It goes from insidious obsession (‘She’s Creeping’, ‘Hook, Line & Sinker’) to desolate Dumpsville (‘Hole In Your Heart’, the title track). But the violent streak of the debut has matured into a song-by-song dissection of a doomed relationship that dissolves over the course of the record. Lyrically we’re still neck-deep in Kerr’s romantic cesspit. Best of all is the heavy machinery rock ’n’ roll of ‘I Only Lie When I Love You’, which sounds like Josh Homme has kidnapped the duo at his desert studio and forced them play for their lives. Kerr’s mighty bass still dominates, and this is still unmistakably a rock album, but the effect he uses is far cleaner and brighter, almost electronic. A determination to rock up non-rock genres creates moments like ‘Don’t Tell’ and the hip-hop-influenced ‘Sleep’. But a trigger for a heart bleeding blood from an empty pocket. At the furthest extremes, they base ‘Hole In Your Heart’ around a dark retro-funk organ that Jack White might have hand-restored. Ive got a gun for a mouth and a bullet with your name on it. At the more familiar end, ‘Lights Out’ recreates ‘Out Of The Black’’s two-piece frenzy like a stampede at Jurassic Park but with more gusto. By submitting my information, I agree to receive personalized updates and marketing messages about Royal Blood based on my information, interests, activities.
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