Robber Robber - Two Wheels Move the Soul

Fire Talk

Robber Robber(FKA Guy Ferrari) return with their sophomore efforts Two Wheels Move the Soul. It's a smart blend of Noise rock and forward thinking sonics, and with an absolute attitude to match it's quite the fiery affair, literally. Rising from the ashes of an apartment fire, living out of suitcases and sleeping on the couches of friends - including fellow Burlington, Vermont artist Greg Freeman - in the wake of the disaster, Robber Robber find their feet once more. 

We're thrusted into the album with a low-end-heavy-something with "The Sound it Made". If whales could be heard above water, this is what I'd imagine it would sound like - a pulsing, rib-tingling 'whoooommmm'. Lively and somewhat bombastic drums push the album into a forwards motion. There's ground to make. 

'Allergic to the Sun' 

Detached and of a sunken nature, Nina Cates' vocals hold back a world of seething; a bite best kept back for sake of safety. 

Corrosive, metallic sound palettes and scapes of industrial skew work their way to the surface. Two wheels move the soul: one, hope; the other, despair. The meat-soul-grinder of all forms. 

Rugged glitches of a Tender Buttons era Broadcast add a dissonant yet dichotomous sense of calm. 

'New Years Eve, what's another year worth?'

It's one of those albums mixed and produced for maximum effect. It's designed to get the most out of the system that it's conduited through - often times pushing it to perform. Round and bubbly low-end; sharp high-end; sweetly soft mid-range. 

"Imprint", at 54-seconds in length, sits as a reprieve - a breath gatherer. 

'I can see you one-in-one'

"Pieces" is THAT track. The one which goes above and beyond any right it has to be as good. It's the definition of a "banger" - if the mainstream radio was tuned in, it would take advantage of the track's opportunity that it gives to it. It's controlled chaos - Robber Robber at their finest hour. It's a centrepiece worth its weight in sonic gold. 

Energy akin to The Strokes emanates heavily out of "Talkback". It has this feelgood factor, although is still strongly rooted to a tangible weight; the unidentifiable feel behind the smile; the burden behind every breath. 

The gangly-come-sharp sounds of "Bullseye" see the album out and Robber Robber across the finish line of their sophomore project. It's one of the most solid and aesthetically well-stitched albums released so far in 2026.