Royal Blood – Typhoons

Monday, a new week and it's time to introduce "Record Of The Week".

With album number three sees the Brighton rockers ROYAL BLOOD let loose the groove along with some pin spots that light up the mirror ball and wreak disco devastation on "Typhoons".

Brighton duo ROYAL BLOOD comprising drummer Ben Thatcher and bassist/vocalist Mike Kerr formed at the beginning of 2013. They quickly made their presence known, with pounding drums and heavily distorted bass guitar defining characteristics of their ferocious blues-rock sound. The band gained many plaudits early in their career, touring with the likes of ARCTIC MONKEYS, Iggy Pop, and FOO FIGHTERS, before going on to win Best British Group at the Brits in 2015 receiving their trophy from their musical hero and admirer LED ZEPPELIN guitarist Jimmy Page.

Their catalogue boasts the Mercury Prize nominated self-titled debut album released in 2014 that spawned hits such as "Out Of The Black, "Little Monster:, "Come On Over" and "Figure it Out", as well as their second successive UK number one album "How Did We Get So Dark?" released in 2017 which featured "Lights Out" and "I Only Lie When I Love You".

That this pandemic has given some extra boost in the creativity for some bands like it has for ROYAL BLOOD where the desire for going out clubbing again. And soon it will open up in UK and gigs will be allowed to take place. A tour is booked for the UK at the end of July, check the dates below.

"Typhoons" is a bold piece, brilliant in its timing. This was not what I had expected from this duo who with their blues-rock enchanted an entire nation. It feels like they have borrowed the golden shoes from HERREYS and exchanged ideas with THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA and created this glittery and incredibly glamorous dance number. It's very groovy, hefty riffs along with the disco-inspired rhythms from the drummer Ben Thatcher and almost a bit of nonchalant singing by Mike Kerr, which makes me think of a Manchester band. But it works for some reason, the slightly tougher, the dancing rhythms make the record a cruel party record and completely life-threatening in the car.

The album opens up with the groovy "Trouble’s Coming", a dance floor roller in the vein of JUSTICE and DAFT PUNK. It continues in "Oblivion" and in the title track "Typhoons", a catchy piece where the led lights flash in all colors. The album spreads a bit in different directions where some melodies are recognizable from before are the tunes "Who Needs Friends", "Boilermaker" and the "Either You Want It" that have some psych vibes over it. The classic electro piece "Million And One" is a treat, the popish tunes like "Limbo" and "Hold On" are both really cool tunes. The album closes up with a beautiful piano ballad "All We Have Is Now". The power and explosive bass riffing and vocal by Kerr along with his partner in crime Mr Thatcher make a marvelous job as a duo.

"Typhoons" was released on April 30 by Warner. The album was produced by Josh Homme and Paul Epworth.

Sum: A desert rock disco album you need to get for the summer!

Upcoming tour dates:

24072021 Tramlines 2021 Hillsborough Park Sheffield, UK
25072021 Truck Festival 2021 Hill Farm Steventon, UK
29082021 Victorious Festival 2021 Southsea Seafront Portsmouth, UK
25032022 Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) Bournemouth, UK
26032022 Utilia Arena Birmingham Birmingham, UK
27032022 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Cardiff, UK
29032022 Motorpoint Arena Nottingham Nottingham, UK
30032022 The O2 London, UK
01042022 First Direct Arena Leeds, UK
02042022 AO Arena Manchester, UK
03042022 The SSE Hydro Glasgow, UK

Today's tune "Boilermaker" is taken from "Typhoons", enjoy!



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Royal Blood – Lights Out

"Lights Out" is a song by English hard rock band ROYAL BLOOD, it was the first single out of the band's 2017 second studio album "How Did We Get So Dark?". Written by band members Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher with BASS DRUM OF DEATH frontman John Barrett, it was produced by Jolyon Thomas with Kerr and Thatcher and featured on the The song was released as the first single from the album on 14 April 2017.

ROYAL BLOOD wrote "Lights Out" whilst on tour in the United States with support act BASS DRUM OF DEATH, who Mike Kerr described as "really good friends of ours". After the two bands had been sharing ideas, BASS DRUM OF DEATHs frontman John Barrett co-wrote "Lights Out", with Kerr crediting him as "a big part of that tune coming together". The band performed the song live for the first time on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 9 May 2017, alongside the 2014 single "Figure It Out".

The music video for "Lights Out" was also released on 13 April. Directed by The Sacred Egg and produced by Tom Birmingham and Natalie Arnett of Riff Raff Films, it features the band "performing the song in an empty room that slowly fills with water", after which "a horde of bodies burst out of invisible pools on the floor, ceiling and walls ... the room is cast in a deep red light and Thatcher and Kerr continue to play in the waist high water as dancers move around them".

