Band/Artist: Fire and the Romance
Location: New York / Los Angeles
Styles: Alt Pop, Alt Rock, Indie
Similar to: Postal Service, Atlas Genius, Bastille, Owl City
Track: Way Down Below
Accolades:
1. Fire and the Romance is a brand new band fronted by Dion Roy. Dion over the past year has independently toured the US extensively, as well as most major Canadian Markets. Last year he also toured Europe on a 13 date run.
2. Dion has had his music and production featured on networks MTV, A&E, Lifetime, Oxygen, and many others.
3. Jenn Stone (Keys for Ke$ha), performs keyboards live with Dion in LA and is in the “Way Down Below” Music Video.
Members/Instruments:
Dion Roy – Vocals, Guitar, Writing
NYC: Leo Fraire – Drums / Jamie Pitrelli Bass / Peter Roessler Guitar
LA: Jenn Stone Keys / Topher Mohr (Mayer Hawthorne) Guitar / Tom Breyfogle Drums
Production/Writing : Produced by Steven Miller, feat. songs written/produced with Steven Miller, David Hodges, Teddy Geiger.
Steven Miller: production/mixing credits include: Demi Lovato, Avril Lavigne, Colbie Caillat, Christina Perri, Tristan Prettyman, David Cook, Tyler Hilton, Haley Reindhart, etc.
David Hodges: (Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne, Daughtry, Evanescence, Javier Colon, Tonic, Grammy wins).
Bio:
Fire & The Romance is a band, founded on one principle – the desire to create a sound that is new, unique and relatable. Though most of the band has been writing music and touring for most of their life, this new collection of songs came from an epiphany that founder Dion Roy had while on tour in Europe as a Singer-Songwriter – and his vision of this larger musical idea needed to be put out into the world.
When inspiration hit, Dion reached out to some of his most trusted music collaborators with the goal of recording this new material as a band, borrowing from each member’s varied inspiration and influences during the process. As a group, they found a voice, and the final product – the eclectic “Adaptations” EP – mixes sparse, bass heavy pop production with arena-ready alt-rock anthems, placing Fire & The Romance somewhere between Atlas Genius, Postal Service and AWOLNation on the genre map.
Now living in New York City, Front-man Dion and his bi-coastal band are anxious to unveil their new material, starting with the single Way Down Below. Says Dion “Way Down Below was born out of a pretty vocal melody idea I had in the middle of the night, but grew in just a few hours into this untamed emotional demon, complete with teeth and a killer haircut. You just can’t look away”
The Adaptations EP will come out Spring 2014, In the meantime, they are excited to see the world react to the new music and have begun touring. “Its been an incredible experience developing this project with my band; the process was both fun and intriguing. The Adaptations EP was an experiment in sound that really turned into something special for all of us – and I love what we found.”