British rock duo Royal Blood have announced their fourth studio album, Back to the Water Below. The record is scheduled for release on September 8, writes Consequence.
Simultaneously with the announcement, the band released the first single from the LP called “Mountains at Midnight”. Video of the song is available on the official Royal Blood YouTube channel.
“Back to the Water Below” will include ten tracks on the main track listing and two additional bonus tracks on the deluxe vinyl edition. Unlike previous LPs, it was recorded that the members of Royal Blood produced the new album without outside help at their home studio in Brighton.
Royal Blood was founded in West Sussex in 2011. The duo’s self-titled debut album was released in 2014 and is considered one of the most important rock records of the 2010s. A special feature of the Royal Blood sound was the absence of a guitar: the duo consists of vocalist and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. In subsequent years, the band How Did We Get So Dark? (2017) and “Typhoons” (2021)).
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