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May 29, 2012Royal Headache's debut begins in a pounding, pummeling riff-based rampage, all double-timed guitar strumming and frantic one-two drumming. "Never Again," the lead off track, runs as fast and hard and ragged as any punk anthem, taking the corners with two wheels off the ground.
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May 25, 2012Their version of soul revival captures the sweat and fire of classic soul music better than almost anyone else in 2012.
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May 25, 2012It's the sound of a cooking band truly cooking it in the studio. Everything sounds like it's about to jump the rails at any given moment.
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May 15, 2012A rotely rollicking, backward-facing fuzz assault.
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May 25, 2012This is a sugar-spiked head-rush of a record that will undoubtedly rank as one of the best punk releases of 2012 and have people buzzing about this band for quite a while. Royal Headache is an absolute joy to listen to all the way through and hopefully signals the start of great things for the young band.
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May 17, 2012A very pleasurable, punk-inspired listen. This is no-nonsense, fast-flying garage rock.
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May 15, 2012It'd be a stretch to tag them as soul revivalists, but there's no denying these combustible pop tunes are still 26 of the most promising minutes you'll hear all year.
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May 31, 2012[Royal Headache] strikes with a rugged fury that throws the Goner Records vault straight into Sam Cooke's Harlem Square Club. It's a sock hop in tattered T-shirts.