Brightest Young Things

Once upon a time in August, we totally fell for Red Romance's self titled EP. Follow that link above to see the full interview and all sorts of other useful information on the band (them being ex-Ambulance LTD, touring with The Killers and so on and so forth). But, now they're back in town and opening for Telograph this Friday at the Cat.
So, you know what, we figured we would make you listen to it again (or for the first time for that matter)

Its great, polished, just-this-side-of-retro pop rock (and trust me, "pop rock" should not be a dirty word), perfect to wake up to and get ready to go out to.

Now listen and see what it is all about

http://www.myspace.com/theredromance

"One Shot"
The whole mood of this song comes from thinking about our everyday experiences, the war on television and our American landscape in general; the world is a crazy place but we still got each other babe. The guy who helped us mix the record said it sounds like Tears for Fears meets the E Street band.

"Break Away"
This is just a straight-up rock song about escaping your hometown to find out what's bigger and better over the horizon. It was written on acoustic guitar but we liked they way it worked as a big pop number so we added some old synth sounds.

"Just One Kiss"
In the tradition of great rock n' roll, this is a song about lascivious sex. The keyboards were fun to record; we kept layering them on top of each other in an orgy of sound! It's kind of a disco anthem in the spirit of Pulp.

"Don't Cry"
This one was strange, the lyrics just sort of wrote themselves, it follows the experience of these two characters it's kind of sad and sort of funny at the same time. We used a toy bell set, available in fine yuppie toy stores everywhere, to play the little melody part before the chorus. We initially recorded a bunch of guitar tracks with all kinds of sounds and tunings but eventually stripped it back to make it sound, big but not to the point where you couldn't hear all the different parts.