- Rolling Stone Magazine (Russia) chooses Romance's song "Killer In The World" as top track!
- We're really honored that Rolling Stone Magazine (Russia) chose our song "Killer In The World" from the album The Divide, as their top featured track for this month!
They wrote up a great piece on us as well. It's all in Russian, but trust us it says Romance will be the next big thing ;) [Read More...]
- The Divide gets 4 stars by Sound Magazine
- Romance's debut album THE DIVIDE recalls many of the sweet spots of post-punk hits from the late '70s and early "80s. The band cites its main influences as bands from that time and uses them to great effect. This Seattle band has the gyrating rhythms of Gang Of Four, the cascading guitars of Joy Division and the gothis vocals of Sisters Of Mercy tinged with a little bit of Peter Murphy. It's not exactly a new sound and a close, modern approximation might be something like Franz Ferdinand with more gothic overtones and less pop appeal; however, the Divide is brimming with a tried and true sound that will certainly appeal to anyone familiar with any of the aforementioned bands. The top tracks on the album are the ones that best combine the band's disparate influences into a whole. "Killer in the World" has a dance-heavy beat that is coupled with a dark lyricism to create a tune that would get even the most forlorn Goth kid moving. [Read More...]
- Review by indie-pop press Three Imaginary Girls
- The Divide is the debut full-length album by Romance, a Seattle group with a characteristic post-punk sound that is unlike most local acts. They have toured extensively over the past few years and even opened for The Sisters of Mercy in November at El Corazon. Featuring solid production to boot, this LP reflects a well honed selection of songs that are impressively strong. [Read More...]
- KEXP Song of the day
- Fans of Joy Division, Bauhaus, and Echo & the Bunnymen should take a moment to check out today's Song of the Day, "Face on the Sun," by Seattle band Romance. [Read More...]
- 90.9 WMPG Radio Portland
- A quick perusal of Romance's influences lets you know right away that this is a band who has taste. Bauhaus, Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, and a slew of other greats are welcome names dropped here. A short listen to any of Romance's songs shows that they are seriously following the precendent established by those great bands. They aren't simply rehashing those sounds, either; this is clearly the foremost band to mix modern indie sensibility with the better sounds from the 80s. Fall in love with Romance! [Read More...]
- The Stranger
- "Their goth-stained dance punk is damn catchy....harks back to the era of the delightfully lurid dance floor like nothing since "Temple of Love." [Read More...]
- MP3 Jackpot Winner
- Joy Division, Gang Of Four, Echo and The Bunnymen... do these bands mean anything to your hipster self? Well then you must be under a rock, cuz these bands made their mark on the world a big second time around thanks to bands like Romance. Not to say these guys from Seattle don't have their own sound - Romance's goth-y new wave-ish frontal assault would tear any dancefloor apart. "Paris Is Burning" is the track of the moment, and it's hot. [Read More...]
- "When Things Are Better" review
- "... I press play and lose the ground beneath me. There I am again, back in the clutches of Carl McCoy, Porl King, and Peter Murphy....this is one of the best albums I've ever heard. No I mean, ever. As in, "Are you sure the year's right on this disc?" [Read More...]