ROYAL BLOOD are an English rock duo formed in Brighton in 2013. The band's sound is reminiscent of and rooted in modern blues rock, hard rock, garage rock, stoner rock and psychedelic rock. Their first album "Royal Blood" was released in August 2014.

Today's tune "Lights Out" taken from the second studio album "How Did We Get So Dark?". Video Directed by The Sacred Egg Produced by Tom Birmingham & Natalie Arnett Prod Co - Riff Raff Films Special Thanks to Harvey Ascott & Besnik Krapi



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Beware of Darkness - Are You Real?

Monday, New week and it's time to introduce "Record Of The Week"

BEWARE OF DARKNESS is a bold new power band with an old soul, pissed at life in the modern age. They are ready to frighten your children, sleep with your daughters, and make you shake, scream, and contort like it's a Depression-era, Southern exorcism.

To follow up the 2013 debut album "Orthodox" with it's explosive introduction of classic rock with ZEPPELIN-esqe guitar riffs and emotionally raw lyrics, at that time they got the stamp as the next big thing, now that the smoke has settled, they return with something decidedly newer and shinier.

They still play fast moving rock tunes with exploding key and rhythm changes mid-song. But "Are You Real?" have some more sexed-up pop approach. A bit far out, crazy and very melodic and groovy. The album is more to the broader mass of audience, I could say ARTIC MONKEYS, ROYAL BLOOD and even THE STRUTS.

Lets say if you take happy and popish BEATLES, stir it up with a drum machine and throw in the chaotic parts of DAVID BOWIE and THE DOORS flushed thru a coffee filter, stamped THE WHO, where the beans is delivered from T-REX but made by LED ZEPPELIN then you can imagine BEWARE OF DARKNESS "Are You Real?"

The album kicks of with the obvious single "Motherfucka", a far out, heavy piece of music where the riffs and rhythms will grab you by the balls until the album moves on with "Blood, Sex, Violence & Murder", a more modern Ghostbuster vibe. The 3:rd track is the slinky and swirly "Dope", until here you have gotten so many different way to present a tune that you start to wonder if this is still is the same band. Tunes like "Summerdaze" and "Sugar in the Raw" follows the same path, with the same approach as "Dope". "Surrender" is one of the more deeper cuts on the album with it's more straight forward rock touch with fat choruses.  The title track starts with a doomish "CANDLEMASS" riff until ARTIC MONKEYS knocks on the door. "Beware" and "Delirium" are the albums more slower parts, here the band gears down, step back and keeps in the craziness.


Summary: A rambunctious rocker with a psychedelic pop attitude, powerful hooks and groovy sound will appeal to any wide open ear music lover.

Today's tune "Muthafucka", taken from the new album "Are You Real?", Enjoy!



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Royal Blood - Royal Blood

Number 6 on Tune Of The Days best album list of year 2014 is the British brash-rock duo "Royal Blood" that kicks us in the ass with the self titled début album.

Royal Blood with their mixture of anguished cocky vocals, vigorous drumming and bass of chugging menace. A tight bind of rhythm and noise that will kick you off your hard wooden chair! Royal Blood have made a very fresh and inventive album that works all the way from beginning to end. This is a fantastic record that is definitely worth to add to your collection.

On the 23rd of Mars next year these duo will play at Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden. A show that I am almost certain it will be sold out, if it's not already.

Todays tune "Figure It Out" is taken from Royal Blood's self titled debut.



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Royal Blood - Ten Tonne Skeleton

New week, which means it's time to present this week's "Record Of The Week"

The British brash-rock duo "Royal Blood" hits us in the face with the self titled début album.

The thing with the guitar and drums duo, is something we have learned to understand nowadays. Bands like The White Stripes got a big success with their duo, likewise with Swedish Johnossi. This Brighton duo makes it even heavier by changing the guitar against a bass guitar, but Mike Kerr choose to treat it as a guitar most of the time.

So how does it sounds then?, well the "Guitar" is a bit heavier than normal, but sounds amazing and very noisy :) and is nothing that usually comes out from a bass guitar. The skin-pounding beating is made by Ben Thatcher, who really know how to treat the drums. The band's sound is reminiscent of and rooted in modern garage rock and blues rock. If I should make some comparisons to something I could say that I hear some shades of Queens Of The Stone Age and The White Stripes and some early rock 70's stuff like Led Zeppelin.

The album is a mixture of anguished cocky vocals, vigorous drumming and bass of chugging menace. A tight bind of rhythm and noise that will kick you off your hard wooden chair! Royal Blood have made a very fresh and inventive album that works all the way from beginning to end. This is a fantastic record that is definitely worth to add to your collection.

