GLASWEGIAN UP-AND-COMERS, THE ROOKS GEAR UP TO
RELEASE THEIR BRAND NEW SINGLE,
GET UP ON 21ST FEBRUARY – PRE-SAVE HERE
ARRIVES A DAY BEFORE THEIR BIGGEST HEADLINE SHOW,
AT A SOLD OUT KING TUTS!
Glaswegian indie/rockers The Rooks, are preparing to release their brand new single, Get Up. Teaming up once
again with GRAMMY Award-winning producer Jim Lowe (Foo Fighters, Stereophonics & more), Get Up will be
released on 21st February. Pre-save here.
The anthemic new 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 arrives just a day before the band’s biggest headline show to date, which sold out in a matter of days!
Saturday 22nd February will see 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.
”
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 almost 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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