy?,” “Impossible,” “Real Love Song,” “Unperson,” “Phobia,” and “Can You Afford to Be an Individual?”
Moral Panic II followed in 2021 with “Futureproof,” “If I Were You,” “Miracle, Baby,” “Ce n’est Rien,” and “Your Blood.” Those recordings were later combined with the original album as Moral Panic: The Complete Edition. The stand-alone orchestral performance of “Impossible,” recorded live at Abbey Road, offered one of the clearest demonstrations of Mason’s vocal range.
Dead Club City became Nothing But Thieves’ first number-one album in the United Kingdom when it was released in 2023. “Welcome to the DCC,” “Overcome,” “Tomorrow Is Closed,” “City Haunts,” “Keeping You Around,” “Pop the Balloon,” and “Members Only” formed a concept-driven collection built around a fictional city promising escape, entertainment, and control. The expanded edition added “Oh No :: He Said What?,” “Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God,” “Pure You,” stripped arrangements, and live recordings.
The band also moved beyond its album catalog through “Holding Out for a Hero,” a cover recorded for a Vikings trailer, its version of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy,” “Life’s Coming in Slow” from the Gran Turismo 7 soundtrack, and the dance collaboration “Something On My Mind” with Purple Disco Machine and Duke Dumont.
Nothing But Thieves began its next chapter in 2026 with “Evolution” and “Stray Dogs.” Both songs were released ahead of the band’s fifth studio album, Stray Dogs, scheduled for September 25, 2026. The album contains twelve tracks and continues the group’s return to a rawer, more collaborative rock sound.
Beyond the music, Nothing But Thieves has repeatedly supported mental health awareness. The band worked with the #IAMWHOLE campaign and participated in the Headstock Weekender, which raised funds for organizations including Help Musicians and Manchester Mind. Mason has also written publicly about mental health, emotional vulnerability, and the pressure placed on men to remain silent about personal struggles.
The band’s longevity comes from its refusal to settle into one narrow version of alternative rock. Nothing But Thieves can sound intimate, confrontational, electronic, orchestral, dance-oriented, or brutally direct, but the combination of Mason’s voice and the group’s tightly controlled dynamics keeps the catalog connected.
Complete List Of Nothing But Thieves Songs From A to Z
#–D
- “Afterlife” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Amsterdam” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Ban All the Music” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Ban All the Music” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Ban All the Music (II)” – Urchin (2015)
- “Before We Drift Away” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Broken Machine” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Can You Afford to Be an Individual?” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Ce n’est Rien” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Ce n’est Rien” – Moral Panic II (2021)
- “City Haunts” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Crazy” (Gnarls Barkley cover) – Crazy single (2018)
- “Do You Love Me Yet?” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Drawing Pins” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
E–L
- “Emergency” – Graveyard Whistling (2014)
- “Emergency” – If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You (2013)
- “Emergency (Live)” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Evolution” – Stray Dogs (2026)
- “Excuse Me” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Excuse Me (II)” – Urchin (2015)
- “Foreign Language” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Forever & Ever More” – What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? (2018)
- “Free If We Want It” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Futureproof” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Futureproof” – Moral Panic II (2021)
- “Get Better” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Gods” – What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? (2018)
- “Graveyard Whistling” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Graveyard Whistling” – Graveyard Whistling (2014)
- “Graveyard Whistling” – If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You (2013)
- “Graveyard Whistling (Live)” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Green Eyes :: Siena” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Hanging” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Hanging” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Hell, Yeah” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Holding Out for a Hero” (Bonnie Tyler cover; from the trailer for Vikings: Season 2) – Holding Out for a Hero single (2015)
- “Honey Whiskey” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Hostage” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “I Need Air (Demo)” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “I Was Just a Kid” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “I’m Not Made by Design” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “If I Get High” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “If I Get High (II)” – Urchin (2015)
- “If I Were You” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “If I Were You” – Moral Panic II (2021)
- “Impossible” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Impossible (Orchestral Version) [Live at Abbey Road]” – Impossible (Orchestral Version) [Live at Abbey Road] single (2020)
- “Is Everybody Going Crazy?” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Itch” – Graveyard Whistling (2014)
- “Itch” – If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You (2013)
- “Itch (II)” – Urchin (2015)
- “Itch (Live)” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Keeping You Around” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Last Orders” – Ban All the Music (2015)
- “Last Orders” – Graveyard Whistling (2014)
- “Life’s Coming in Slow” – Find Your Line: Music from GRAN TURISMO 7 (2022)
- “Live Like Animals” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Lover, Please Stay” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
M–S
- “Members Only” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Miracle, Baby” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Miracle, Baby” – Moral Panic II (2021)
- “Moral Panic” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Neon Brother” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Number 13” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Oh No :: He Said What?” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Oh No :: He Said What? – Live from Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Overcome” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Overcome (Kove Remix)” – Overcome (Kove Remix) single (2023)
- “Overcome (Paul Woolford Remix)” – Overcome (Paul Woolford Remix) single (2023)
- “Overcome (Stripped)” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Painkiller” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Particles” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Particles (Piano Version)” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Phobia” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Pop the Balloon” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Pure You” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Real Love Song” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Reset Me” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Six Billion” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Soda” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Something On My Mind” (with Purple Disco Machine and Duke Dumont) – Something On My Mind single (2023)
- “Something On My Mind (Solomun Remix)” (Purple Disco Machine and Duke Dumont featuring Nothing But Thieves) – Something On My Mind (Solomun Remix) single (2023)
- “Sorry” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Sorry (Acoustic)” – Broken Machine (2017)
- “Stray Dogs” – Stray Dogs (2026)
- “Stuck on You (Demo)” – Broken Machine (2017)
T–Z
- “Take This Lonely Heart” – What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? (2018)
- “Talking to Myself” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Tempt You (Evocatio)” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “There Was Sun” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “This Feels Like the End” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Time :: Fate :: Karma :: God” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Tomorrow Is Closed” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Tomorrow Is Closed (Stripped)” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Tomorrow Is Closed – Live from Wembley Arena, London” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Trip Switch” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Unperson” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Wake Up Call” – Nothing But Thieves (2015)
- “Welcome to the DCC” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “Welcome to the DCC (Fred Falke Remix)” – Welcome to the DCC (Fred Falke Remix) single (2023)
- “Welcome to the DCC – Live from Wembley Arena, London” – Dead Club City (2023)
- “You Know Me Too Well” – What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? (2018)
- “Your Blood” – Moral Panic (2020)
- “Your Blood” – Moral Panic II (2021)
Nothing But Thieves Albums and EPs
If You Don’t Believe, It Can’t Hurt You (2013)
Graveyard Whistling (2014)
Nothing But Thieves (2015)
Ban All the Music EP (2015)
Urchin EP (2015)
Broken Machine (2017)
What Did You Think When You Made Me This Way? EP (2018)
Moral Panic (2020)
Moral Panic II EP (2021)
Moral Panic: The Complete Edition (2021)
Dead Club City (2023)
Dead Club City Deluxe Edition (2024)
Stray Dogs (2026)
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