Royal Blood Announce New Album 'Back To The Water Below' And Autumn UK Tour
Friday, 26 May 2023
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Tom Beard
Royal Blood have announced their fourth studio album.
The Brighton duo will release 'Back To The Water Below’ on September 8, following up 2021's 'Typhoons'. As a preview, they've dropped the record's lead single, Mountains At Midnight, a turbulent rock fusion of flailing percussion and distorted bass riffs. Drummer Ben Thatcher said:
"I think this record was about letting the ideas take us where they needed to go. If there was a song that was calling us to do something that wasn’t typically what we’re known for, that’s where we’re going to go.
"The songs are in charge and if that means having a record that’s quite varied that’s what we’re going to go for, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into the same world. As a result, we’ve made a record that’s a bit of a rollercoaster. It’s everything we could do."
Bassist Mike Kerr commented on their career so far: "No-one saw the years of us playing in loads of bands to no-one, that all gets swept under the carpet because the other story is magical and much more wondrous. Luck is where passion meets opportunity. We got our golden ticket and walked out as tiny ninjas.
"We were in the right place at the right time, and we have to remember to give ourselves the credit that we didn’t get into this position by winning a quiz show, we put in a serious amount of work. It’s taken us four albums to realize this isn’t luck, we’re good and we’re committed to this."
The pair will support the record with a headline UK and Ireland tour this autumn, with stops announced in Manchester, Stockton, London, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, Portsmouth, Belfast and Dublin. Tickets go on general sale at 9am on June 2.
The news arrives ahead of their gigs supporting Muse, and an appearance at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend on Sunday (May 28).
They'll also play various festivals and headline shows across the UK and Europe over the summer, including Glastonbury, and a major homecoming show at Brighton Beach, following warm-up concerts at Nottingham's Rock City tonight (May 26) and Newcastle's O2 City Hall on June 21.
'Back To The Water Below' tracklist:
1. Mountains At Midnight
2. Shiner In The Dark
3. Pull Me Through
4. The Firing Line
5. Tell Me When It’s Too Late
6. Triggers
7. How Many More Times
8. High Waters
9. There Goes My Cool
10. Waves
Royal Blood Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Fri May 26 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rock City
Wed June 21 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 City Hall
Sat July 29 2023 - BRIGHTON Beach
Mon June 05 2023 - NIJMEGAN Doornroosje (Netherlands)
Tue June 06 2023 - AMSTERDAM Paradiso (Netherlands)
Sun June 11 2023 - BERLIN Huxleys (Germany)
Tue June 13 2023 - MANNHEIM Zeltfestival Rhein Neckar (Germany)
Wed June 14 2023 - NANCY Lautre Canal (France)
Fri June 30 2023 - TOULOUSE Le Bikini (France)
Sun July 02 2023 - LISBON Sagres Campo Pequeno (Portugal)
Fri July 07 2023 - CLERMONT FERRAND La Cooperative de Mai (France)
Thu July 13 2023 - LUXEMBOURG Neumunster Abbey (Luxembourg)
Fri October 20 2023 - MANCHESTER O2 Apollo
Sun October 22 2023 - STOCKTON Globe
Tue October 24 2023 - LONDON Eventim Apollo
Wed October 25 2023 - LIVERPOOL Mountford Hall
Thu October 26 2023 - WOLVERHAMPTON Hall
Fri October 27 2023 - PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Sun October 29 2023 - BELFAST Telegraph Building
Mon October 30 2023 - DUBLIN 3Olympia Theatre
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