Giant Rooks

Germany 5-piece Giant Rooks has signed to Mercury Records and released their newest single "Morning Blue" via Republic. The song has a familiar sound with an anthemic chorus, funky bassline, and grungy guitar. It's from Giant Rook's debut album, Rookery, released in 2020 and has amassed two hundred million streams with strong chart performances in many countries. The band previously reached critical mass with their breakout cover of Suzanne Vega’s "Tom’s Diner" with Annenmaykantereit, surpassing 250 million streams globally and 112 million Spotify streams. 

The new release brings a two-year creative phase full circle for singer Frederik Rabe, guitarist Finn Schwieters, bassist Luca Göttner, keyboarder Jonathan Wischniowski, and drummer Finn Thomas, which has allowed the band to hone their sound. Already the first seconds of “Morning Blue” demonstrate why the German band, founded in 2015, is currently tipped as one of the most promising international indie bands.

Their songwriting between euphoria and melancholy, their sophisticated productions, their oscillating between styles is truly great pop music that, among anthemic choruses, indulges in lots of creative ideas and artful changes of direction – as displayed paradoxically in the rampant yet irresistibly catchy “Morning Blue.”

Giant Rooks will start their highly anticipated North American headline tour November 30th in Detroit and it runs through December 20th in San Francisco. Find the tour dates here. 

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