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Rootwork release video for single ‘Code Talker’!
"Just irresistible..." - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
With their single Code Talker out on June 24th 2016 via Ubiquity Project Records, Rootwork have unveiled their new video to accompany the track.
The video premiered on Team Rock is available to watch now via the band's YouTube channel.
Code Talker, which is taken from last year’s EP Gallows Humour and available now on Bandcamp and iTunes, sees the band showcase their full technically gifted repertoire as blistering, yet intricate, heavy guitar explodes from the speakers, punctuated by piercing vocals, beautifully delivered sweet harmonies all brought together by metronomic, brutal drumming.
You can stream EP track 'Burning Shame' now via the band's Soundcloud page.
Straddling the line between elements of metal, post-hardcore, prog-rock and stoner rock, Rootwork are a band who take no prisoners, disarming you in a whirlwind of harmonies before bludgeoning your eardrums with a ferociousness that is as unexpected as it is welcome. They find the sweet spot either side of technical, contemporary metal combined with an energetic tunefulness rich in hooks, time changes and soaring choruses. Indeed, the aforementioned EP runs through a gamut of influences in just four pulsating tracks; embracing the sludginess that has become synonymous with the likes of Queens Of The Stone Age and Mastodon juxtaposed with the upbeat doom- pop made famous by contemporaries such as Baroness and Torche.
Comprising Max Woodhams (guitar, vocals), Jamie Benzine (bass, backing vocals) and Chris Booth (drums, vocals) Rootwork formed in Farnborough towards the end of 2013 having come together through their mutual love of heavy, melodic and complex rock music. In December 2015 the band released their first full length EP picking up support from the likes of Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing as well as a plethora of blogs, and are delighted to announce the official single and video taken from the record with the band eager to share their sound with a wider audience.
Gallows Humour by Rootwork is out now and available to buy on both Bandcamp and iTunes, with single Code Talker out on 24th June 2016, both via Ubiquity Project Records.