{"product_id":"royal-blood-dead-company-379625","title":"Royal Blood – Dead Company","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoyal Blood's \u003cem\u003eDead Company\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives as the Brighton duo’s fifth studio album, picking up after 2023’s \u003cem\u003eBack to the Water Below\u003c\/em\u003e and a period away from the spotlight. The key story here is how deliberately they reset the process: Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher went into the studio in 2025 without a deadline, producing the record themselves — or, in their own terms, “anti-produced” — and steering the songs toward a rawer, more stripped-back attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat approach suits a band whose whole identity has long depended on maximum force from minimal means. The source material consistently points to \u003cem\u003eDead Company\u003c\/em\u003e as a more direct, stage-minded record, written with live impact at the centre and pushing the duo faster and heavier while still testing what they can do as a two-piece. Rather than polishing out the edges, Royal Blood seem to have leaned into immediacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe clearest preview is “Ten Over Ten,” described across sources as a menacing desert-rock charge with a Motörhead streak. Its lyric idea also gives the album a useful angle: Kerr drew on marathon training, endurance, and the urge to push beyond physical limits. That makes \u003cem\u003eDead Company\u003c\/em\u003e sound less like a casual return than a consciously sharpened one — a record built to reconnect Royal Blood with the blunt power that made them such a potent modern British rock band in the first place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \u003c!-- Genres --\u003e\n    \n      \u003cp\u003eGenre: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44440817303617,"sku":"1165670","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/217602-royal-blood-dead-company.jpg?v=1787010320","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/royal-blood-dead-company-379625","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}