(Credit Natasha Bermudez)
Rome Hero Foxes
Announces 18 Summers
Album Release Show
18 Summers Out July 27th, 2018
Available for Pre-Order: smarturl.it/18sapple
AUG 3RD | JNJ BNB | HOUSTON, TX
July 9, 2018 – Houston, TX – Houston quintet Rome Hero Foxes has announced that they will be celebrating the release of their sophomore album, 18 Summers, with a hometown album release show. Fans can join the band on August 3rd, 2018 at JNJ BNB, along with Camera Cult and No Rehearsal. For Additional information, please visit: http://bit.ly/2NCfNDd.
18 Summers is set to be released on July 27th, 2018 and has recently been featured on Substream Magazine and The Noise. For more information, please visit: romeherofoxes.com, or pre-order the album now at smarturl.it/18sapple.
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).
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Website:www.romeherofoxes.com
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WHAT: 18 Summers Album Release Show
WHO: Rome Hero Foxes w/Camera Cult & No Rehearsal
WHERE: JNJ BNB | 711 Hyde Park | Houston, TX
WHEN: Friday, August, 3rd | Doors: 7pm
INFO: http://bit.ly/2NCfNDd | $10
