{"id":79695,"date":"2019-05-30T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T10:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=79695"},"modified":"2023-04-07T14:18:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:18:30","slug":"review-royal-republic-club-majesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-royal-republic-club-majesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Royal Republic &#8211; Club Majesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79696 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Royal-Republic-Club-Majesty-Artwork-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"\">It\u2019s always refreshing to hear a band with an eclectic sound. <strong>Royal Republic<\/strong> have taken their love for rock music and combined it with their equal fascination with disco. \u2018<em>Club Majesty<\/em>\u2019 combines a variety of influences to create a new spin on traditional rock music, thinking outside of the genre box.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<em>Club Majesty<\/em>\u2019 features dance bangers that are irresistibly catchy. \u2018<em>Can\u2019t Fight The Disco<\/em>\u2019 expresses the band\u2019s loss at fighting their disco influence. The tune is a captivating one, with funky guitar parts and anthemic chorus. \u2018<em>Stop Movin\u2019<\/em>\u2019 is another club sounding track that uses repetitive lyrics in a catchy way. The use of the vocoder gives the track a very modern flavour too.<\/p>\n<p>Along with club sounding tracks, <strong>Royal Republic<\/strong> have also churned out some undeniably infectious anthems. \u2018<em>Anna Leigh<\/em>\u2019 is a saucy and poppy track that wouldn\u2019t sound out of place in an 80s style movie. It\u00a0really showcases <strong>Royal Republic<\/strong>\u2019s talent for creating choruses that will have completely new fans singing back the lyrics after one listen. \u2018<em>Club Majesty<\/em>\u2019 is a energetic journey from beginning to end. \u2018<em>Flower Power<\/em>\u2019 uses disco\/funk guitar with really groovy bass lines, just the right ingredients for a groove-centric track.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Royal Republic - Anna-Leigh (Official Video)\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRg_clmvlE8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sultry \u2018<em>Like A Lover<\/em>\u2019 changes the tone of the album momentarily, going back to rock conventions to create a really sludgy track to the point it sounds like a stadium rock track nestled amongst disco floor-fillers. \u2018<em>Blunt Force Trauma<\/em>\u2019, puts things back in the party mood with its bright use of horns.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Republic <\/strong>have managed to create something that will appeal to anyone who likes to dance (even just a little!) The entire album is nostalgic, \u2018<em>Club Majesty<\/em>\u2019 sounds very modern but also has evident references to genre conventions, with the use of brass sections, synths, grooving bass lines and rhythmic guitar.<\/p>\n<p>3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8216;Club Majesty&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0<strong>Royal Republic\u00a0<\/strong>is released on 31st May on <strong>Nuclear Blast Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Royal Republic\u00a0<\/strong>links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalrepublic.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/en-gb.facebook.com\/royalrepublic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalRepublic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/royalrepublic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Evelyn Manktelow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Royal Republic have managed to create something that will appeal to anyone who likes to dance (even just a little!)&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":79696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5879,17035,16439,209,17034],"class_list":["post-79695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-album-reviews","tag-club-majesty","tag-evelyn-manktelow","tag-nuclear-blast-records","tag-royal-republic"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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