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CMU Approved
Approved: Rubicks
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 9 August 2010
The new single from Rubicks, ‘Is This Love?’, is about being in love with someone who is about to die and how that impacts on the relationship and your perception of love. And I can pretty much guarantee that the song you’re now imagining is not the one currently blaring out of my speakers. The second single from the band’s forthcoming second album ‘Rise And Fall Of The Giddy’, it’s a pulsing, dramatic pop-rock song with a massive chorus that pushes vocalist Vanessa Redd’s voice delightfully close to breaking point.
Rubicks released their debut album, ‘In Miniature’, in 2006 to pretty much universally positive reviews. They returned again last year with the also acclaimed ‘Idiot Time’ EP, but it’s with ‘Is This Love?’ that they really stand to make their mark, especially if the rest of the new album reaches the same high standard. Released on 30 Aug, the band will official launch the single with a show at Koko in Camden on 14 Aug at a night promoted by The Playground and also featuring Kavinsky, Kap Bambino, autoKratz, Is Tropical and more.
