Royal Blood set for UK Number 1 with self-titled debut album

After triumphing at last weekend’s Reading & Leeds, Brighton duo Royal Blood look set for another success: They’re currently Number 1 in the midweek charts, with their self-titled debut album outselling the nearest competition by two copies to one.

Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher’s first work is above US pop sensation Ariana Grande’s latest album ‘My Everything’, with Ed Sheeran, Collabro and Sam Smith making up the rest of the top five.

Elsewhere in new entries, Dry The River’s latest album ‘Alarms in the Heart’ lands at #21.

DIY gave Royal Blood’s debut a four star rating, saying: “In an era where rock on the radio has found itself staring longingly at arenas by becoming ever more epic, often risking sharing a student bedsit full of Coldplay’s discarded pissy mattresses, they’ve led the charge by going back to its glorious roots. Thumping, sleazy blues, mile high riffs, a mighty crunch that could turn a skeleton to dust; far from reinventing the wheel, Fred Flintstone’s car has been painted with go faster stripes and fitted with nitros.”

Catch up with Royal Blood’s huge Reading 2014 set via their ‘Little Monster’ performance.