The Lanskies “Romeo”
French/ English indie five-piece The Lanskies dub their sound–a mixture of Brit-Pop, post-punk and new wave influences–”Hot Wave”, and while we can’t help but find their enthusiasm in branding their music with this made-up genre tag questionable, there is no question in how much we’re digging their new single “Romeo”.
The first taste, and title track, of their North American debut EP, “Romeo” serves a jubilant blast of early-MTV-era jangle with Liverpool-born frontman Lewis Evans yelping his heart out, urging for a halt to “all the violence and fighting” and throwing shade to a certain high-profile family (“Do away with all of the monarchies/ Who gives a damn about Harry?”).
Yeah, we’re not quite sure what his beef is either, but what we do know is every time “Romeo”‘s chorus, and its winning blend of The Cure and Culture Club, comes around, we feel compelled to pull off a little “Carlton Dance” jig wherever we stand.
Preview the rest of Romeo in the widget below.
