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Bandmates Taylor Locke and Ned Brower took the time to talk about a special chapter in the history of Rooney : the "lost" second album, Kids After Sunset ! I reached out to both of them separately and asked if they could answer a few questions - check it out below. Over the past 20 years, aplenty songs from this album surfaced online and were shared through blogs, fans, and social media. These were mostly demos or low-quality recordings, but in 2024, a seemingly final version of the album appeared on the internet! Kids After Sunset - cover art concept PPS:   Around 2004, Rooney recorded a significant number of songs for their intended second album,  Kids After Sunset - at least twenty-five tracks, as far as I know. The plan was for most of these songs to be included on the album. However, it is said that the record label rejected nearly all of them, claiming they didn’t like any of the tracks, and instructed the band to start from scratch with a completely new album. I...

Here's Riverbank ! One of my favourite songs from Pelle Carlberg - now upscaled in HD:

The self-titled debut album by Rooney , which was quite successful, was released in 2003. In 2004, the band recorded demos for at least twenty-five new songs. The plan was for most of these to appear on their second album, Kids After Sunset . However, the record label rejected nearly all of them. They didn’t like any of the tracks and essentially instructed the band to create a completely new album. Only four of the songs made it onto the official second album, Calling the World , which was released in 2007 (with three more as bonus tracks). The songs can be found on Youtube: Rooney - Kids After Sunset (Lost Album) Other songs from this session can be found here: Rooney - Kids After Sunset (Lost Album - Demos) A complete list the songs from these sessions are (as far as I know): Ain't Gonna Cut It Are You Through With Me (later released on "Calling The World") Don't Come Around Again (later released on "Calling The World") Enough's Enough G...