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GLASWEGIAN UP-AND-COMERS, THE ROOKS RELEASE
THEIR BRAND NEW SINGLE, GET UP – LISTEN HERE
GEARING UP FOR 3 HEADLINE SHOWS IN MAY & JUNE
PLAYING TRNSMT FESTIVAL IN JULY
Glaswegian indie/rockers The Rooks recently released their single, Get Up. Teaming up once again with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Jim Lowe (Foo Fighters, Stereophonics & more), Get Up is available to listen to now, here.
The anthemic track is led by frontman Ross Gardiner’s dynamic and commanding vocals, which go hand in hand with the band’s already accomplished musicianship. Get Up has been a fan favourite during recent live shows, receiving raucous chants from fans, and will no doubt continue to go down a storm at future gigs.
Get Up arrived just a day before the band’s biggest headline show to date, which sold out in a matter of days! Saturday night saw The Rooks play a sold out King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut, in the band’s hometown of Glasgow. This is no mean feat for an independent band so early in their infancy, but a surefire sign that this five-piece are on an incredibly successful and exciting trajectory.
The band have said of the highly-anticipated single release and show, “The reaction we’re seeing at home in Glasgow is cool; we’re at the beginning of this buzz around us at the moment, as people are starting to catch on. We released our first single last May and we’ve been on some good shows around the country since, but it’s nice to get our own show back in Glasgow, and it fill up that fast. Get Up will be our third single out, so we’re starting to get used to it all. It’ll be out the day before the King Tuts show, so I think the crowd singing it will be something back for us and it’ll be good to share with the boys.”
The band recently announced that they will be joining the likes of Biffy Clyro, Fontaines D.C., Inhaler and more, at TRNSMT Festival this summer! They will play the BBC Introducing Stage on Saturday 12th July. Shortly before this, The Rooks will play three headline shows. They will play Edinburgh’s Sneaky Pete’s on 8th May, Dundee’s Roots on 9th May, and Newcastle’s The Cluny 2 on 25th June.
With support slots for the likes of Blossoms and Dylan John Thomas on sold out UK tours already under their belt, The Rooks have also caught the attention of Scottish singer-song-writing legend Lewis Capaldi, and Stereophonics frontman, Kelly Jones.
Despite having only released two singles, both last year, the rising stars are ready to hit the ground running. Last year saw The Rooks release said singles, Lay Me Down and Renegade, which have racked up 50k+ streams combined on Spotify alone. Watch frontman Ross Gardiner and guitarist Cameron McKie perform a stripped-back version of Renegade here.
Sharing a mutual love of bands such as The Strokes and Kings Of Leon, the Scottish stalwarts met at school. Ross initiated the group forming, asked Cammy and drummer Coll to join him to practice, in the glamorous setting of the school music cupboard. Bassist Kieran had a ticket for the band’s first show, but due to the pandemic it got rescheduled. Once the new date of the show came around, Kieran was part of The Rooks. The rest is history.
The Rooks are Ross Gardiner (lead vocals), Cameron McKie (guitarist) Matthew McFadyen (guitarist) Kieran Luddy (bassist) and Coll McKinnon (drummer)
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