This Is No Modern Romance

The NME has a habit of lumping music into categories with wilful abandon. Take White Lies for instance; it isn't okay to just say that they're taking parts of Joy Division, Echo & The Bunnymen, XTC, etc and mixing them together with pop sensibilities, instead it needs to be seen as part of a new scene. In this case, the painfully obvious "nu-gloom". Lumped into that are today's fresh act, R O M A N C E (yes, written like that). While drawing similarities with White Lies, they are a lot darker. A heavier sound, more feedback, more aggression. Having recently graced the cover of Dazed & Confused Japan, they've clearly got the press mill going already, despite only forming in November of last year.

The band are about to kick off a UK tour alongside Ulterior and White Rose Movement, tickets available from the link below. Before that tour however is the release of their debut EP on 24th April, available through their myspace. They've given us a track from that EP to download, the superb Picture Frame. Enjoy!

[MP3] R O M A N C E - Picture Frame - (Alt Link)
[MYSPACE] Visit R O M A N C E on myspace.
[FACEBOOK] Or become a fan of R O M A N C E on facebook.
[TICKETS] Get tickets for R O M A N C E's tour with White Rose Movement and Ulterior here.