Rome Hero Foxes
Releases Sophomore Album
18 Summers
Now Available at smarturl.it/18sapple
Streaming on Apple Music & Spotify
Recently Featured on Billboard Magazine, Paste Magazine,
Houston Press, Substream Magazine, The Noise & More
"Titled "Chest Piece," the track follows a romantic, crooning intro with surf-punk power chords
and swells into an angsty beach rock jam." - Billboard
"Besides that guitar-centric caboose, "Lost In A Room" is textbook indie rock, a splashy
summer treat reminiscent of early-aughts Weezer." - Paste Magazine
"Due out in late July, the album proves that sometimes, bands can avoid the
"sophomore slump" when they stay true to who they are while expanding
in the most organic way." - Houston Press
July 27, 2018 - Houston, TX - Houston quintet Rome Hero Foxes is celebrating the release of their sophomore album 18 Summers, now available at smarturl.it/18sapple. 18 Summers has recently been featured on sites including Billboard, Paste Magazine, Houston Press, Substream Magazine, and more. For more information, please visit: romeherofoxes.com.
"It's something different from what our listeners are used to but I feel like we were meant to create music like this. I feel right at home when I listen to it," shares drummer Adrian Romero.
Adds guitarist Michael Fox: "18 Summers is a huge step in the maturity of the band. Artists progress and mature over time and this record is the most comfortable I've ever been with our music. Our newer sound hits closer to home with my influences growing up."
Rome Hero Foxes named their sophomore LP 18 Summers, but it more accurately describes the band's beginnings. Shortly after graduating high school, the quintet was discovered in 2016 by Dance Gavin Dance's Kurt Travis and released For When You're Falling Backwards. As far as debuts go, its expanse melded the urgency of post-hardcore with an inward gaze offsetting any chaos. That introspection, bent over swirling guitars and mesmerizing vocal lines, led to reinvention. Instead of baring their teeth through arrangements that spiraled and warped, the band took a self-imposed journey into simpler territory. A pair of twin EPs, I/O and Horoscope, reset Rome Hero Foxes as a group indebted to surf rock and indie pop instead of gnarlier waves, with the latter predicting their shimmering follow-up. Enter the real 18 Summers.
"During this time of writing all of this material, it made me envision all these songs as this sort of time capsule-like void or world where time is slow but life keeps moving faster," vocalist and rhythm guitarist CJ Burton explains. With that definition in mind, it's easy to understand the varied warmth and speeds put to tape here. "Seattle Queen," with Andrew Hagan's percolating keyboards leading the way, places love's angled complexities behind a slice of bubblegum pop. "Chest Piece" splits its pathway between R&B schmaltz and vaulted pop-punk. Other fare, like the Black Mirror nod "San Junipero," heighten interpersonal highs to infectious, but experimental highs. It's the only track that reminds listeners of the band's darker roots, with flecks of mathy guitar flanking verses. This album is as concerned with love as it is with its absence in the face of growing older and growing apart.
18 Summers enters like a dream - abrupt and disorienting - before adjusting to this new state with enthusiasm. This eternal sunshine captures a world where time is relative: sit back, relax, and dive in. Because here, love reigns supreme.
Rome Hero Foxes is CJ Burton (vocals, guitar), Andrew Hagan (vocals, keys), Michael Fox (guitar), Emilio Garcia-Caro (bass), and Adrian Romero (drums).
The band will be celebrating their new album 18 Summers with a hometown album release show at Houston's JNJ BNB on August 3rd. Tickets are now available at bit.ly/2NCfNDd.
For more information:
Website: www.romeherofoxes.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/romeherofoxes
Twitter: www.twitter.com/romeherofoxes
Instagram: www.instagram.com/romeherofoxes
18 Summers Track Listing:
1. Lost In A Room
2. Break Your Own Bones
3. Chest Piece
4. 18 Summers
5. Be Your Side
6. Don't Call My Name
7. San Junipero
8. Don't Close The Door
9. Seattle Queen
10. Good For You
High Res Press Photo: http://bit.ly/2sLoscU (Credit Natasha Bermudez)
Album Artwork: http://bit.ly/2JhnNLf
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Crossfaith
Release New Music Video
"Catastrophe"
Watch It Now, Here:
New Album EX_MACHINA
Out August 3rd, 2018 via UNFD
Pre-Order Now at: unfd.lnk.to/ex_machina
Recently Featured on Metal Injection
July 26, 2018 - Osaka, JAPAN - Japanese metal juggernauts Crossfaith have shared the music video for their new single, "Catastrophe," streaming now here: https://youtu.be/OOG_qW7XNB4. The track comes from the band's forthcoming album, EX_MACHINA, which features cameos from Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds and industrial hip hoppers Ho99o9. EX_MACHINA will be released on August 3rd, 2018 via UNFD and is available for pre-order at: unfd.lnk.to/ex_machina.
