Royworld are a British
pop rock band formed in 2006, when songwriting brothers Rod and Crispin Futrille stuck up an advertisement on the college notice board. Robert Parkin and Timmy Miles met at
St. Aidan's & St. John Fisher Associated Sixth Form in Harrogate, where their journey together began. The two duos came together after the advert was answered by Gerry Morgan and Tim Miles. Miles's friend, Rob Parkin, then completed the line-up.
Soon after forming they began to play gigs around
London at venues including Dublin Castle, The Barfly and The Hope And Anchor. They had managed to attract the attention of several record labels, including
Fierce Panda Records
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, who released their single "Elasticity" via their
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imprint in December 2007 and
Virgin Records to whom they would eventually sign.
Their first single on
Virgin Records, "Dust," was released on 19 May 2008, and reached No. 29 in the
UK Singles Chart. Their debut album was released 2 June 2008 and was produced by Andy Green. Royworld's debut album was recorded at Helioscentric Studios in Rye, and was mixed by Mark 'Spike' Stent in Los Angeles. Royworld supported
We Are Scientists on four dates of their April UK tour, and supported
Guillemots on their second UK tour. In March 2008 Royworld completed a Get It Loud In Libraries' library tour of the UK, putting on acoustic gigs many of which were free. They completed the tour at Westminster Reference Library featuring a live string quartet, which they went on to use again at Brighton's Great Escape festival.
In September 2008 the band parted company with Virgin Records, the band stated on their official Facebook page: "We recently parted company with Virgin and so unfortunately have had to tie up a few things - including the tour"
["From Royworld with Love...", Official Royworld Facebook]
', 10 September 2008
The band is currently on hiatus. Gerry Morgan joined the electro rock band, We Got Wires in 2009 while Robert Parkin and Tim Miles formed the band Chaser in 2011.
[Chaser, Proud Galleries, London, The Fly Magazin]
15 July 2011 Since 2009 Rod Futrille has been writing and producing for other artists, such as Penguin Prison, Nik Kershaw and Ollie Wride. Royworld's music featured in the
Channel 4 TV series ''
The Inbetweeners
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'' and ''
Made in Chelsea''.
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Musical style
Royworld drew inspiration from a wide range of music. Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and activist. He rose to fame as the original lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis. After leaving Genesis in 1975, he launched ...
, Queen and Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967. Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their epony ...
have all been mentioned by the band and journalists.[Dan Cairns, The Times, Hot New Band: Royworl]
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Discography
Studio albums
*'' Man in the Machine'' (released 2 June 2008) UK Albums Chart No. 52
Singles
*"Elasticity" - 7" vinyl (released 3 December 2007)
*"Man in the Machine" - 7" vinyl (released 3 March 2008
*" Dust" (released 12 May 2008) - UK Singles Chart No. 29
*"Brakes" (released 1 September 2008)
References
External links
Official Facebook Page
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English indie rock groups
English pop rock music groups