“In the same breath, obviously, with Led Zeppelin, I think one of the things that makes them one of our favorite rock bands is that they have that sense of groove and feel, and that also translates over to 70s disco and French dance music.”īut for their forthcoming effort, still very much in the early design stages, Kerr said fans can expect something new that builds readily off of their recent work on “Typhoons.” We literally are just a rhythm section, you know?” Kerr said.

On their third studio album “Typhoons,” the band exercised that freedom in tandem with one another, leaning experimentally into disco influences to see their grooves glisten a little brighter for the first time.

He’s pretty open minded when it comes to direction and possibilities.” “I think Ben and I’s chemistry really is what makes it fluid and creative, and the freedom that he gives me as well. “I think its more to do with the chemistry than it has to do with how many people there are.”” Every time we make a record, it will become a more well-oiled machine,” Kerr said. The band behind singles like “Little Monster,” “Lights Out,” “Out of the Black,” “Figure It Out,” and “I Only Lie When I Love You” is led in the melodic sense by vocalist and bassist Mike Kerr, who uses his instrument as a fuzzed out missing link between bass and guitar to produce simple, primal grooves alongside co-pilot drummer Ben Thatcher.

What’s more though, is that the Worthing, England, export has long been breathing creative life into the commercially viable side of the genre a man down, as one of a handful of successful modern rock duos this side of the White Stripes. Royal Blood’s sound is considerably thicker than much of the watered down radio rock their peers are pumping through American speakers. Mike Kerr, left, and Ben Thatcher of British rock duo Royal Blood.Owen Sweeney

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