Royal Blood have dropped a third single in the lead up to hotly anticipated third album, ‘Typhoons’. The track takes a slightly different direction to the preceding singles ‘Troubles Coming’ and title track ‘Typhoons’.
It’s a behemoth of a track, infectious and groovy. Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher have managed to perfectly balance the traditional Royal Blood sound with the disco and dance influences that are apparent throughout the new material. The track is an epic, playing out like an 80’s hair – meal tune, with Kerr’s vocals soaring above superbly catchy riffs. Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme lends his considerable talents to produce the song and his signature is apparent. Sludgy, filthy, bass riffs and driving drums combine for the strongest single from ‘Typhoons’: the track is a fan – favourite, having debuted on the band’s tour in 2019.
Anticipation for the Brighton band’s third LP is palpable, Royal Blood have garnered a cult following of dedicated fans from across the musical spectrum. Since the track was unveiled pre-Covid, fans have taken to twitter, repeatedly challenging the band to #ReleaseBoilermaker. The name for the track comes from the drink – a pint of beer chased up with a shot of whiskey, the perfect drink now that the pubs are open? Maybe not.
#ReleaseBoilermaker Listen to Boilermaker on the #NewMusicDaily playlist on @AppleMusic here: https://t.co/NI2Q6bv5Ai pic.twitter.com/8PlqWGb9U3
— Royal Blood (@royalblooduk) April 13, 2021
The duo have released a line of merch with the track, with t-shirts playing on the twitter-storm created in the lead up to its release. Previous singles have had a vinyl pressing, but there is no word on whether Boilermaker will be getting the 7” single treatment.
‘Typhoons’ is out at the end of this month and is expected to take the band in a different direction from the previous records. The music has certainly adapted a more radio friendly sound as well as incorporating funk and disco sounds: it makes for interesting listening when blended with Royal Blood’s riff based heavy rock noise.
