Introducing a Band: Giant Rooks

Today, I want you to get to know a band I found 2 months ago and loved them ever since. I'm talking about 'Giant Rooks', a German band based in Hamm. The five boys have released 2 EPs so far but only one of them, called 'New Estate', can be found on online platforms such as Spotify.

'New Estate' is a five-track EP that contains very catchy but yet special songs. In the big indie-world the guys managed to find their own sound and the lead singer Frederiks unique voice makes their Music even more remarkable.
In my opinion, the EP has a lot of hits and shows the bands huge potential. Every song on the EP is different but yet it's very cohesive. Everytime I listen to the EP, I find something new that I love.
The first song I heard - and I still think it's my favourite- is 'Bright Lies' which you can listen to below to get a first impression of the band.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2RgfwFZDg

The band is currently touring and will play on a few festivals this summer, such as Lollapalooza Berlin. So if you want to see them live, you should definitely use the opportunity now because I think they won't play in front of such a small audience much longer. 

Introducing a Band: Fil Bo Riva

For a little while, I've been listening to Fil Bo Riva on repeat now.
Fil Bo Riva is a German band consisting of singer and songwriter Fil and Felix on the guitar. They're my insider's tip for all lovers of guitar based indie music since they're still very unknown (They only have about 1150 fans on facebook so far).
About one and a half years ago, Fil posted his first song 'Eye Look' on youtube. His second song 'Like Eye Did' has recently been uploaded to youtube. It's the first song of their new EP 'If you're right, it's alright' that's only available at a few live shows in Germany.
The song is an absolute earwig with a very nice instrumental of the acustic guitar. The electric guitar creates a very unique atmospheric sound compareable to some Scottish guitarists from the 80s that accompanies Fil's singing harmoniously . Despite the extremely nice instrumental music, the focus is still on Fil's unique, rough voice. His voice will give you goosebumps, especially since he sings very emotionally fitting to the touching and deep lyrics that he is singing. The words he uses are very beautiful and along with the instrumental music, they make up a perfect song.
'Like Eye Did' is one of my favorite songs at the moment and I really recommend you listening to it!

 The band was recently touring with AnnenMayKantereit, a popular German band and also with Matt Corby so it could be that Fil Bo Rive will soon be successful with their music, too.
They are currently touring with Lola Mesh. You can check the tour dates on their official facebook page.