Flux Outside

Trading instruments and production duties, Royal Bangs band members Chris Rusk, Ryan Schaefer and Sam Stratton recorded songs for 'Flux Outside' in an old house in their hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee with the help of former Sparklehorse member Scott Minor. After a few weeks of tracking, manipulating, alternately weirding and un-weirding the material, they traveled to the rural western New York studio of Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, Sleater Kinney, MGMT), who mixed the album with the band.

In 2006, Royal Bangs released their home-recorded and self-produced album 'We Breed Champions', which caught the attention of Patrick Carney (The Black Keys) who re-issued the album in 2008 on his own Audio Eagle Records in the USA.

Shortly thereafter, Royal Bangs recorded and released 2009's 'Let It Beep', to great critical acclaim. After powerful performances at 2010's Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza Festivals, Royal Bangs caught the attention of Glassnote Records in the USA where they signed a worldwide deal. Glassnote have helped break acts like Mumford and Sons and Phoenix, & The Temper Trap in the USA.