Royal Blood Announce New Album 'Typhoons', Release Title Track
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Mads Perch
Royal Blood have dropped a new single.
Typhoons premiered as Annie Mac's Hottest Record in the World on her BBC Radio 1 show and is the title track of their new album, due out on April 30. They produced the majority of it themselves, though Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme handled production on the track Boilermaker.
Discussing the record, vocalist and bassist Mike Kerr said:
“We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play. That’s what sparked the creativity on the new album, the chasing of that feeling. It’s weird, though - if you think back to ‘Figure it Out’, it kind of contains the embryo of this album. We realised that we didn’t have to completely destroy what we’d created so far; we just had to shift it, change it. On paper, it’s a small reinvention. But when you hear it, it sounds so fresh.”
Similarly to previous cut Trouble's Coming, the song finds the rock duo experimenting with funkier and slicker soundscapes, while harking back to their earlier work with distorted bass scale runs.
The new track is available on 7" vinyl with an etching of a lyric from the song on the b-side. Head here for more details.
'Typhoons' tracklist:
Troubles Coming
Oblivion
Typhoons
Who Needs Friends
Million & One
Limbo
Either You Want It
Boilermaker
Mad Visions
Hold On
All We Have Is Now
As it stands, Royal Blood only have one UK performance lined up for this year. They'll top the bill for the first day of This Is Tomorrow festival at Newcastle's Exhibition Park on May 28. Head here for more information. They have, however, confirmed that they are making plans to tour in 2022.
Royal Blood Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri May 28 2021 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Exhibition Park
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