A few months ago I went to a friends show here in Minneapolis and a band came on afterwards that I had never heard of before. Romantica played a simple set, about 8 songs or so (I was a little fuzzy), but they really grabbed the entire audience (a solid 40 bodies crammed into an awkwardly small bar) with their quiet intensity, yet full out rocking.
Somebody called them "Alt Country" and I'm not even sure what counts as genres anymore, but Romantica brings sounds and influence that remind me of anyone from Bob Dylan, to Chicago, to...umm...who plays the accordion anymore?
In any case, we often hear of small-town band makes good, and I have no doubt that Romantica has a strong chance of sticking to our ribs--even as the music industry withers away to a pile of bones. And to proove my commitment, and support of good music, I just popped $8.99 for their MP3 Album America, and you should too.
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