This is Rookin's debut LP 'Unionism,' out November 30 2018 on Medical Records. 

PRESS CONTACT: Ben Naddaff-Hafrey: bhafrey@gmail.com

Named after a pseudo-mythical Louisiana shark, the Brooklyn-based band Rookin began as a college class project on the Civil War. Years later, it has become a long-term endeavor to craft a new kind of Americana music. A warm and weird blend of folk, rock, and soul, the music of Rookin tells the tale of a band with a complex identity: a group of young musicians making music for old souls; a hopeless bunch of nerds whose every song comes with a story (and often a bit of historical research); and, perhaps most importantly, a collection of five close friends who hail from California to Massachusetts to Kentucky, and whose writing and performing emerges out of a deep commitment to one another.

Debut album Unionism, due out Fall 2018 on indie label Medical Records, expands on the band’s roots in Americana to take the listener on a far-ranging trip through this country’s history: from the death-by-steamboat-explosion of Mark Twain’s brother in 1858 up to the many perils of present day American life, Unionism speaks to everything from the Battle of Nashville to the atomic bomb to falling in love. Melding acoustic guitar and piano backbones with vintage analog synthesizer atmospherics and twangy southern rock accents, Unionism marks the realization of the sound Rookin has been searching for from the start -- fulsome and warm, made up of American stories and a story itself.

Unionism

A cover of "Waiting On A Friend" by the Rolling Stones in the tuning of Led Zeppelin's "The Rain Song."

Waiting On A Friend (Cover)

Nashville

Judgment Day

Adelaide

Side With You

Chickamauga

Henry Twain

Bicycle

Miracle Device

Goodbye, Louisiana

This is a private stream of Rookin's debut LP 'Unionism,' out November 2018 on Medical Records.

PRESS CONTACT: Kevin Mockford: Kevin.SubRosaPR@gmail.com

Named after a pseudo-mythical Louisiana shark, the Brooklyn-based band Rookin began as a college class project on the Civil War. Years later, it has become a long-term endeavor to craft a new kind of Americana music. A warm and weird blend of folk, rock, and soul, the music of Rookin tells the tale of a band with a complex identity: a group of young musicians making music for old souls; a hopeless bunch of nerds whose every song comes with a story (and often a bit of historical research); and, perhaps most importantly, a collection of five close friends who hail from California to Massachusetts to Kentucky, and whose writing and performing emerges out of a deep commitment to one another.

Debut album Unionism, due out Fall 2018 on indie label Medical Records, expands on the band’s roots in Americana to take the listener on a far-ranging trip through this country’s history: from the death-by-steamboat-explosion of Mark Twain’s brother in 1858 up to the many perils of present day American life, Unionism speaks to everything from the Battle of Nashville to the atomic bomb to falling in love. Melding acoustic guitar and piano backbones with vintage analog synthesizer atmospherics and twangy southern rock accents, Unionism marks the realization of the sound Rookin has been searching for from the start -- fulsome and warm, made up of American stories and a story itself.

If I Didn't Know You By Now

Silent Changes

Our debut LP 'Unionism,' out on Medical Records November 30, 2018

Named after a pseudo-mythical Louisiana shark, the Brooklyn-based band Rookin began as a college class project on the Civil War. Years later, it has become a long-term endeavor to craft a new kind of Americana music. A warm and weird blend of folk, rock, and soul, the music of Rookin tells the tale of a band with a complex identity: a group of young musicians making music for old souls; a hopeless bunch of nerds whose every song comes with a story (and often a bit of historical research); and, perhaps most importantly, a collection of five close friends who hail from California to Massachusetts to Kentucky, and whose writing and performing emerges out of a deep commitment to one another.

For press, contact: Kevin Mockford: Kevin.SubRosaPR@gmail.com

We made this bedroom recording for our friend, Tony Norton, as part of our 'Infinite Georgia' fundraiser. It's a tribute to his beautiful home studio, Xanadu. Thank you, Jen & Maxton for everything!

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