After hearing Nature's Hated again, I started investigating Romo more. Again, it didn't make it to America (though at the time Lifestyle were doing something very similar in spirit, even called "neo-New Romantic" in the Trouser Press review for At The Risk Of Sounding Pretentious), but I'd known the term ever since I started going to Stay Beautiful in 2005. Sexus particularly impressed me, enough to even buy their singles from iTunes and download what they've got on offer for free (Sexus aren't on it but you can download the Fiddling While Romo Burns Melody Maker tape here)
The Official End Of It All, their second single, is just great. Evoking Grand Pop Dreams on your dreariest lonely afternoons:
You can see a short clip of the proper video for this song here, along with part of the video for their first single, Edenites. Their third single, the lovely How Do You Kiss?, was actually never released but featured two remixes by Xenomania, as discussed on the Xenomania blog here:
Do you have the download for the Melody Maker tape ? The source quoted is no longer active. Thanks.
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DeleteWould you be able to re-upload the Melody Maker tape (Fiddling While Romo Burns)? Thanks
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