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SINGLE REVIEW: Royal Blood's 'Typhoons' + Everything You Need To Know About Their Upcoming Album

FOR FANS OF: cleopatrick, Queens of the Stone Age, Arctic Monkeys

British rock duo Royal Blood are back with "Typhoons" - the title track of their upcoming third record. It's a punchy, riff heavy, hard-rock track in typical Royal Blood style, following their last single, "Trouble's Coming," which was released last summer. Royal Blood consist of Mike Kerr (vocals, bass, keys, piano) and Ben Thatcher (drums). "Typhoons" was released on January, 21st, 2021.



"Typhoons" is a track that is utterly fantastic. Royal Blood make music that's infectious, that makes you feel alive and glad to be so, music that is danceable & intense at the same time. This track isn't any different from that, and I couldn't love it more. Kerr's spiraling bass riffs and Thatcher's furious drum beats combine together with Kerr's vocals to make a song that's addictive and brilliant. "Typhoons" is already a track that's going to be a forever-favorite of mine, one that's played on repeat constantly, just as "Trouble's Coming" is that for me.

"...We realized 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."

About the upcoming record, they knew what they wanted to create: a record that was a return to their roots - music influenced by Daft Punk, Justice, and Phillpe Zdar of Cassius. Typhoons required them to go back to the start, to use a similar approach that made their self-titled record sound so fresh, new, and bold back in 2014. "We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play," recalls Kerr. "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,’ (from their debut album) it kind of contains the embryo of this album. We realized 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."


Typhoons' tone is set by "Trouble's Coming," and the self-titled track, "Typhoons." The record is set to come out on April 30th, 2021. Royal Blood produced the majority of the record themselves, beside for "Boilermaker," produced by Queens of the Stone Age's frontman Josh Homme, and "Who Needs Friends," produced by the multiple Grammy Award-winner Paul Epworth. Typhoons consists of 11 tracks, including the fan live show favorite, "Boilermaker," which is said to definitely live up to its reputation. Two tracks I'm particularly excited for are "Mad Visions," a track that not only matches' "Boilermaker's" speed, but is said to evoke a hyper-aggressive Prince influence, and "All We Have Is Now," a piano ballad which ends the album. "All We Have Is Now" is said to be a "revealing reminder to live in the moment," which can't be more needed in this anxiety-inducing, filled with uncertainty, middle-of-a-global-pandemic world that we live in.


Typhoons will be released on digital, vinyl and CD. The official Royal Blood store offers a deluxe vinyl packaged with a bonus 7' single (featuring the extra track "Space") , an art print, and a picture disc, which you can see here. Amazon and select indie retailers will have their own exclusive color vinyl editions as well.


Typhoons Tracklist:


1) Trouble’s Coming

2) Oblivion

3) Typhoons

4) Who Needs Friends

5) Million & One

6) Limbo

7) Either You Want It

8) Boilermaker

9) Mad Visions

10) Hold On

11) All We Have Is Now


Preorder Typhoons here, and stream the new title track on Spotify here, or on whichever streaming platform you prefer. Follow Royal Blood on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube.

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