Artist Spotlight:

Samiul Bashar Samin

Among the countless gems in the form of musicians Britain has churned out, the next pair of additions seem to go by names: Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher. Royal Blood is a two-piece rock band from West Sussex that has quickly risen to fame and rightly, so, as there have been very few bands that have spawned in the last few years that have managed to captivate their audience as they have with their self-titled debut album.
The band has Mike Kerr on bass guitar and lead vocals while Thatcher takes the helm of percussion and drums. The band has forged a rather unique sound with the bass and drums being prevalent. It really is astounding how they sound live even without the presence any other instruments but Kerr’s bass and Thatcher’s drums. Within a short while of releasing their debut album, they quickly earned praise from decorated musicians such as Jimmy Page, The Foo Fighters and Arctic Monkeys hailing them for having “music of tremendous quality.”
With catchy basslines and gritty drumwork, it really is easy to see why so many people fell in love with this band. They are as close to the definition of classic gritty rock as a modern musician can get and with the way they’re going, the sky’s the limit.