After becoming the biggest breaking British rock band with their self-titled 2014 debut album, Royal Blood’s eagerly anticipated second album ‘How Did We Get So Dark?’ will be released on June 16th on Warner Bros. Records. The album’s lead single and video‘Lights Out’ is now available.
Royal Blood’s breakthrough was huge. Their debut album was the fastest-selling British rock debuting three years, hitting #1 in the UK, debuting in the Top 5 on the Billboard 200 Chart in the U.S. and going Top 20 in 12 countries.
The ten tracks that are featured on ‘How Did We Get So Dark?’ were written in instrumental form during sessions in Brighton, Los Angeles and Nashville. Always trying to explore ways of stripping their enormous sound back to give it more space and impact, inspiration for the lyrics came from events in vocalist/bassist Mike Kerr’s life since the band first found huge success.
In November 2016, Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher, along with producer Jolyon Thomas, spent six weeks in a studio in Brussels that was decked out like a New York diner and featured a warehouse of antique gear. ‘How Did We Get So Dark?’ was subsequently completed after a final session in London with their debut album’s co-producer Tom Dalgety.
Royal Blood’s summer festival touring commences at The Governors Ball in New York City inJune and concludes with both legs of Japan’s Summer Sonic Festival in August. In the UK, they’re confirmed to play Glastonbury and will headline the Eden Sessions on June 22nd.
The tracklisting for How Did We Get So Dark? is:
- How Did We Get So Dark?
- Lights Out
- I Only Lie When I Love You
- She’s Creeping
- Look Like You Know
- Where Are You Now?
- Don’t Tell
- Hook, Line and Sinker
- Hole In Your Heart
- Sleep
