Just when it felt like the dust might settle around Lose Your Self, Enter Shikari have thrown another punch, this time dropping the official video for ‘Find Out The Hard Way’ without so much as a heads up.
Shot in South London by Jasper Visuals, the clip lands with the same unpredictability as the album itself, with no teaser campaign or countdown, just a hard cut straight into the band’s latest chapter.
It’s a move that tracks, If Lose Your Self was about rejecting the usual rollout machine, this feels like an extension of that same mindset.
Enter Shikari ‘Find Out The Hard Way’ video
A visual that leans into the album’s tension
Where some Shikari videos lean into spectacle, ‘Find Out The Hard Way’ keeps things tighter and more grounded, there’s a sense of unease running through it, mirroring the track’s sharp edges and the wider mood of the record.
The song itself sits right near the front of the album, acting as an early punch, it’s restless, urgent, and built to pull listeners deeper into the record’s heavier themes without giving them much breathing room.
Rather than isolating the track as a standalone moment, the video feels like another piece of a larger puzzle, it doesn’t hand you easy answers, it drags you further in.
Still pushing against the algorithm
Even with a video now in play, Enter Shikari haven’t shifted their stance, this isn’t a pivot back to traditional promotion, if anything, it reinforces their decision to let the album exist as a complete body of work first, with everything else orbiting around it.
It’s a risky move in a landscape built on constant content drip, but it’s also what keeps Shikari feeling unpredictable two decades in.
Australian tour incoming
The timing lines up neatly with their 2026 Australian headline tour, kicking off next month, after tearing through Knotfest stages last year, they’re stepping back into headline territory with grandson joining across all dates.
Enter Shikari 2026 Australian Tour Dates
- Wednesday, May 14th – Metropolis, Perth WA
- Friday, May 16th – Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide SA
- Saturday, May 17th – The Forum, Melbourne VIC
- Monday, May 19th – Pier Bandroom, Frankston VIC
- Wednesday, May 21st – King St Bandroom, Newcastle NSW
- Thursday, May 22nd – The Enmore, Sydney NSW
- Friday, May 23rd – The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD
- Saturday, May 24th – Coolum Blackflag Brewing, Sunshine Coast QLD
Tickets are on sale now via Destroy All Lines.
For a band that’s spent years tearing apart expectations, this latest drop doesn’t feel like a follow up, it feels like a continuation of the same refusal to play by anyone else’s rules.
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