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The songs here may be more melodic, more complex even on paper, but in reality there’s little there to truly grab hold of. And this is the crux of why ‘Typhoons’ occasionally misses the mark: the space created by the pair’s more chilled sonic approach isn’t filled. Like having spag bol for dinner, Royal Blood have never been particularly avant-garde in their approach, but their big, bold, solid rock riffs matched with the odd shout-a-long chorus has always been a winning formula the simplest of ingredients but you know what you’re in for, you leave satisfied.
The duo’s strength thus far has laid in their consistency. And ‘Typhoons’ largely sees Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher turn the amps down a few notches and the keys up - with mixed success. If there’s no way ‘up’ for the South Coast pair to travel, then a sidestep it must be.
Royal Blood were already racking up the decibels - and audience numbers - by the time their self-titled debut was unleashed in 2014 follow-up ‘How Did We Get So Dark?’ then had them perfecting their take on riff-heavy rock that proved a radio mainstay and playing on bigger and bigger stages.
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Part of the joy, one imagines, of growing popularity as an artist, is the challenge of sounding ‘bigger’, first working out how to fill academies with sound, then arenas, tents followed by festival main stages.