Royal Blood

chrisj1602

Just watched these on Jools Holland, just drums and bass/vocals, sounded great!

mart

Starcaster bass too! Way cool!

randomhandclaps

They've really impressed me.  I remember hearing the first single on Radio 6 and thinking it reminded me of Audioslave (really big and solid sound), then when I heard they were just a two piece I couldn't quite believe it at first.

octatonic

Just checked them out.

Sound much bigger than just a duo.

Vocally very Matt Bellamy-esque but less whiney.

I like this band a lot.

Octahedron

Really? What?! They're only drum/bass/vocals?! Shit! I saw one of their music vids on Headbanger's Ball not so long ago. Loved it. But didn't pay that close attention to what was happening in the actual video! Wow!

If you like Royal Blood... perhaps consider checking out KING OF THE NORTH. Australian band. Guitar/vocals/drums only (2-piece):

Hope the video works... 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXDGFwz-wE

The song was featured on a BMW ad here in Aus.

Bucket

My mate showed me their stuff a month or two ago and I really liked it.

octatonic

Octahedron said:

Really? What?! They're only drum/bass/vocals?! Shit! I saw one of their music vids on Headbanger's Ball not so long ago. Loved it. But didn't pay that close attention to what was happening in the actual video! Wow!

If you like Royal Blood... perhaps consider checking out KING OF THE NORTH. Australian band. Guitar/vocals/drums only (2-piece):

Hope the video works... 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qXDGFwz-wE

The song was featured on a BMW ad here in Aus.

So, you're also Australian and your name starts with Octa.

Are you my stalker or a future version of me?

Octahedron

The new and improved future version @octatonic  

hahaha

My username is the title of my favourite Mars Volta album!! I was just browsing through my CD collection trying to pick a name... so many possibilities. It was that or TheDevilPutDinosaursHere (Alice in Chains) but that might've been too long to be accepted or just too long to type! Was toying with many ideas blueskynoise, justpushplay, daysgoby... but settled for Octahedron! 

Where are you from in Aus? 

octatonic

Tassie originally, lived in Bondi for most of the 90's. 

Heading back there in the next few years. 

You?

GuitarMonkey

Also Kill For Company 

Drums plus guitar/bass hybrid. 

Karlos

The new Royal Blood single is excellent. I got it last week. My wife is bang into them

'Come On Over'  out 2nd June.

Here's the dates they doing in May.

2nd – Liverpool Sound City
3rd – Live at Leeds
4th – Stag & Dagger, Glasgow 
9th – NME Showcase @ The Great Escape, Brighton
23rd – Finsbury Park, London (w/AM)
24th – Finsbury Park, London (w/AM) 

boogieman

Royal Blood remind me of early Black Keys, not the recent more poppy stuff.

GIJoe

Love these guys!  A good friend of mine used to be a band with the drummer, so been to some tiny gigs - he's a beast!

Deijavoo

Number 1 eh. 

quarky

Anyone heard the new singles? Sound pretty good (but only listened to them a couple of times so far). Really looking forward to new album though. They are a fantastic band. Video of a recent concert in Toronto below.

duotone

Have only heard their debut album, but really liked it.

Octahedron

I haven't listened to Hook Line & Sinker yet.

I quite like Lights Out

TheMarlin

They make a big noise for a small outfit. Kudos!

Octahedron

FINALLY listened to "Hook Line & Sinker" - love it! 
So good.
And I had heard "Where Are You Now?" ages ago, as I got the digital single, which is on some compilation as well from a HBO series and is also on the new album.

The riff for Hook... is very cool. 

Looking forward to the album. Not long to go! 

stimpsonslostson

Listened to their album in the lab this morning. I like it. 
I think it sounds quite White Stripesish. 

thecolourbox

I always think they sound like they are putting in a hell of a lot of effort but not really doing anything at all for me, I'm afraid I just don't get it. Lots of quaver power chord bashing to my ears.

And I say that as a big white stripes fan