On the new track, lead singer Kenta Koie shares: "'Catastrophe' is another new song from our new album EX_MACHINA, which we are very excited about releasing! To inspire me to write this song I watched Devilman Crybaby, which is a famous Japanese sci-fi action anime, and it helped me write the lyrics. We always want our fans to experience something they've never had before through our music and shows, so we are looking forward to seeing everyone on our UK & Europe tour later this year!"
EX_MACHINA, the forthcoming album from Crossfaith, is a concept album set in an alternative near future in which the ruling class, known as Angels, maintain their world through artificial intelligence and other technology, which dehumanises people and effectively turns them into drones - as explained in the opening title track, "Deus Ex Machina."
The other 12 songs featured on the album represent the voice of the resistance - in the form of underdogs known as Demons. Kenta was inspired to include these figures by Devilman Crybaby, particularly on the Slipknot-esque "Catastrophe," the frantic, bloodcurdling "The Perfect Nightmare," and the epic assault of "Daybreak," rather than because they wanted to provide a comment on religion.
"There's no particular religious message," clarifies Ken. "In order to explore the dualism of humans, we decided to include Angels and Demons, which are opposing elements just like fire and water."
"Angels aren't necessarily good and demons aren't necessarily bad," he explains. "The most important theme is that we should never stop questioning the world around us."
EX_MACHINA is a relentless album that strives for the listener's attention, and is unquestionably the heaviest that Crossfaith have put their name to since forming in their native Osaka in 2006.
Since their inception, Crossfaith have been on the edge of a fusion of rock, metal, electronica and big ideas on their albums; and the edge of euphoria with their live shows. EX_MACHINA is the album on which they walk that fine, fiery line more skillfully and seismically than ever.
Crossfaith return on August 3rd with EX_MACHINA, now available for pre-order here: unfd.lnk.to/ex_machina.
For more information, please visit:
Website: www.crossfaith.jp
Facebook: www.facebook.com/crossfaithofficial
Twitter: www.twitter.com/CrossfaithJapan
Instagram: www.instagram.com/crossfaithjapan
EX_MACHINA Track Listing:
1. Deus Ex Machina
2. Catastrophe
3. The Perfect Nightmare
4. Destroy (ft. Ho99o9)
5. Freedom (ft. Rou Reynolds from Enter Shikari)
6. Make A Move
7. Lost In You
8. Wipeout
9. Milestone
10. Eden In The Rain
11. Twin Shadows
12. Daybreak
13. Faint (ft. Masato from Coldrain)
Upcoming Tour Dates:
7/28 - Yamaguchi @ Wild Bunch Fest
8/25 - Fukuoka @ Triangle '18
8/26 - Osaka @ RUSH BALL 2018
8/27 - Osaka @ Big Cat
8/29 - Nagoya @ NITROPOLIS vol. 1
8/30 - Tokyo @ NITROPOLIS vol. 1
8/31 - Tokyo @ NITROPOLIS vol. 1
9/8 - Gamagori @ TREASURE05X 2018
9/26 - St. Petersburg @ Clubzal
9/27 - Moscow @ RED Club
9/28 - Kiev @ BelEtage
9/30 - Zurich @ Dynamo
10/1 - Vienna @ Arena
10/2 - Leipzig @ Naumann's
10/3 - Hamburgh @ Logo
10/5 - Copenhagen@ Pumpehuset
10/6 - Berlin @ Bi Nuu
10/8 - Cologne @ Gebaude 9
10/9 - Munich @ Backstage
10/10 - Strasbourg @ La Laiterie
10/12 - Utrecht @ Tivoli
10/13 - Bristol @ Marble Factory
10/15 - Glasgow @ Garage
10/16 - Nottingham @ Rock City
10/17 - Manchester @ Academy 2
10/19 - London @ Electric Ballroom
10/20 - Sheffield @ Plug
10/21 - Dublin @ Academy Green Room
10/27 - Fukushima @ HIP SHOT
10/28 - Kanagawa @ BAYHALL
11/8 - Niigata @ LOTS
11/10 - Hokkaido @ ZEPP SAPPORO
11/14 - Kagawa @ OLIVE HALL
11/16 - Osaka @ NAMBA HATCH
11/20 - Shizuoka @ MADOWAKU
11/22 - Aichi @ ZEPP NAGOYA
11/25 - Uchino-Sendai @ SENDAI PIT
11/30 - Tokyo @ SHINKIBA STUDIO COAST
12/8 - Hiroshima @ CLUB QUATTRO
12/9 - Fukuoka @ DRUM LOGOS
12/15 - Okinawa @ MUSIC TOWN OTOICHIBA
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