Today, Robber Robber — the undefinable Burlington, Vermont quartet of Nina Cates, Zack James, Will Krulak, and Carney Hemler — announce their signing to Fire Talk Records, and unveil their new single/video, “Talkback.” Robber Robber unleashed a quiet storm with their 2024 debut Wild Guess, an inscrutable collection of late-night recollections filtered through a mercurial indie rock kaleidoscope. Surrounding its release, Robber Robber were anointed as one of the year’s Best New Artists by Stereogum, with Wild Guess receiving year-end acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork, Paste, Seven Days, Post-Trash and more.

Robber Robber’s debut album, Wild Guess, feels more like an exercise in tension and release than an indie record. For all its nods to its post-punk predecessors and the eclectic Burlington music scene that fed into it, the album feels more like an attempt to translate imagery into sound, communicating all the shades of light and dark you could visualize — and it’s better for that reason. Everything is driven by sheer curiosity and loose creative parameters the band says. It’s a chaos that’s evident in what they create; and in even their most polarizing musical moments, you get the sense that these are gut reactions being expressed, that truth is the grist of the overflow.

Alongside a digital reissue and physical retail release of Wild Guess slated for January, Robber Robber return to unveil their first new music since its release.