The band, composed of bassist/singer Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher, was formed in Worthing in 2013, and played their first gig a mere two days after Kerr's return to England from his "working holiday" in Australia. During the summer of 2013, Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders was seen wearing a shirt supporting the band (before the release of their first single) during their Glastonbury Festival concert in July. On 11 November 2013, the duo released their debut single, "Out of the Black", which came with a B-side called "Come On Over".

In November 2013, it was announced that Royal Blood would be supporting Arctic Monkeys for two Finsbury Park shows in May 2014. In December 2013 Royal Blood were nominated for the BBC Sound of 2014.

Royal Blood released their second single, "Little Monster", on 11 February 2014. The band also released a four-track EP, featuring "Out of the Black", "Little Monster", "Come On Over" and "Hole" on 11 March 2014 in North America. Their debut album, Royal Blood, was released on 25 August 2014 to commercial success & was well-received by critics. Royal Blood was verified by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling British rock debut album in three years in the UK.

Royal Blood performed at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2014; at Liverpool Sound City festival and at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Glasgow in May; and at Download Festival and Glastonbury Festival in June. They performed at T in the Park festival in July, and at Reading festival as well as Osheaga in August 2014.

Mike Kerr has previously used the name Royal Blood when living in Australia in 2012, working with drummer Matt Swan.

A video clip for "Out of the Black" entered rotation as part of cable network AXN Japan's "AXN Tunes" program in October 2014; music videos aired on-the-hour as filler in between regularly scheduled, syndicated programming.

In October 2014, Royal Blood announced details of their biggest European tour to date, starting in Germany on 10 January, and ending in Sweden on 23 March.

 

Todays tune "Ten Tonne Skeleton", the upcoming single taken from the "Record Of The Week". Pre-order the 7" here, release December 1, 2014



Upcoming Gigs:

08.11.14 Junction, Cambridge, United Kingdom Sold Out
10.11.14 Pyramid, Portsmouth, United Kingdom Sold Out
11.11.14 O2 Academy, Oxford, United Kingdom Sold Out
12.11.14 Bierkeller, Bristol, United Kingdom Sold Out
14.11.14 106 Club, Rouen, France Sold Out
15.11.14 Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France Sold Out
16.11.14 Les Inrocks, Paris, France Sold Out
18.11.14 Alcatraz Milan, Italy
20.11.14 La 2 Barcelona, Spain
21.11.14 Sala But Madrid, Spain
22.11.14 Armazem F Lisbon, Portugal
01.12.14 WKQX - House of Blues Chicago, IL, United States
02.12.14 St. Andrews Detroit, MI, United States
03.12.14 Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA, United States
05.12.14 War Memorial Auditorium Nashville, TN, United States
06.12.14 Juanita's Cantina Little Rock, AR, United States
07.12.14 Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK, United States
09.12.14 Seattle Center - Key Arena Seattle, WA, United States
20.12.14 Brighton Dome Brighton, United Kingdom Sold Out
10.01.15 Live Music Hall Cologne, Germany
11.01.15 Mojo Hamburg, Germany
12.01.15 Postbahnhof Berlin, Germany
14.01.15 Palladium Warsaw, Poland
15.01.15 Arena Vienna, Austria
16.01.15 Theaterfabrik Munich, Germany
17.01.15 Komplex 457 Zurich, Switzerland
21.01.15 Liquid Room Tokyo, Japan
24.01.15 Singapore Laneway Festival Singapore, Singapore
26.01.15 Auckland Laneway Festival Auckland, New Zealand
31.01.15 Brisbane Laneway Festival Brisbane, Australia
01.02.15 Sydney Laneway Festival Sydney, Australia
06.02.15 Adelaide Laneway Festival Adelaide, Australia
07.02.15 Melbourne Laneway Festival Melbourne, Australia
08.02.15 Fremantle Laneway Festival Fremantle, Australia
22.02.15 Barrowland Glasgow, UK Sold Out
23.02.15 Barrowland Glasgow, UK Sold Out
27.02.15 Pavillions Plymouth, UK Sold Out
28.02.15 Spa Bridlington, UK Sold Out
02.03.15 Guildhall Portsmouth, UK Sold Out
03.03.15 Centre Newport, UK
05.03.15 UEA Norwich, UK Sold Out
06.03.15 Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, UK Sold Out
08.03.15 Ulster Hall, Belfast, UK
09.03.15 Olympia, Dublin, Ireland
10.03.15 Olympia Dublin, Ireland
11.03.15 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK Sold Out
13.03.15 O2 Brixton Academy, London, UK Sold Out
14.03.15 Rock City, Nottingham, UK Sold Out
16.03.15 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands Sold Out
17.03.15 L'Olympia, Paris, France
18.03.15 AB, Brussels, Belgium
20.03.15 Kulturbolaget, Malmo, Sweden
21.03.15 Rockafeller, Oslo, Norway
22.03.15 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
23.03.15 Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden

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