The Red Romance

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The Red Romance
New York, New York, United States
GenresIndie pop, pop, rock
Years active2006—present
MembersMatthew Dublin
Darren Beckett
Adam Chilenski
WebsiteThe Red Romance.com

The Red Romance is an American, New York City-based pop and rock band, formed in late 2006.

History

The Red Romance is an independently released act who feature a blend of Motown-oriented grooves and lyrical moodiness.

Formerly of New York based indie-rock group

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At an early show at NYC's downtown club Piano's, Spin.com editor Peter Gaston wrote "I caught the band at Pianos on the Lower East Side last night, almost by accident, and was completely excited about the Red Romance's future. It's classic rock'n'roll, anchored by Beckett's rock steady, Motown-influenced backbeats... the sly chorus on "What You Wanted" shows [Dublin's] got a bit of attitude to share".[1]

The band continued with an impromptu jam with

Las Vegas stalwarts North American tour to promote their sophomore release Sam's Town. It was during this tour that The Red Romance became one of the first unsigned act to perform at Madison Square Garden's three times, two at Madison Square Theater and then in the arena proper.[3] Some early live reviews described the then virtually unknown band's ability to rise to the challenge and break the ice in front of thousands of Killers fans: "The Red Romance proved to be a good compliment to The Killers with a slew of easy to digest songs with some hooks and melodies, but enough bite as well. And by the end of their set, the growing crowd apparently agreed giving Red Romance a good, well-deserved hand amidst potentially difficult circumstances".[3]

They performed on September 9, 2007 in Toronto as part of the Virgin Festival.

At

synth-pop filter. . .the RR will need all the friends they can get. Their EP suggests they won’t lack for them."[5]

Critic's have described Dublin's songwriting style with a wide range of influences, including jangly guitar pop, Motown,[1] and "...the kind of indie pop/rock outfit that makes you want to breakout in a nostalgic Molly Ringwald dance a la The Breakfast Club”.[6] This earned the band much critical praise during a brief tour of the UK in April 2008 in support of another three-song self-titled EP released via digital download on May 26, 2008. Interest was generated from The Red Romance in London both due to underground popularity of their five-song EP and their former membership in Ambulance LTD, which had toured extensively in the UK. The London Metro described the Dublin and Beckett's new group as a "far less arty, more dancey outfit-and they've managed it winningly if their debut EP is anything to go by..It features the chart-friendly "Kinda Feel Right"-a springy indie number coplin 1980s guitar pop with doom laden moodiness-and the rather synthy "Hesitate." No wonder The Killers chose them as support on tour".[7] The Fly also took note of the band's material, "...it's a pleasure to welcome New York's The Red Romance to the UK. We're in bittersweet 80s pop territory here-'Hesitate' even brings to mind ABC and Haircut 100...daytime radio's their oyster at this rate."[8]

Releases

  • Self-titled five song EP March 2007
  • Self-titled three song EP April 2008

Members

  • Matthew Dublin – vocals, guitar, songwriter
  • Darren Beckett – drums
  • Adam Chilenski – bass, backing vocals

References

  1. ^ a b "Meet the Red Romance". Spin.com. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "The Killers form supergroup | News | NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  3. ^ a b "Concert Review - The Killers are due a thank you". Countrystandardtime.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Sweat it Out: CMJ 2007". Spin.com. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Breaking act: The Red Romance - Times Online". Archived from the original on 2011-08-09. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  6. ^ "A Blossoming Romance | PopWatch Blog | EW.com". Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-02-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Photographic image of magazine article". Archived from the original (JPG) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 7 December 2021.

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