Giant Rooks

Giant Rooks is an indie band from Hamm, which was founded in 2014.[1] In 2019 they won the 1Live Krone Award[2] and the Preis für Popkultur.[3] Their debut album ROOKERY was released on the 28th of August 2020.[4]

Giant Rooks
Background information
OriginHamm, Germany
GenresIndie rock, indie pop
Years active2014–present
MembersFrederik Rabe
Finn Schwieters
Finn Thomas
Jonathan Wischniowski
Luca Göttner

History

The band was founded in 2014 by the cousins Frederik Rabe and Finn Schwieters and the piano player Jonathan Wischniowski and was soon completed by the addition of bass player Luca Göttner and drummer Finn Thomas.[5] In 2015 they released their first self-produced EP 'The Times Are Bursting The Lines'. This first release was followed by another EP New Estate in 2017 which gained them first critical success. The release was supported by hundreds of shows all over Europe eventually landing them a record deal with Irrsinn Tonträger (Universal Music).[6] In 2019 the EP Wild Stare was released with its title track being a top 20 radio hit in Italy[7] and the whole EP racking up more than 50,000,000 world-wide streams on Spotify soon after its release.[8] In 2020 they announced the release of their debut album ROOKERY for the 28th of August, 2020. Radio X DJ John Kennedy played the bands single 'All We Are' on his X-Posure radio show,[9] on the albums release.

Discography

Albums
  • 2020 – ROOKERY (GER: #3)

EPs
  • 2015 – The Times Are Bursting the Lines
  • 2017 – New Estate
  • 2019 – Wild Stare

As lead artist
  • 2017 – New Estate
  • 2017 – Bright Lies
  • 2018 – Wild Stare
  • 2019 – Tom's Diner (with AnnenMayKantereit)
  • 2020 – Watershed
  • 2020 – What I Know Is All Quicksand
  • 2020 – Heat Up
  • 2017 – Another Heart / Another Mind (Razz feat. Giant Rooks)

References
  1. "Hammer Band Giant Rooks: Überall auf der Überholspur". wa.de. 2015-08-06. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  2. "DER 1LIVE KRONE FÖRDERPREIS 2019 GEHT AN GIANT ROOKS". wa.de (in German). 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. "Hammer Band Giant Rooks: Überall auf der Überholspur". wa.de (in German). 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. "NEW NOISE: GIANT ROOKS". Wonderland Magazine. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  5. "Giant Rooks – Wir sind Perfektionisten!". herzmukke (in German). 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. "GIANT ROOKS RELEASE NEW SINGLE MISINTERPRETATIONS". TotalNtertainment. 2020-07-25. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  7. "I Giant Rooks dal vivo in Italia". Metro News (in Italian). 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  8. "GIANT ROOKS RETURN WITH CANDID VIDEO FOR BRAND NEW SINGLE 'WATERSHED'". House of Solo Magazine. 2020-01-31. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  9. https://www.xposuretracklists.net/2020/08/show-date-28-aug-2020.html
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