Tracklist:1 Troubles Coming2. Oblivion3. Typhoons4. Who Needs Friends5. Million & One6. Limbo7. Either You Want It8. Boilermaker9. Mad Visions10. Hold On11.All We Have Is NowProduct Description :After two UK 1 albums, 2 million album sales and an array of international acclaim, you mightve thought you knew what to expect from Royal Blood. Those preconceptions were shattered when they released Troubles Coming last summer. Hitting a melting pot of fiery rock riffs and danceable beats, they delivered something fresh, unexpected and yet entirely in tune with what theyd forged their reputation with.The reaction was phenomenal, with highlights including 20 million streams, a premiere as Annie Macs Hottest Record and a run on Radio 1s A-list and earned alternative radio support and media attention across the globe. In short, Royal Blood are primed to be bigger than ever before. That feat is set to be realised when they release their eagerly anticipated third album Typhoons on April 30th via Warner Records.When Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher sat down to talk about making a new album, they knew what they wanted to achieve. It involved a conscious return to their roots, back when they had made music that was influenced by Daft Punk, Justice, and Philippe Zdar of Cassius. It also called for a similar back-to-basics approach to what had made their self-titled debut album so thrilling, visceral and original.We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play, recalls Kerr. Thats what sparked the creativity on the new album, the chasing of that feeling. Its weird, though - if you think back to Figure it Out, it kind of contains the embryo of this album. We realised that we didnt have to completely destroy what wed created so far we just had to shift it, change it. On paper, its a small reinvention. But when you hear it, it sounds so fresh.Those traits pulsate throughout the new single and title track. Kerrs spiralling bass riff casts an hypnotic allure as it grows in intensity, while his vocals switch at will between a raw rock roar and a soulful falsetto. Its underpinned by Thatchers thundering beats, his taut rhythms infused with groove-laden hi-hats.After setting the tone with Troubles Coming, the album opens in breathless, take-no-prisoners style with the fierce metallic grooves of Who Needs Friends hitting an early visceral peak. Royal Blood further reference their fresh array of influences by deploying vocodered vocals on Million & One before dynamically switching between the biggest contrasts of their sound with Limbo. Already a fan favourite having been a regular during the duos 2019 shows, Boilermaker lives up to its reputation and is more than matched by Mad Visions, which evokes a hyper-aggressive Prince. It ends with a final surprise in the shape of the stark piano ballad All We Have Is Now, a vulnerable and revealing reminder to live in the moment.That songs unguarded sentiments gives the album a redemptive finale. Whether directly or allusively, the album focuses on exploring the flipside of success that theyve experienced. It comes from the realisation that success is much more complicated than it seems and that having the time to regain perspective is a precious commodity which becomes ever more elusive. The situation called for reflection and change, which Kerr addressed in Las Vegas. He downed an espresso martini and declared it to be his last drink, and soon discovered that his new-found sobriety would have a positive impact upon his creativity and life as a whole.That new approach manifested itself in the duos decision to produce the majority of Typhoons themselves. Boilermaker was produced by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, the two bands having first connected when Royal Blood supported them on a huge North American tour. Meanwhile, the multiple Grammy Award winner Paul Epworth produced Who Needs Friends and contributed a
