British Blues Rock Duo ROYAL BLOOD Share Riff Monster ‘SUPERMODEL AVALANCHES’
Daily electricity to load your batteries
19 December 2023
British two-motor blues rock duo ROYAL BLOOD launched
their 4th LP Back To The Water Below last September.
Along with the release of the physical album came a 7-inch vinyl single with
two bonus tracks. One of them is SUPERMODEL AVALANCHES, which they
now put online, for the whole world to hear, via different streaming platforms.
It’s a raw riff monster with a mammoth finale.
It should have been on the album itself in the
first place.
SUPERMODEL AVALANCHES
ROYAL BLOOD – British Blues-Rock Tandem Use Their Successful Formula Again On New Album ‘BACK TO THE WATER BELOW’
4 September 2023
Press picture by Tom Beard
British blues rock turbo ROYAL BLOOD have released their new,
4th longplayer, following their first three number-one LPs. It’s titled
BACK TO THE WATER. Order info here.
Album artwork
Ben Thachter: “I think this record was about letting the ideas take us where
they needed to go. If there was a song that was calling us to do something that
wasn’t typically what we’re known for, that’s where we’re going to go. The songs
are in charge and if that means having a record that’s quite varied that’s what
we’re going to go for, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into the same
world.”
Mike Kerr (bassist/vocalist): “We were in the right place at the right time,
and we have to remember to give ourselves the credit that we didn’t get into
this position by winning a quiz show, we put in a serious amount of work. It’s
taken us four albums to realise this isn’t luck, we’re good and we’re committed
to this.”
TUTV: Nothing new under the Royal Blood sun with this new longplayer, except
that the duo show their mellow side a bit more than before (Pull Me Trough / The Firing
Line / There Goes My Cool / Waves). But don’t worry, all you manic headbangers out there, there are still plenty of uppercuts present to go bonkers to.
Key singles/clips: Mountains At Midnight / Pull Me Trough
– MOUNTAINS AT MIDNIGHT –
– PULL ME THROUGH –
ALBUM
Blues Rock Heroes ROYAL BLOOD Move Mountains
Daily noise that works faster than any stimulant
5 August 2023
Press picture by Tom Beard
British blues rock turbo ROYAL BLOOD have canned a new, their
4th longplayer following their first three number one LPs. It’s titled
BACK TO THE WATER and will show up on September 8.
Pre-order info here.
Album artwork
Ben Thachter: “I think this record was about letting the ideas take us where
they needed to go. If there was a song that was calling us to do something that
wasn’t typically what we’re known for, that’s where we’re going to go. The songs
are in charge and if that means having a record that’s quite varied that’s what
we’re going to go for, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into the same
world.”
Mike Kerr (bassist/vocalist): “We were in the right place at the right time,
and we have to remember to give ourselves the credit that we didn’t get into
this position by winning a quiz show, we put in a serious amount of work. It’s
taken us four albums to realise this isn’t luck, we’re good and we’re committed
to this.”
The tandem shared a couple of tracks off the record so far.
MOUNTAINS AT MIDNIGHT is my favourite. It’s familiar territory,
but it shows loud and clear that the duo’s blood is still red-royal hot.
Wham bam
Waking Up With A Pretty Quiet New ROYAL BLOOD Track
Daily electricity to load your batteries
Press picture by Tom Beard
Mighty British blues rock turbo ROYAL BLOOD launch their
4th longplayer, named Back To The Water on September 8.
Pre-order info here.
Album artwork
Mike Kerr (bassist/vocalist): “We were in the right place at the right time,
and we have to remember to give ourselves the credit that we didn’t get into
this position by winning a quiz show, we put in a serious amount of work. It’s
taken us four albums to realise this isn’t luck, we’re good and we’re committed
to this.”
Following the first hammerblowing single Mountains At Midnight comes taster
number two with the pretty quiet – for Royal Blood that is – song PULL ME THROUGH.
Play here.
Summer Live – Today: ROYAL Wham Bloody Wham Bam BLOOD
One festival track a day turns every day into a holiday
Band: ROYAL BLOOD
The robust blues-rock duo
from Brighton, UK
Song: FIGURE IT OUT
From their 2014 debut LP
Where/when: Lollapalooza, Chicago – 2017
Wham Bloody Wham Bam.
New album, the duo’s 4th, titled Back To The Water
lands on September 8. More info here.
Artwork new album
ROYAL BLOOD: Instagram
ROYAL BLOOD Bassist MIKE KERR About The Lyrics On The New Album
18 June 2023
I wonder if anybody listens to Royal Blood lyrics anyway.
New album Back To The Water Below lands on 8 September.
British Turbo Tandem ROYAL BLOOD Act Like Spoiled Stars At Festival In Scotland
30 May 2023
(Press photo)
British blues rock turbo ROYAL BLOOD announced details of their upcoming,
4th album, recently. It’s titled Back To The Water and will hit the streets on
September 8.
At the same time, they launched the first single Mountains At Midnight.
So far so good… but last Sunday ROYAL BLOOD played at the BBC’s Radio 1
Big Weekend Music Festival Camperdown Park in Dundee, Scotland. They played
right in between Niall Horan and Lewis Capaldi but the crowd wasn’t impressed
whatsoever, which made vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr pretty upset calling the audience
‘pathetic‘. I guess that’s what happens when you think you’re a Godlike rock star.
Fuck you Disloyal Blood.
