ROOK ROAD are presenting the fourth and last video single on the way to releasing their self-titled album. Four songs have been selected wisely in order to make a point: Diversity is rock’n’roll’s joker in the deck, and probably the true reason why, after so many decades, the strings, percussions, keys and beefy voices still culminate in sweat. Today, heavy rock is as much a force to reckon with as it’s always been and – most likely – will always be.

Four songs, four corners of a box that holds the united legacy of generations. The beauty of complexity; a blow to the jaw set to music; the wide screen showing an epic ballad of love and sacrifice. And now Paradox – a masterfully executed ceremony of opposites on the musical spectrum, and a clear message sung with tremendous devotion and great tonal range. The straight and powerful song is propelled by a simple yet effective bass run that carries an almost dreamy interplay of guitar and organ. It crescendos and decays back and forth like a heavily breathing lung, a pulsating heart: The inscrutably melancholic swansong is pumping its message into the listener’s mind. “Paradox is our farewell to the ethical values that used to contribute to all our individual life paths so greatly,” the band explains. “An expression of the tug we feel – surrounded by all the folks who hunt after every trend in a social media circle jerk that’s inflating to a giant bubble of nonsense. This bubble won’t collapse at once, it just spits people back out. Broken and half-digested, they realize the trends were hunting them, not the other way ‘round.”  

The grande finale in this quadrilogy of songs asks for a great crescendo of course, and Paradox delivers in an unforgettable way, putting the mighty Hammond organ right up there against the soloing guitar once more. Fans of Uriah Heep will share the love that bleeds out of every note in the resulting Hammond solo.

Paradox is the fourth and final video single of Rook Roads upcoming self-titled album that will be released on November 11th, 2022 via SAOL and is now available for pre-order: https://orcd.co/rookroad1

The song lines up next to their third single Sometimes, a piece in the vein of a pure, classic rock ballad, evoking the affecting impressions of devotion, love and self-sacrifice while forgoing unnecessary kitsch or squiggles but showing a lot of soul instead.

The band’s second single Talk Too Much is the prime example of a gripping hook blowing right in your face without further ado, a true power rocker even by Rook Road’s standards: “The song is about windbags who talk much and say nothing – only to obscure what’s been written all over their faces: an abyss of ignorance”.Kinda Glow, which marked the first sign of the new album, is a rather complex song that deals with revolution while encouraging standing up for yourself and listening to your own needs instead of following others blindly, giving listeners something real and tangible to feel.

About Rook Road

Fresh to the music scene as they have been formed in early 2020, Rook Road are bringing back some tunes that may have become a little forgotten by some people but certainly the die hard fans won’t ever forget.
This is not only for all the lovers of the good old days of blues and classic heavy rock in the vein of Deep Purple, which the band reveres massively: Friends of contemporary rock compositions aren’t missing out either with Rook Road, who therefore label their style diversity rock. Starting out in wild jams, the highly experienced musicians noticed right away that everything simply fits perfectly and feels great – the chemistry as a group just as well as the way even their earliest ideas and song patterns came together. A creative path shaped up quickly – and the band decided to take it.

Most people cling on tight to at least the one song that bears the power to carry them off and into their very own, intimate world. Calm, panoramic deserts, dramatic sceneries and heart-pounding emotions awaken whenever the worlds of sound and imagination conflate into a superhuman beam of energy within ourselves. Scores which actually manage to reach into the listener’s soul and lift the heavy curtain that veils our mental cinema screen – those are rare. However, ROOK ROAD might have just revealed such a gem titled Sometimes.

In the vein of a pure, classic rock ballad, the track evokes the affecting impressions of devotion, love and self-sacrifice, forgoing unnecessary kitsch or squiggles but showing a lot of soul instead. ”Sometimes is a declaration of love, it’s all about the will to walk any path together with your partner, no matter how hard that may be. The basic idea for the composition manifested itself in October 2019 on an off-tune piano.”  

The stories told by Rook Road tend to stretch beyond their lyrical form, these stories of friendship, solidarity and self-expression are rooted deeply in the individual musicians’ personal experiences. They don’t only grant a peek at the big moments and clandestine splendor inherent in each person’s life: The appeal of the small and the subtle, the touching imperfections all play a big role, too. And when the off-tune piano string sends forth a great love song’s very first tone in its fragile vibe, it becomes an image of the imperfection of a loving human being. It’s then that we allow the powerful Hammond organ to remain silent and give its place in the final piece to a grand piano, played with great dedication.

Sometimes is the third single of Rook Roads upcoming, self-titled album that will be released on November 11th, 2022 via SAOL and is readily available for pre-order: https://orcd.co/rookroad1

The band’s prior single Talk Too Much is the prime example of a gripping hook blowing right in your face without further ado, a true power rocker even by Rook Road’s standards: “The song is about windbags who talk much and say nothing – only to obscure what’s been written all over their faces: an abyss of ignorance”. One can’t argue with that but might wanna add a great little something: Talk Too Much is the perfect symbiosis of a soundtrack and a pressure valve for, the moment when putting up with this certain kind of clown becomes unavoidable. Both singles line up next to Kinda Glow, a rather complex song that deals with revolution while encouraging standing up for yourself and listening to your own needs instead of following others blindly, giving their listeners something real and tangible to feel.

Get the album Rook Road here: https://orcd.co/rookroad1

Tracklist
1 Talk too much
2 Sick to the bone
3 Sometimes
4 Romeo
5 Paradox
6 Kinda Glow
7 Deny
8 Sam Rogers
9 Celebration/Feels like
10 Tower
11 Egyptian Girl

Fresh to the music scene as they have been formed in early 2020, Rook Road are bringing back some tunes that may have become a little forgotten by some people but certainly the die hard fans won’t ever forget.
This is not only for all the lovers of the good old days of blues and classic heavy rock in the vein of Deep Purple, which the band reveres massively: Friends of contemporary rock compositions aren’t missing out either with Rook Road, who therefore label their style diversity rock. Starting out in wild jams, the highly experienced musicians noticed right away that everything simply fits perfectly and feels great – the chemistry as a group just as well as the way even their earliest ideas and song patterns came together. A creative path shaped up quickly – and the band decided to take it.