from the mini-album -Neither Innocent Nor Wavering-
out on september 25, 2020

available on 12" vinyl and cassette tape formats at
lupercaliarecords.bigcartel.com


A new promising light-dome of grand heavy rock and the sharpshooter of dirty nihilistic energy,
Neither Innocent Nor Wavering marks the first sign of life of this emerging German band, containing the first four songs ever
written & recorded by them. RUMOURS consists of young and experienced members, a band that has the guts and might to
start a career. Their sound hits the target without any forced extras or any bullshit.
All tracks here follow the simple rules and formulas of the Devil’s beloved music.
On Neither Innocent Nor Wavering , you get bitter disillusion and cynical bleakness packed into four grandly blistering smashers.
A colorful blackness in savage major and blood minor:
pumping, driving, and focused rock music with a point-blank hatred and sometimes even an apathy for this world.
Far away from proggy meandering, tense vintage nostalgia, and today’s “occult” razzle-dazzle,
RUMOURS just walk the path of simple-but-urgent ROCK history.
They deliver a perfect symbiosis between classic and fully straight-ahead heaviness, a somehow punkish rawness combined with an urban street poetry. Lyric-wise, they destroy every glimpse of hope for a better world without hailing a dystopia for the sake of being “anti,” a weltanschauung seen through glasses of pure disappointment and cynicism.
RUMOURS reflect a mindset somewhere in between resignation, lust, and vomit.
Because really, optimism and pessimism only differ in the date of Armageddon.

Thus, RUMOURS succeed in finding an electrifying tension between permanent temptation music-wise and imminent depression lyric-wise. Brilliant musical skills and performance plus a top-notch production bolster airy and catchy verses and choruses, which all effectively screw into your mind and definitely kick ass.
For all those who ran dry since the rawness of -Climax- , the darkness of -Sister- , and the magick of -Come Reap- and yearn for
something special... RUMOURS bring sour rain and fuel the fire.
In the end, just grab this record, turn up the volume, let loose, take the diamonds for glass splinters, and break your spine!
Over & OUT.

RUMOURS - Grinder

from the mini-album -Neither Innocent Nor Wavering-
out on september 25, 2020

available on 12" vinyl and cassette tape formats at
lupercaliarecords.bigcartel.com

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"here come the snakes, doubts and lies,
step aside, step aside

rainy streets & blurred out nights
left all behind to live the lie

the days may be bright
but it‘s dark in the dungeon of my soul

false desire, false tears in my eyes
i was never afraid to die

corruption thirsts for innocence
you're not the first you're not the last

to sink before you time
is your pale destiny

black like blood
lean like the truth
there is no paradise

take the halters
i’ll take the knife
break your spine …your spine

i will not beg you for forgiveness
i’m neither innocent nor wavering
but i’m free like a… "

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