Giant Rooks

Giant Rooks, from Hamm, Germany, play The Opera House in Toronto on November 23, 2026. The band writes in English and builds its songs around Frederik Rabe’s lead vocal and Finn Schwieters’ guitars, with keys and rhythm section driving the pulse. Early EPs The Times Are Bursting the Lines (2015) and New Estate (2017) set a clean indie rock and indie pop frame that carried them from club stages in Germany to wider European circuits. Wild Stare (2019) tightened the hooks and contrasted firm grooves with more atmospheric turns.

With Rookery (2020), they broadened the palette, folding modern pop and light electronic touches into guitar-led tracks while keeping a clear song form. The second album, How Have You Been? (2024), keeps that balance, pairing direct choruses with more introspective moods. Live, Giant Rooks play on dynamics, shifting from compact, propulsive sections to open, layered builds, and weaving recent singles with earlier cuts. The set typically traces their path from the first EPs to the latest album, in arrangements shaped for the room.