

That mantra got drilled into us and we’ve carried that into the rest of this record.” Both developments resonate through Typhoons. I think he says, ‘What if?’ more than anyone I’ve ever met. He is very good at creating an environment where you feel comfortable putting forward an idea no matter how crazy it might be. “There’s a lot of wigs, a lot of fancy dress,” says Kerr about Pink Duck.

Secondly, Homme encouraged Kerr and Thatcher to worry less about perfection and explore the untapped possibilities for their music. I can’t expect things to get any better if I don’t really take responsibility for this.’” I had a very clear moment of ‘Something’s got to change. I could see I was bored of my complaints about myself. And I could hear the same old monologue going on. I was like Ron Burgundy at the bar, washed up. “I was at a real crescendo,” he tells Apple Music’s Matt Wilkinson. On a weekend break from recording, he headed to Vegas. The sessions produced “Boilermaker,” a track from the Sussex rock duo’s third album Typhoons, but it was also a trip that generated two important changes for singer/bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher.

In January 2019, Royal Blood traveled to LA to record with Josh Homme at the Queens of the Stone Age frontman’s Pink Duck studio.
