If there’s one thing The Rubens can do better than virtually every other band in Australia right now, it’s bust out a catchy hook. Thanks in no short part to the anthemic “My Gun”, the Macarthur-native pop-rock powerhouse burst on the circuit in 2012 with their platinum-selling self-titled debut, and quickly countered one-hit-wonder fears with 2015’s gem-studded Hoops – the title track of which scored triple-platinum sales and took out the top spot in Triple J’s Hottest 100. They capped the trilogy in 2018 with the unexpectedly poppy, R&B-flavoured Lo La Ru, at which point The Rubens had accepted their place on the throne of the Aussie alternative scene.
2020 should have seen them make it to arenas with a colossal
