Rome Hero Foxes Releases New Album “18 Summers”

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.