Royal Blood is the eponymous debut studio album by British rock duo Royal Blood. The album, produced by the band with Tom Dalgety, was released by Warner Bros. Records on 22 August 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 25 August 2014 in the United Kingdom. Royal Blood was formed in 2013 by bassist and lead vocalist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. The pair had known eachother since their teenage years and had been playing in various bands together and independently, with Kerr previously serving as a member of British rock band Hunting the Minotaur. With ideas for new songs and "a bass sound", Kerr formed the band with Thatcher after a nine month tenure in Australia, meeting him at the airport and arranging rehearsals the next day and playing a concert to their friends in a local bar in Brighton. After spending time in the recording studio, the band started to gain mainstream attention in the summer of 2013, when their songs, such as "Out of the Black" and "Come On Over", were first sent to the radio for airplay and after a promotional stunt where Matt Helders, the drummer of the Arctic Monkeys, wore a Royal Blood T-shirt during the band's performance at Glastonbry. The band was also additionally nominated by the BBC, along with fourteen other acts, for their Sound of 2014. They, however, lost out to British singer-songwriter Sam Smith. Royal Blood is the eponymous debut studio album by British rock duo Royal Blood. The album, produced by the band with Tom Dalgety, was released by Warner Bros. Records on 22 August 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 25 August 2014 in the United Kingdom. Royal Blood was formed in 2013 by bassist and lead vocalist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. The pair had known eachother since their teenage years and had been playing in various bands together and independently, with Kerr previously serving as a member of British rock band Hunting the Minotaur. With ideas for new songs and "a bass sound", Kerr formed the band with Thatcher after a nine month tenure in Australia, meeting him at the airport and arranging rehearsals the next day and playing a concert to their friends in a local bar in Brighton. After spending time in the recording studio, the band started to gain mainstream attention in the summer of 2013, when their songs, such as "Out of the Black" and "Come On Over", were first sent to the radio for airplay and after a promotional stunt where Matt Helders, the drummer of the Arctic Monkeys, wore a Royal Blood T-shirt during the band's performance at Glastonbry. The band was also additionally nominated by the BBC, along with fourteen other acts, for their Sound of 2014. They, however, lost out to British singer-songwriter Sam Smith. false 2023-01-16 10:44:28 Royal Blood 7.1 2014 2014-08-25 2014-08-25 33 Alternative Rock Hard Rock Indie Rock Pop Rock Rock Punk Blues 129458 2218458 fe10706a-0b22-4f5d-93de-d9f7ac8fb96a aa62b28e-b6d4-4086-91d4-e5fac1ed56f3 1e4a055a-e3de-4b82-bc34-cd6ac1967835 /media/data/media4/Music/Royal Blood/Royal Blood (2014)/folder.jpg Royal Blood AlbumArtist Royal Blood Artist Royal Blood Royal Blood 1 Out of the Black 04:02 2 Come On Over 02:51 3 Figure It Out 03:04 4 You Can Be So Cruel 02:44 5 Blood Hands 03:07 6 Little Monster 03:33 7 Loose Change 02:35 8 Careless 03:21 9 Ten Tonne Skeleton 03:07 10 Better Strangers 04:12 Royal Blood is an English rock duo formed in Littlehampton in 2011. The current lineup consists of Mike Kerr (vocals, bass guitar, piano) and Ben Thatcher (drums). Their signature sound is built around Kerr's bass playing style, which sees him using various effects pedals and amps to make his bass guitar sound like an electric guitar and bass guitar at the same time. The duo were signed by Warner Chappell Music in 2013 and have since released four studio albums: Royal Blood (2014), How Did We Get So Dark? (2017), Typhoons (2021), and Back to the Water Below (2023).