Behold this exclusive premiere live video of Royal Blunder raising $2738 for Doney Coe!
It was skillfully and intimately shot by bassist Bruce Watermann’s wife Linda Burnett.
Royal Blunder is the Pacific NW’s latest Uber-catchy punky power pop party, filled with incredible hooks and songs ablaze with joy and insights about love and truth.
Their debut ‘Only More is Enough’ is due out April 25, 2025, and would fit perfectly in a playlist of other playful pop saboteurs like The Kinks, Elvis Costello, and The Lemon Twigs, and The Pop Cycle. The band shares an affinity for the philosophy of G.K. Chesterton, whose paradoxes and assertions challenge the world to love more.
The members of Royal Blunder have been in previous Seattle bands The Leyroys, Daffodil Daydream, Ozen Band, Echo Tonic, Crystal City Rockers, The Macs Band and others, their band name comes from the enjoyment the band has for the paradox of something that is both majestic and a major snafu. “My primary gift in songwriting is recognizing when I make a good mistake,” vocalist/guitarist Robert Cochran says. (Hence, Royal Blunder!)
Lead vocalist/guitarist Rob Cochran’s kinetically captivating and wondrously melodious songs on Only More is Enough who also produced the album with assistance and “guitar spice” from veteran engineer and solo artist David Zaffiro (Julie Miller, among many others). Rob is backed by Bruce Watermann on bass, Danny Wood on lead guitar, and Neal Erickson on drums. It’s a bit of a family affair with Rob’s son Cullen Cochran playing organ and adding vocals to “Sherlock Holmes,” and other son Devin’s killer guitar hook added to the title track as well.
Bruce adds about their sound, “We ‘Blunderize’ songs Rob has written, and that comes out strong in our live performances. The recordings are more finely crafted vignettes … we lean in on the best of both options.”
RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2025
