“Merry Riffmas” – Royal Blood officially release fan favourite B-side ‘Supermodel Avalanches’ on streaming
nme.comRoyal Blood are giving fans a Christmas surprise by releasing popular B-side ‘Supermodel Avalanches’ on streaming.The band has been playing the song live while on tour in the US and Australia in recent weeks and a studio recording now available on streaming services.
It will also appear on a deluxe edition of their recent album ‘Back To The Water Below’, which was originally released in September.The Brighton duo announced the news to coincide with the track becoming Daniel P Carter’s Track Of The Week on Radio 1, telling fans: “Merry Riffmas.”Big thanks to @DanielPCarter for making this one tune of the week, check out the Rock Show on @BBCR1 from 11pmDropping ‘Supermodel Avalanches’ tonight on all streaming platforms.
Merry Riffmas x pic.twitter.com/ePfDE3qTIe— Royal Blood (@royalblooduk) December 18, 2023In May, Royal Blood made headlines and became the topic of much online discussion when a short supercut video of vocalist and bassist Mike Kerr voicing his annoyance at the reaction of the crowd at the Big Weekend in Dundee went viral.“I guess I should actually introduce ourselves seeing as no-one actually knows who we are,” said Kerr said at the beginning of the clip. “We’re called Royal Blood and this is rock music” – before asking the crowd: “Who likes rock music?
Nine people. Brilliant.”The clip also saw him comment how they were “having to clap ourselves” as the crowd’s response was “pathetic”, and later left the stage with his middle fingers aloft.Speaking to NME about the incident earlier this year, Kerr said: “I think now that some time has passed and the internet dust has settled, I’ve realised that.
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