Fast Romantics at Lucky Bar

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Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
Doors at 8pm

Fast Romantics, plus Aztec and San Felix, perform at Lucky Bar on July 14.

Tickets can be purchased at Lyle's Place or online at Ticketfly.com.

For Fast Romantics, it has been four years of adventuring their way through the backcountry of Canadian indie rock, often attempting to straddle that hazy intersection at the corner of rock n' roll and pop. Now, with their second full-length album 'Afterlife Blues,' it sounds as though they have -- quite confidently -- found their way home.

While Fast Romantics' earlier work prompted comparisons to Elvis Costello and Blur, 'Afterlife Blues' carves a bit of a different path right through the great cities of American music. From New Jersey to Detroit, and then cutting down through the heartland, they have somehow managed to combine all of these sounds without selling their distinctly Canadian souls.

The band has played three tours, and many large festivals including Virgin Fest, SXSW, NXNE, and CMJ. They also found themselves winners of Spin Magazine's "Free the Noise" competition that saw them #own to New York City to perform in a temporarily rebuilt CBGB's.

Their music has also found its way onto many TV shows and Films, including Shameless, Breaking In, Vampire Diaries, and Pretty Little Liars, and their !rst single Funeral Song has already found warm reception in the short time since its online release.

The band formed in 2008 in Calgary during what Angus calls a 'whiskey storm'. Angus and the two other founding members -- bassist Jeffrey Lewis and drummer Alan Reain -- were joined last year by two Australian ex-pats, Shane O' Keeffe and Lauren Heron. Angus says the two "brought exactly what we were missing at exactly the right time" to the group, including what he calls "those dreamy foreign-sounding accents."

Keep an eye on fastromantics.com as well as the band's Facebook and Twitter pages for preorder information, leaks of new songs, videos, and other special features. You can also join the mailing list at fastromantics.com to receive a free MP3 of Funeral Song.

http://www.fastromantics.com
http://www.aztectheband.com
http://www.sanfelixband.com