R Is for Rocket (album)
| R Is for Rocket | ||||
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| Released | October 3, 2025 | |||
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| Genre | Alternative Rock | |||
| Length | 38:19 | |||
| Label | Transgressive | |||
| Producer | Desi Scaglione | |||
| Rocket chronology | ||||
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R Is for Rocket is the debut studio album by American rock band Rocket. It was released on October 3, 2025, via Transgressive in LP, cassette, CD and digital formats.[2][3]
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100[4] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Clash | 8/10[5] |
| DIY | [6] |
| NME | [7] |
| Paste | 7.9/10[8] |
The album received a rating of 7.9 from Paste, whose reviewer Hayden Merrick called it as "a fantastically confident and truly complete debut."[8] Clash's Robin Murray noted it as "a record that blends hugely effective songwriting with wicked production values, granting their work a crisp 90s-adjacent sheen that refuses to sacrifice their raw live endeavours," which is "potent, concise, forceful, but also subtle when required" and "confident, strident guitar music".[5]
In a four-star review for NME, Spencer Hughes referred to the album as "a promising debut that does a damn good job at what it set out to do: solid songs, played loud."[7] The Fader described R Is for Rocket as "an album of ferociously defined, great guitar rock bangers."[3] Abby Jones, in her "album of the week" review for Stereogum, remarked, "You won’t find many quiet moments across R Is For Rocket, but it strikes a satisfying balance between loud and melodic, its mixes full of cathartic noise without compromising detail or vibrancy."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Choice" | 3:24 |
| 2. | "Act Like Your Title" | 2:19 |
| 3. | "Crossing Fingers" | 3:22 |
| 4. | "One Million" | 3:47 |
| 5. | "Another Second Chance" | 5:05 |
| 6. | "Pretending" | 2:37 |
| 7. | "Crazy" | 3:14 |
| 8. | "Number One Fan" | 3:51 |
| 9. | "Wide Awake" | 4:09 |
| 10. | "R Is for Rocket" | 6:31 |
| Total length: | 38:19 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Bandcamp.[1]
Rocket
- Alithea Tuttle – vocals, bass, keyboards
- Desi Scaglione – guitar, keyboards, production, engineering, mixing
- Baron Rinzler – guitar, keyboards
- Cooper Ladomade – drums
Additional contributors
- Henri Cash – additional engineering
- Oliver Roman – additional engineering (tracks 4–7, 9)
- Howie Weinberg – mastering
Charts
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Independent Albums Breakers (OCC)[9] | 14 |
References
- ^ a b "R is for Rocket | Rocket". Bandcamp. Archived from the original on August 20, 2025. Retrieved October 5, 2025.
- ^ a b Jones, Abby (2025-09-30). "Album of the Week: Rocket R Is for Rocket". Stereogum. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ a b Wang, Steffanee (October 3, 2025). "R is for Rocket and really great guitar rock". The Fader. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ "Reviews for R Is For Rocket by Rocket". Metacritic. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
- ^ a b Murray, Robin; Murray, Robin (2025-10-02). "Rocket – R Is For Rocket". Clash. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ Goggins, Joe (3 October 2025). "Rocket - R Is For Rocket". DIY. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ a b Hughes, Spencer (2025-10-03). "Rocket – R Is For Rocket review: a satisfying entry in the '90s alt revival". NME. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ a b Merrick, Hayden (October 1, 2025). "Rocket: R is for Rocket Album Review". Paste. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Breakers Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 11, 2025.