“I didn’t want to do something out of my comfort zone. “When bands try and do something out of their comfort zone, they end up doing something where they feel and look uncomfortable,” singer and bassist Kerr tells Apple Music about the making of their third album, Typhoons.
For the duo from Brighton, on England’s south coast, the key is understanding the difference between pushing your music into interesting new places and just being radical for the sake of it. Across their first two albums, they brought the rock thunder via swarming riffs and ’70s harmonies (“Lights Out”), blues-flavored firecrackers (“Loose Change”), and the pursuit of experimental impulses (“Hook, Line & Sinker,” which uncorks hiccuping percussion, half-sung spoken word, and piercing falsetto). Check out all their dates here.Within a deceptively elemental framework-drums and bass played in stormy, vigorous harmony-Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher create a multitude of intriguing textures. In support of their new album, Typhoons, Royal Blood will embark on their biggest European tour to date in March 2022 before they return to the U.K. The message is about being there for someone and letting them know that they’re not alone.” I don’t think we have anything else like that.
Like most of our songs, it started with the main riff, and I think it was the first time I’ve stumbled across a riff that felt positive and really euphoric. While the crowd is captivated, there are two nonbelievers unimpressed with the speech: Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders.įrontman Mike Kerr spoke about the song in a track-by-track with NME: “I think it was the first time I had written a song for someone else, who was going through a really difficult time. Royal Blood have shared their new music video for “Hold On” directed by Collin Hanks, son of everyone’s favorite actor, Tom Hanks.Ĭolin Hanks stars in the clip as Roy Boulders, a motivational speaker who uses the song’s uplifting message in his latest sermon.
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