Chosen by Monk
Well, it looks like the rays of light at the end of the dark tunnel that has been the past 13 months of isolation and generally being shit upon from great heights may be growing brighter day by day, with the vaccination programme being rolled out with increasing pace and BoJo’s much-vaunted roadmap seeming to actually present some form of direction and pathway back to at least a semblance of the normality we enjoyed before the pandemic wrecked chaos on our collective and individual lives.
But, despite all the doom and gloom which has prevailed upon us over the past year and year, one positive has remained constant – and that is the amount of terrific new music which has come our way, as artists the length and breadth of the Überverse rise to the challenge of entertaining us and raising our spirits higher than the International Space Station at the peak of its orbit… And there definitely is the promise of plenty more to come, if the inbox here at ÜRHQ is anything to go by…
In that context, as the rock ‘n’ roll year that is 2021 enters its second quarter, with its DMs firmly planted in the mire and muck of the chaos around it, there has been a healthy slew of new music pinging itself our way, and especially the continuing tsunami of submissions we receive for our coveted ‘Video Of The Week’ award… Yes, another constant throughout the vagaries of inconsistent and often hard to stomach lockdowns is the amazing level of adaptive creativity that bands and video directors have continued to show, often in the most adverse of circumstances.
After viewing all of the entries – and,yes, we did watch each and every one of the almost 200 submissions we received this past week alone – at the end of the day (or night, depending on where you are in the Überverse), there could be only one winner… And this week’s champion of champions echoes the focus of this week’s special double edition of the ‘Singles Club’, which we have opened for two successive days to focus on the sheer wealth of talent that exists right here in the Über Kingdom of Rock ‘n’ Roll. And, despite from very stiff competition, which you can see for yourself in the accompanying ‘Singles Club’ features themselves, our winning entry comes from one of the most exciting acts to have emerged from the ÜK in the past decade – we are, of course, talking about Royal Blood.
It looks like the band’s forthcoming third album, ‘Typhoons’, is shaping up to a complete and utter blockbuster, one which will elevate them into the stratosphere. The three singles released so far have already clocked up combined streams in excess of 40 million – and now they’ve upped the ante even further with this marvellous new video clip for the latest of those releases, ‘Limbo’, which was directed by the ridiculously talented Joao Retorta (best known for his work with Wolf Alice and grime superstar Stormzy) and features two biker gangs in what must be counted as one of the most insane dance-offs ever committed to film…
‘Typhoons’ is released on 30 April. In the meantime… let’s ‘Limbo’!
Well, there you go. That’s our latest ‘Video Of The Week’ winner in what promises to be another traumatic year for the music business. But, as ever, we at ÜRHQ will continue to do our best to shine a light into your darker corners by bringing the brightest new rock ‘n’ roll sounds to lighten your mood and uplift your soul. So, until next week, #StayAtHome, #KeepTheMusicAlive, #CrankItUp and #StayTheFuckSafe…
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