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ROMANCE

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About Me


Combining the musical urgency and artistic ambition of their early post-punk predecessors, ROMANCE creates a sound that is at once familiar and strikingly fresh. Their music blends dark, catchy and anthemic songs with an intelligent and unique ideology.


Debut EP 'When Things Are Better" 2006
"Bringing the sense of danger and rock adrenaline back to dark dance music, Romance combines the psychedelic fluidity of early punk/Goth bands with the intensity of current hard-edged indie rock."
Three Imaginary Girls
"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."
The Stranger
"... 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 a.lbums I've ever heard. No I mean, ever. As in, "Are you sure the year's right on this disc?"
Lunar Hypnosis Webzine
"...I hear real interesting song changes and choruses and a myriad of sublte parts intermingling. It seems totally urban sounding like desolate city streets in urgent turmoil. This rocks!"
Gravyzine
"...like delicious candy coated poison."
Goth Radio.com

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Member Since: 10/16/2004
Band Website: romancemusik.com
Band Members: Drew Jackson - Vocals, Guitar Michael Ribagin - Bass Josh Fant- Drums
David Blake - Guitar
Influences: The Stranglers, Joy Division, The Cure, Bauhaus, the Chameleons, Gang of Four, Wire, Roxy Music, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Sound, Sisters of Mercy, The Fall, Magazine, The Comsat Angels,The Jam, The Smiths, Crispy Ambulance, A Certain Ratio, Pulp, The Damned, Devo, Siouxsie and the Banshees, New Order, David Bowie

N.'.O.'.C.'.

Sounds Like: The Chameleons, The Sound, A Certain Ratio, Crispy Ambulance, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Comsat Amgels, Gang of Four, Wire, Sisters Of Mercy

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Type of Label: None

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Reviews

June 5, 2006By Ginnie Moon10 of 10The first time I ever heard Fields of the Nephilim, I cried. I know. I'm a sentimental fool, but it was more than that. The whole sonic experience of the Nephilim was...
Posted by ROMANCE on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 01:24:00 PST

Radio Play

We're starting to get airplay on several radio stations. They all play a really good mix of music and should be tuned into. And if you feel like it you could request us Here are the ones we know of:...
Posted by ROMANCE on Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:11:00 PST

post-punk.com compilation disc 3

We're very honored to be included on post-punk.com's latest NOTES FROM THE NEW UNDERGROUND vol.3 compilation. Make sure to check out their great myspace profile at  www.post-punk.com Volume...
Posted by ROMANCE on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:36:00 PST

Official website

Our website is finally up and running. Come check it out! www.romancemusik.com
Posted by ROMANCE on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 09:30:00 PST

KEXP!!!

Request Romance on Kexp :) www.kexp.org   We are very honored that they have put us on regular rotation and that we have been getting so many requests. Thanks to all of you we are #3 on both KEXP...
Posted by ROMANCE on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 12:12:00 PST