Royal Blood knows how to energize a room. The pure heat that sizzles off their records is enough to suggest what sort of crowd behavior may occur when the music is played live. On record, Mike Kerr’s howling vocals and heavy bass guitar riffs play off Ben Thatcher’s booming drum to create a sound with soul and guts. Even so, the shake of the speaker that blasts their sound pales in comparison to the shake of the... read more
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