Heaven can be a matter of perspective – Giant Rooks return with a new album
Following their sold-out show at Dürer Kert and their performance on the Sziget
Main Stage, Giant Rooks are returning to Budapest. The German indie-pop band will
release their new album, If Heaven Exists, This Might Be It, in mid-October, and will
bring their latest songs to the Akvárium Klub on 21 February as part of the album
tour.
Perhaps heaven is not some distant, unattainable place, but simply a different way of
looking at what is already with us: all the people we love, those who cross our paths and
then disappear from our lives again. The losses, the loneliness, the hope, the dreams
and the nostalgia. This is also the starting point for Giant Rooks’ third album, If Heaven
Exists, This Might Be It, which will be released on 16 October. The album’s 12 songs
revolve around the longing for connection in a deeply manipulative world burdened by
alienation and inner conflict. Amid transience, memory and confusion, the band turns
towards the things that deserve to be cherished: love and friendship. Through their
distinctive indie-pop sound, Giant Rooks explore and celebrate the heavenly within the
earthly.
“We have been together as a band for more than 10 years. Working on this album was
the most difficult thing we have ever done. We started in early 2025, and from the
beginning, we tried to free ourselves from any external expectations and simply make
music that feels completely authentic to us,” the band shared about the new release.
Previously released songs such as The Future Is Cancelled, Want It Back, The Waves
and Slow Dance (For A Minute) offer a glimpse into the album’s world. They explore
melancholy and new beginnings, memories suddenly resurfacing, and the impossible
desire to preserve a single moment forever. These four tracks alone hint at the album’s
musical breadth: delicate piano passages, compelling guitar chords, energetic drums
and hypnotic layers of synths create an immersive atmosphere throughout. If Heaven
Exists, This Might Be It proposes a fundamental shift in perspective compared with the
band’s earlier work: this time, we are not floating above the earth – as the cover of
ROOKERY suggested -but here together, in this moment. And perhaps that is already the
most wondrous thing there is.
And how wonderful it would be to experience all this at a concert, singing along to the
band’s songs together. For example, on 21 February at Akvárium Klub. Tickets go on sale
on 9 October at 11 a.m. via www.livenation.hu and www.funcode.hu.