Royal Blood making their feelings known about the crowd at BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend yesterday 😂
— The Rock Revival (@TheRockRevival_) May 29, 2023
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TURN UP THE VOLUME JUKEBOX 2023 – 10 New Tracks Added Every Week
Every week 10 new rad tracks added
In order to not miss a beat Turn Up The Volume scans the musical
horizon daily (doing it for years now, actually) to stay in touch with
all new things sonically great and shares the results on a weekly
basis.
Check the 10 new rad tracks
added to this rad 2023 playlist
(total of 205 tracks so far).
1. ‘Familiar Feeling’ by JULIANA EYE (Toronto, Canada)
A high-passionate pop gem from her new EP Late Bloomer.
2. ‘A Love Story’ by SPARKS (Los Angeles)
Highlight from the brothers Mael’s brand new
top pop LP The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte.
3. ‘Foreign Land’ by TEENAGE FANCLUB (Scotland)
Veteran pop-song-smiths do what they do best, writing feel-good tunes.
First single from new, upcoming album Nothing Lasts Forever.
4. ‘Mountains At Midnight’ by ROYAL BLOOD (UK)
The blues rock duo hit hard again with the first slam dunk
of their forthcoming longplayer Back To The Water.
5. ‘You Better Run’ by DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY (Denmark)
Riff-manic missile from this frenetic trio’s forthcoming debut LP.
6. ‘Strava’ by LIFE COACH (Scotland)
Thhe musical project of singer-songwriter-poet Jamie Cameron.
Think Arab Strap you can dance to. Strava is a groovy-punky piece
from his upcoming album Scottish Cringe, out 2 June.
7. ‘Three Hours’ by JOHN PARISH and ALDOUS HARDING
Renowned British producer/musician and New Zealand‘s songstress’
cover of a 1969 song by the late great folk legend Nick Drake.
8. ‘Try Hard Blues’ by BART PAT (London UK)
The moniker for London-based singer-songwriter Hannah Maryse Robinson.
Try Hard Blues is a folky-bluesy earworm from her upcoming debut album.
9. ‘Waiting On A Sign That’s Already There’ by ALTERED BY MOM (Toronto, CA)
An instantly sweet sticking pop jingle by this Canadian indie duo.
10. ‘California’ by KEN LINTERN (UK)
Catchy sepia-colored tune, spiced with sultry saxophone play, bringing
Randy Newman to mind. From this seasoned musician’s new, upcoming
full-length.
Go to Spotify and stream/steam.
TUTV: Blog – Facebook – Instagram
ROYAL BLOOD Getting Dark
One live track a day keeps the doctor away
British blues rock duo ROYAL BLOOD caused lots of
commotion at Reading + Leeds Festival – Edition 2019.
Experience their funky-punky rendition
of highlight How Did We Get So Dark?,
the title track of their 2017 album.
Wham bam!
ROYAL BLOOD: Instagram – Facebook
2021 Was A Year Full Of Covers – TURN UP THE VOLUME Picked 10
1. ‘Where Is My Mind’ by NANDI BUSHELL
Original by Pixies.
From their 1988 debut LP Surfer Rosa.
This 11-year-old British-Zulu musician of South African
descent and media star is just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
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2. ‘The Ship Song’ by NELL SMITH and THE FLAMING LIPS (USA)
Original by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
The cover is part of a full Nick Cave tribute LP called
Where The Viaduct Looms by The Flaming Lips and
the wondrous voice of 13-year-old songstress Nell Smith.
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3. ‘You Are A Runner And I Am Your Father’ by PORRIDGE RADIO (Brighton, UK)
Original by Canadian indie rockers Wolf Parade.
Porridge Radio vox Dana Margolin sends shivers
down your spine. Goosebumps all the way.
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4. ‘Highway To Hell’ by TOM MORELLO, THE BOSS and EDDIE VEDDER
Original by AC/DC.
Part of Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello‘s
2021 album The Atlas Underground Fire.
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5. ‘Stayin’ Alive’ by LEE ROGERS (Northern Ireland)
Original by Bee Gees.
This warm Americana voice out of Northern Ireland slows
the classic down, drenches it in a nostalgic sepia bath, and
gives it a haunting and soul-stirring twist corresponding with
the somber lyrics. Compelling version!
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6. ‘Run Run Run’ by KURT VILE
Original by The Velvet Underground.
From I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground and Nico,
celebrating the iconic NYC mavericks, and more specifically their debut
masterpiece LP of 1967.
Kurt Vile‘s pumped-up version of ‘Run Run Run’ is a striking steamroller…
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7. ‘Finest Worksong’ by DESPERATE JOURNALIST (UK)
Original by R.E.M.
This North London band nailed it, spot-on!
From A Carnival of Sorts: R.E.M. Covers Compilation,
released last August.
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8. ‘Paperback Writer’ by SAXON
Original by The Beatles
Britsih veteran metalheads seem to have big fun with this cover, so am I.
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9. Sad But True’ by ROYAL BLOOD (UK)
Original by Metallica.
From the massive covers compilation called The Metallica Blacklist
featuring no less than 53 artists interpreting a Black Album song, the
breakthrough LP that was released 30 years ago.
Wham royal bloody wham bam…
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10. ‘Silver Machine’ by TOYAH and ROBERT FRIPP
Original by Hawkind (with Lemmy)
Every Sunday for about two years now, the famous British songstress and
her King Crimson husband Robert Fripp entertained us (and still do it) via
YouTube with covers of big crackers. Their performances were/are ridiculously
hilarious. Definitely the stand-up rock comedians of 2021.
Let’s roll…