Royal Blood: "This album is just trying to capture who we are as a band" • Festivals • DIY Magazine

Royal Blood are fast becoming one of the main bands to watch this festival season. Thanks to their guiltless bass riffs and pounding drums, the rock and roll trio have blazed a trail across the world, already packing out the city festivals, and gracing the stage alongside Arctic Monkeys,. Now, they’ve got a summer of huge events on their to-do list. That’s not all: the band are gearing up to release their debut album, and they’ve got some clear intentions.

“I think the main thing about this album is just trying to capture who we are as a band, at this point in time, as accurately as possible,” offers bassist and vocalist Mike Kerr. The band aren’t messing around; their first release is set to be more of a documentation of the duo’s life so far. “It felt too contrived to throw in different types of genres and music just for the sake of it. In a sense, we’ve stuck to what we know, but that’s not to say we haven’t taken the songwriting to places that we haven’t already gone. We actually feel like it’s eclectic enough for it to be a body of work.

There’s another element that comes into play with their full-length. There are no bells and whistles here; it’s all them, just as they’d be playing live. “I think, you know, everything we do controls the live show. The way that we record is very much reflective of how we play live. We don’t add any guitars while we’re recording; it’s just bass. We don’t add any extra instruments. We’re very clear about not

cheating and not trying to throw you off. It’s really important for us to keep it as close to the live show as possible. It’s hard but I mean, you can find a much more creative solution.”

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