Ruen Brothers

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Summer Sun 03:11 Tools
Walk Like A Man 02:57 Tools
Blood Runs Wild 03:11 Tools
All My Shades Of Blue 00:00 Tools
White Lies 03:11 Tools
Aces 00:00 Tools
Genevieve, Come Out Tonight 00:00 Tools
MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY 00:00 Tools
Motor City 00:00 Tools
Vendetta 00:00 Tools
Finer Things 00:00 Tools
An Evening Dreaming 04:22 Tools
Strangers 00:00 Tools
Caller 00:00 Tools
A Million Things 00:00 Tools
Hold Me Tight - BBC Live Version 04:22 Tools
Hold Me Tight 00:00 Tools
Hold Me Tight - BBC Live Version / 2013 00:00 Tools
The Jean Genie (Originally By David Bowie) 00:00 Tools
The Jean Genie (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Jean Genie 00:00 Tools
Hold Me Tight (LIVE) 03:10 Tools
Hold Me Tight (BBC Live Version) 04:21 Tools
Unknown 04:21 Tools
Coyotes of Malibu (Intro) 04:31 Tools
Hold Me Tight (Maida Vale session) 04:31 Tools
Walk Like A Man (zaycev.net) 02:57 Tools
Coyotes Of Malibu 04:31 Tools
Got My Mojo Working 04:31 Tools
Walk Like A Man (Maida Vale session) 03:20 Tools
Aces (Maida Vale session) 03:06 Tools
Hold Me Tight (BBC Live Version / 2013) 03:06 Tools
Walk Like A Man (live) 03:06 Tools
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Young British group from Scunthorpe. Musicians are siblings and the name of the group is an amalgam of brothers names: RUpert (younger) and hENry (older). The Ruen Brothers bridge eras on their 2015 debut EP, Point Dume [American Recordings/Republic Records]. With legendary producer Rick Rubin at the helm, the boys—Henry and Rupert Stansall—confidently channel their knowledge and early influences of Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison and the Stones all while continuing the tradition of the modern rock crooner started by the likes of Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker, and Ian McCulloch. These influences are masterfully tied together with a modern musical vernacular of big amplifiers, organic effects, and robust delivery. “It’s a hybrid between the old and the new,” Rupert says of the sound. “We’ve always preferred the Stones to The Beatles because they had more of an aggressive touch. We’re guitar players first and foremost, but we love those big melodies. Everything is balanced.” Born a year apart in Scunthorpe, England, the duo quickly found their “punk rocker” dad’s record collection comprised of everything from Muddy Waters and Van Morrison to The Sex Pistols. By the ages of eleven and twelve they were gigging at local pubs and clubs, covering tunes the audience would always know by Orbison, Chuck Berry, and more. Following college, they moved into a studio apartment in London dedicated to making a career out of music. At the time, Henry and Rupert adopted a rather unconventional writing process, testing demos by syncing them to trailers of Quentin Tarantino flicks. With Tarantino on the brain, they shot a video for their track “Aces” using Henry’s iPhone. As soon as they uploaded the clip to YouTube, it started to draw attention from some of the world’s foremost influencers, including BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe who played “Aces” back-to-back three times, a first for his show. He went so far as to name its follow-up “Walk Like a Man,” The Hottest Record in the World. Another industry leader was also paying attention, Rick Rubin. After hearing “Aces,” Rubin wanted to sit down with the brothers at Shangri-La Studios in Malibu – where they eventually landed a deal with Rubin’s American Recordings and Republic Records. On their first trip to Shangri-La Studios, in an effort to beat Los Angeles traffic, they arrived an hour early and waited anxiously at The Sunset Inn in Point Dume—hence the title of their EP. “It’s where the story begins,” smiles Rupert. Rubin immediately wanted to start working on tunes and had enlisted an all-star collective of musicians to fill out the other instruments, namely The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith on drums, Chavez’s Matt Sweeney on guitar, and the legendary Ian McLagan of Faces on keyboards. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.