Photo credit: Kevin Griggs
Royal
Thunder, the Atlanta-based outfit helmed by Mlny Parsonz and Josh Weaver, share Crooked
Doors’ album opener, “Time Machine,” via NPR (http://www.npr.org/2015/03/05/390980154/royal-thunder-time-machine).
“You
can’t go back,” says Parsonz of the song’s message. “There is no such thing as
a time machine. Live for now and learn forever. Beware the black streak
that resides within each one of us. Relax, it’s just livin’.”
The
band gave fans an early listen to music from Crooked Doors with
the recent stream of “Forget You” (https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/royal-thunder-forget-you/s-JHKg9),
which Paste Magazine said takes “the atmospheric elements of their music even
further. It’s a song that has a heady blend of the sludgy blues stomp that
garnered them widespread attention and even heavier, darker elements than
before.”
Pre-orders
for Crooked Doors are available now with the music available
on CD/2xLP/Digital via Relapse (http://bit.ly/royalthunder). Digital pre-orders (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crooked-doors/id963913145)
include an instant download of “Forget You” and “Time Machine.”
Royal
Thunder plays SXSW on March 17 (Dirty Dog). The band joins
Halestorm and Rival Sons for a brief western U.S. tour in June:
June
5 Anaheim, CA The Grove
June
6 San Francisco, CA The Regency
Ballroom
June
8 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
June
9 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
June
10 Boise, ID Revolution Center
June
12 Missoula, MT Wilma Theatre
June
13 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
June
14 Vancouver, BC
Commodore Ballroom
Royal
Thunder is Mlny Parsonz, Josh Weaver, Evan Diprima
and Will Fiore. Royal Thunder began work on the album in early 2014,
returning to work at the Aria Recording Studio where they recorded the band’s
critically lauded debut, CVI. Pitchfork described singer Mlny
Parsonz as “a blues-rock banshee of a woman, equal parts riot grrl and gospel
diva” while Spin said she “commands a bluesy mix of Led Zep and
Sleater-Kinney.” Rolling Stone’s David Fricke said Weaver’s playing has “the
meaty, base elements of early-Seventies British blues.”
For more
information:
Source:
Speakeasy PR
