Royworld release their debut single, ‘’Man In The Machine” through Virgin Records on 3rd March 2008. Royworld’s unconventional positivity, coupled with their intensity and musicianship has made them one of the most distinct and disarmingly unique bands in a very long time. Their epic eccentricity in both sound and production has created a bold and challenging new indie-rock.Royworld formed at London’s Goldsmiths in early 2006. Songwriting partners and brothers Rod and Crispin Futrille, from Somerset, stuck an advert up on the college notice board. It was a subtle call to arms, and answered by fellow students Morgan and Miles. Parken, Miles’ old schoolmate in Harrogate, quickly completed the line-up.The songwriting relationship between the Futrille brothers is truly unique. Crispin does not feature in the conventional Royworld line-up, yet alongside vocalist Rod, writes the songs that band unfurl. Dennis Wilson, brother of Brian and Carl once stated that, “Brian is The Beach Boys, and we are his messengers.” – Although the Futrilles work as a songwriting partnership, it is Rod and the rest of Royworld that merge to deliver the siblings’ message.Drawing on influences such as Roxy Music and Talking Heads - Royworld are already being championed by the likes of Jo Whiley at Radio 1 and Dermot ‘O Leary on Radio 2. Their live following is growing rapidly, captivated by a sense of drama, and Rod Futrille’s endearing awkwardness.
‘Man In The Machine’ is their first single on Virgin Records following the rapturously received limited edition 7” taster of ‘Elasticity/Tinman’ through Club Fandango at the end of 2007. Reaching out to a society trapped within the mundane and tedium of a 9-5 office culture, ‘Man In The Machine’ questions whether the desk-chained individual is truly independent, or simply lost forever within ‘the machine’. Recorded at Helioscentric Studios in Sussex with producer Andy Green (Keane, The Feeling, Scouting For Girls) It is a striking introduction that packs an assured and unique punch of layered, dynamic piano assaults and guitars that reverberate with a bombast and eccentricity rarely touched since the revolutionary era of the seventies and into the eighties.
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