King Falcon will be releasing their exhilarating self-titled debut album with Mascot Records. King Falcon’s Michael Rubin, James Terranova and Tom Diognardi, push the musical envelope by bringing a modern sound with a hint of vintage guitar.

King Falcon’s singer-songwriter and guitarist Michael Rubin shares that the songs on this album speak to being little weird outcasts finding their way.

King Falcon’s fresh, ultra-catchy songwriting sensibility melds edgy rock swagger with indie-rock adventurousness, recalling artists such as the Black Keys, Jack White, Cage the Elephant, The Strokes, Royal Blood, and the The Killers.

The album brims with garage guitar riffage, power pop choruses, soulfully melodic lead vocals, and vibrant indie-rock atmospherics. King Falcon is produced by Marshall Altman ( Tom Morello, Frank Ballard, Matt Nathanson) mixed by 12-time Grammy-nominated mixing engineer and producer Mark Needham (The Killers, Imagine Dragons, Fleetwood Mac). This album represents a powerful story of friendship, self-growth, and the courage to go after a rock n’ roll fantasy.

The 11-song King Falcon bursts open with, “Everybody’s Down,” a sugar rush of punk pop anthems and strutting riff-based indie rock. The song’s catchy, feel-good vibes speak to its empowering lyrics. One standout passage is: I was an outcast long as I remember/On every chain, yea, the weakest link/You get your ass kicked and learn not to surrender/Don’t give a damn what the people think. “That song’s message is sort of the foundation for the album of being this outcast person always looking for somewhere to be comfortable,” Michael says.

The supercharged indie blues-rocking “Ready Set Go” has a Black Keys sense of blues-punk dirt, and captures the frenetic urban sprawl of New York City. “Cadillac” snapshots an actual Ferris Bueller-like joyride with a buddy’s red, rare bird 1957 Eldorado Cadillac. “Long story short, I got to drive this beauty with no brakes, no plates, and a flat tire—everybody, including the cops, waved as I cruised this spaceship around the neighborhood,” Michael says. The song’s engrossing narrative comes to life via a vibrant animated video. The empowering “Rabbit Gets The Gun” boasts a deliriously fun sing along chorus, colorful electro-pop textures, and driving bass and drums-dominated verse passages. “That song is about an inversion of power—the outcasts and weirdos rising up,” Michael says.

Now, King Falcon will resume its pre-pandemic plans of playing its first live shows and touring. “It took two and a half years to get here,” Michael says, pausing thoughtfully. “If you asked me when I first got my guitar if we would get a label and be where we are today, I would have said, ‘oh yeah, no problem,’ but I’ve learned the reality of it all isn’t that simple. The challenging journey continues.”