Berlin trio Roomer have shared “Good on my Own,” the latest single from their second album, Staircase Made of Rope, which arrives on 18 September via Squama Recordings.
Following their acclaimed 2025 debut Leaving It All To Chance, the new record finds the band further embracing instinct, trading carefully road-tested songs for first takes and spontaneous studio discoveries. Speaking about the new single, Roomer say: “This song is a reflection of outgrowing the words that once felt like certainty, and the ones that prolonged goodbye. It’s about learning to be at peace with yourself, even while feeling the quiet pull of something that might be missing.”
Where their debut captured the raw energy of a live band, Staircase Made of Rope was built largely in the studio, with songs emerging from improvisations and much of the original audio left untouched after the first take. Rather than refine away uncertainty, Roomer chose to follow it. The band describe the record as the product of friendship as much as songwriting, explaining: “We’re three best friends spending time together, and Roomer is what fills the awkward silences.”
That spirit runs throughout the album, with songs bearing the imprint of the places they were made: a childhood home couch in summer, where the title track took shape between walks; the concrete stairwell beside Squama’s Munich headquarters, where drums were recorded; and bedrooms filled with makeshift recording setups, guitars re-amped through megaphones and old dictaphones. Much of the album was engineered by Squama’s own Martin Brugger, making Staircase Made of Rope something of a family affair.
Musically, the record pushes Roomer’s dreamlike guitar sound into stranger territory, with distortion swelling and receding, melodies appearing and disappearing beneath dense textures, and moments of overwhelming noise giving way to near-silent intimacy. Lyrically, the album marks a shift from the direct emotional language of its predecessor, circling around feelings rather than naming them outright, and searching for meaning in ambiguity and contradiction.
The album’s title ultimately serves as its guiding image: a way forward without certainty, a path that demands trust rather than control. Staircase Made of Rope is Roomer at their most exploratory and expansive, a record that finds beauty in instability and connection in the spaces between certainty and doubt.
Roomer will support the release with an extensive run of 2026 tour dates across Europe and the UK, including stops at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Servant Jazz Quarters in London and Simple Things Festival in Bristol. Full dates are below.
Roomer 2026 Tour Dates
Jul 22 – Nijmegen, Netherlands – Valkhof Festival
Aug 12 – Leipzig, Germany – Täubchenthal (with Nation of Language)
Sep 4 – Dresden, Germany – Sound of Bronkow Festival
Sep 17 – Hamburg, Germany – Reeperbahn Festival
Oct 10 – Belgrade, Serbia – Changeover Festival
Oct 14 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Cinetol
Oct 15 – Paris, France – La Station
Oct 22 – Berlin, Germany – Neue Zukunft
Oct 24 – Dijon, France – Festival MV
Nov 6 – London, United Kingdom – Servant Jazz Quarters
Nov 7 – Bristol, United Kingdom – Simple Things Festival
Nov 17 – Munich, Germany – Milla
Nov 19 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen (with Yvonnes)
Nov 20 – Aarhus, Denmark – Phono (with Yvonnes)
Nov 26 – Warsaw, Poland – Chmury
Nov 27 – Kraków, Poland – Klub RE
Tickets are available via roomer-band.com.
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