March 23, 2015, Philadelphia – Royal Thunder roll out several songs from Crooked Doors (April 7, Relapse Records) this week, with Loudwire premiering “Ear on the Fool” today (http://loudwire.com/royal-thunder-ear-on-the-fool-exclusive-song-premiere/).

High Times shares “The Line” tomorrow, Decibel debuts “Forgive Me, Karma” on Wednesday, followed by Stereogum’s stream of “One Day” on Thursday and Revolver hosting “Wake Up” on Friday. NPR will begin streaming the album in its entirety, with a first listen to “Floor,” “The Bear I” and “The Bear II” on Monday, March 30.

Royal Thunder recently kicked off a series of webisodes, dubbed the “Crooked Sessions,” the videos take fans behind the scenes of the recording of the eleven-song album: https://youtu.be/VKL_3u4-Xq4.

The band has shared three new songs from their sophomore album: “Glow” (https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/royal-thunder-glow), “Time Machine” (https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/royal-thunder-time-machine) and “Forget You” (https://soundcloud.com/relapserecords/royal-thunder-forget-you/s-JHKg9).  Entertainment Weekly said the new album “leans on its substantial pop chops” and said “Glow” was more “Heart than Led Zep, which is not a bad thing at all.” Paste Magazine said “Forget You” takes “the atmospheric elements of their music even further. It’s a song that has a heady blend of the sludgy blues stomp that garnered them widespread attention and even heavier, darker elements than before.”

Pre-orders for Crooked Doors are available now with the music available on CD/2xLP/Digital via Relapse (http://relapse.com/royal-thunder-crooked-doors/).  Digital pre-orders (https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crooked-doors/id963913145) include instant downloads of “Glow,” “Forget You” and “Time Machine.”

Royal Thunder joins Halestorm and Rival Sons for a brief western U.S. tour in June:

June 5     Anaheim, CA     The Grove

June 6     San Francisco, CA     The Regency Ballroom

June 8     Portland, OR     Roseland Theater

June 9     Seattle, WA     Showbox SoDo

June 10     Boise, ID     Revolution Center

June 12     Missoula, MT     Wilma Theatre

June 13     Spokane, WA     Knitting Factory

June 14     Vancouver, BC      Commodore Ballroom

Royal Thunder is Mlny Parsonz, Josh Weaver, Evan Diprima and Will Fiore.  Royal Thunder began work on the album in early 2014, returning to work at the Aria Recording Studio where they recorded the band’s critically lauded debut, CVI.

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