List some of the
hottest new bands of the past four years and you’ll find it hard to find an
artist that has gained as much hype as Royal Blood have. The Brighton duo have
quickly managed to gain a fierce reputation of being many things. Some are
calling them future festival headliners and some are saying that they’re going
to bring rock music back to the mainstream. Having shot straight to number one
shortly after this debut album was released, you can see why many people are
saying this kind of stuff.
In terms of sound,
the band only consists of bass guitar, drums and vocals. If you imagined how
this set up sounds then you’d think it was pretty light and soft right? Wrong!
Royal Blood rock hard with what they have and no mercy is shown. Make no
mistake, this is certainly music you can mosh to if you wish to do so.
What Royal Blood
have managed to do on this album, is that they’ve managed to create a
distinctively aggressive sound. Many of the songs on this record such as
“Little Monster”, “Out of the Black” and “Ten Tonne Skeleton” are all quite
violent lyrically. Plus, they’ve got the riffs to match these words perfectly.
Front man Mike Kerr may only have a bass guitar, but by Jove he knows how to
make it sound heavy.
There are honestly
so many highlights on this album that you could spend hours with your friends
talking about them. However, honorable mentions must go to the end part of
“Figure It Out” when the song kicks into a fast frenzy and the high-pitched
riffs of “Careless” too. If you can’t find a favorite bit that makes you go
“wow this kicks ass” somewhere then you’re obviously not listening to Royal
Blood.
No rock duo has
had as much impact on the charts since The White Stripes, and that was well
over a decade ago. This band seriously deserves all the hype and recognition
because it looks like they’re going to change mainstream music drastically.
These past few years have seen many soppy Ed Sheeran types come and go and I
think we can all agree that there needs to be a change. Hopefully people can
welcome and warm up to this angry rock sound. They probably will because this
album is surprisingly accessible despite its furious nature. All in all, if you
want a perfect debut album then get this.
OVERALL RATING:
10/10
BEST SONGS: LITTLE
MONSTER, COME ON OVER, TEN TONNE SKELETON.
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