Robber Robber – Two Wheels Move The Soul

Robber Robber announce their new album, Two Wheels Move the Soul (out April 3rd via Fire Talk Records), a headlining US tour, and unveil their new single/video, “The Sound It Made.”

On Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber — Nina Cates (vocals/guitar), Zack James (percussion), Will Krulak (guitar), and Carney Hemler (bass) — collect a series of pressurized vignettes to assemble a thrillingly explosive statement. Written and recorded in the wake of a landlord’s call to have Cates and James’ longtime home demolished, Two Wheels Move the Soul captures the chaos and destruction of living at the mercy of nameless powers-that-be. Propelled by Cates’ nonchalant bars, influenced by the effortlessly cool cadence of Gucci Mane and Lou Reed, Two Wheels Move the Soul spans post-punk scorchers, burnt-out slacker anthems, and melodies to sweeten every bitter pill swallowed along the way.

Two Wheels Move the Soul opener and lead single “The Sound It Made” rattles into existence, eschewing exposition to plunge directly in the deep end. “Wanna spend a while just me and you // Got sports on the radio, and away we go,” Cates begins, freewheeling into a dissection of revolution, sun allergies, and hating the rain while loving the sound it made. Accompanied by a stunning music video helmed by Wes Sterrs, “The Sound It Made” visual sees Robber Robber amidst an eerie industrial backdrop that perfectly encapsulates Two Wheels Move the Soul’s sense of suffocating doom. “As is the case with most of our music, we were trying to let our instinct guide us and make something that felt visceral and immediate” Robber Robber say of “The Sound It Made.”

“The Sound It Made” follows the previously-shared Two Wheels Move the Soul standout  “Talkback” — praised by Rolling Stone, Nina Protocol, So Young Magazine and more — and Robber Robber’s delightful stand-alone rendition of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds.” Alongside today’s announcement, Robber Robber unveil a slew of headlining tour dates including stops in Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Nashville and more. A full list of dates are below, with all tickets on sale beginning Friday at 10am local time.

Pinpointing the specific catalyst for an avalanche can be slippery — any combination of classic elements, human interference, or freak accident can trigger disaster — and documenting these precise moments rests on serendipitous impulses. On Two Wheels Move the Soul, Robber Robber offer themselves as ignition and capture every sound in the wake. Two Wheels Move the Soul was written and recorded throughout the winter of 2024 and 2025, a season of Cates’ life characterized by near-constant upheaval following the demolition of her and James’ longtime home. In a moment’s notice — and amidst a particularly brutal Vermont winter — Cates and James were left to fend for themselves. Luckily, the two were able to tap a deep well of support within their community, finding respite on the couches of Lily Seabird, Greg Freeman, and Thus Love’s Echo Mars. An unused attic provided their longest arrangement.

Robber Robber’s personal and economic chaos redirected into a hyperfocused attention on Two Wheels Move the Soul. Returning to Little Jamaica Studios — one of the sites for their acclaimed debut Wild Guess — Cates, James, Krulak, and Hemler hunkered down with their trusted engineer Benny Yurco. The familiarity between the cast of characters allowed the studio to become a sanctuary, and foregrounded Two Wheels Move the Soul’s constant foray into sonically adventurous terrain. “Everywhere else that we had to be, we were very much visitors,” James recalls. “When we were working on the record, it was nice because it felt like this is our space.” Still, an overwhelming sense of imminent disaster hangs over Two Wheels Move the Soul. Every scribble on the guitar thins the air, each stab of percussion and wave of distortion makes it that much harder to breathe.

Working through the discomfort of catastrophe and class is a central philosophy on Two Wheels Move the Soul. “You can leave it, but it follows you home,” Cates buries beneath incendiary bursts on “It’s Perfect Out Here in the Sun.” Easy to miss, it is a possible catalyst nonetheless. In the midst of the avalanche itself, the sparks ignited throughout Two Wheels Move the Soul fall by the wayside, and all that’s left is the wreck. “Upend, upend,” Cates intones atop kinetic and relentless instrumentation. Then the pressure cracks again. “So we dance.”

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