10/01/2026
After more than a decade away from solo work, Adam Rubenstein returns with Firebreak, a record shaped by upheaval, relocation, and renewal.
Best known for his work in Split Lip and Chamberlain, Rubenstein spent years quietly accumulating songs while building a life devoted to writing, composing, and raising a family. A sudden move from New York City to Cincinnati finally brought those songs into focus, resulting in an album recorded in two distinct phases: the live-band immediacy of sessions in New York and the solitary reflection of a Cincinnati basement studio.
Contributions from Vernon Reid, Chris Carrabba, and Richie Birkenhead add texture throughout, while longtime collaborator Derik Lee (Hamilton) helped bring the album into focus.
Threaded with themes of fatherhood, relocation, creative identity, and the passage of time, Firebreak isn't so much a return as a continuation: proof that even after years of silence, the creative impulse doesn't disappear. It waits, builds, and when the moment is right, demands to be heard.
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