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The Story of Fast Romantics

Fast Romantics formed in Calgary, Canada. It was in the heat of an indie-rock dance party. It was really late at night and there may have been whiskey or beer involved, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that they all decided to make music together, and thank goodness they did.

They’ve played Virgin fest along with Flaming Lips and Stone Temple Pilots. Opened for other awesome bands like The Stills and the Von Bondies. Won radio contests, and toured Canada twice.

In 2009, they played a rock show in an Albertan farmer’s garage during a tornado. They were also flown to New York City by Spin Magazine and a fashion designer named John Varvatos, just to rock a giant sweaty concert at the former CBGB’s. And then there was that time that Jeremy Piven cut in and played drums with them. But it doesn't really matter if they’re in a farmhouse, on a legendary New York stage, or jamming with Ari Gold. Fast Romantics just want to make people feel good.

This year, their music was in television shows like Vampire Diaries and Pretty Little Liars. They also worked with producer Howard Redekopp. He's produced the New Pornographers, Tegan and Sara, and Mother Mother. That's the sort of name-dropping that means that he is super good at making music. Also, Mike Fraser has mixed everything they’ve done. He’s mixed bands like Franz Ferdinand, Elvis Costello, and Sam Roberts.

Fast Romantics mean business. In fact they just set up camp in Toronto just so they can drive around and play one thousand shows a year. The new EP will be released in Summer 2010, but until then, you can download a couple free tracks. Feel free to email the band here. Fast Romantics are now working on their sophomore LP, and currently doing several months of shows in the US and Canada, including a showcase at SXSW, in March/April 2011.

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America, we’re rolling our way into you.

March 01

Hey America. We’re here. Crossing the border as we type this. Soon we’ll be rolling our big white bus through your spacious skies and amber waves of grain. First stop: Philadelphia. We’ll be at Millcreek Tavern on March 2, so come get your rock out.

And then we’re playing Fontana’s on March 3 in NYC, and Union Hall in Brooklyn on March 4. This all leads up to a showcase at SxSW in Austin at Speakeasy Kabaret on March 19, and a couple dates afterwards in Memphis and Chicago. For all the details on our American dates, check out the “shows” section by clicking the link at the top of the page.

We’ll be performing live on MTV…. Live.

March 01

As the name of the program suggests, Fast Romantics will be making it’s debut performance on national television this March. We’ll be playing a brand new, unreleased song on MTV Live on March 9, around 6pm.

You don’t even have to leave your couch to catch this one. The rest of our 3-song performance will be available on mtv.ca as well.

Thank-you Toronto!

March 01

Over a thousand people registered to see one of our three “Fast Romantic February” shows at the Horseshoe, Rivoli, and Mod Club.

It was tough for us to leave our hometown of Calgary, and you made us feel damn welcome here in Toronto. Thanks for packing these shows and making our move to this city so memorable for us. Here’s to many more shows in Toronto, and beyond.

Free Tickets and Albums for the month of February!

February 08

imageIf you live in Toronto, hope you plan on coming out to Fast Romantic February! We’re giving away free tickets and a free album to anyone who registers here to attend one or more of the shows.

February 12 at the Horseshoe
February 19 at the Rivoli
February 26 at the Mod Club

If you want to take part in the free-for-all,  click here and register. Lookin’ forward to seeing you, Torontonianites!

Fast Romantics in bed with the Grinch

January 02

Hey all,

Hope you had a great Christmas holiday! We got a little too deep into the egg nog this year and spit out a remake of the classic “Grinch” song. Didn’t really expect it to get picked up but it seems radio stations across the country played it throughout the holiday, and the video we made for it is getting passed around a lot.

If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7vwSLKY5dw&hd=1

Lots of news about to get spat out for ya. Big Toronto show announcements for February. Tour and SxSW in March/April. New Record coming. And also, one of us is having a sex change operation.

We love you.

-FR

“Cool Kids” to be featured in episode of “The Vampire Diaries”

October 06

image>The lead-off track from our new EP, Kidcutter, is appearing on the next episode of The Vampire Diaries! It’s airing Thursday, October 6 on the CW in the USA and A-Channel in Canada. It also airs on Friday, October 7, on MuchMusic.

If you’re into watching vampires get sexy with each other while our music plays in the background, here’s your chance.

New EP ‘Kidcutter’ is out now! Go get it on iTunes!

September 12

Hey all, we’re proud to have now released our new EP on iTunes. Be one of the first to check it out! Click the link below.

Kidcutter

More shows coming up this fall, and a special video for our first single is coming along too.

Autumn in Ontario is shaping up to be one sexy season.

Love,
FR

“Kidcutter” Track Listing Announced!

July 01

imageHere’s the thing, we made a new EP with producer Howard Redekopp in Vancouver this past Spring. You’ll be able to buy it really soon. We’re going to release it exclusively to iTunes first sometime this summer, and hard copies should be available in the fall.

In the meantime, you can go here to download two free songs!

Here’s the track-listing for Kidcutter

1. Cool Kids
2. Denim Tuxedo
3. Pretty Strangers
4. Union Park
5. Last Night

If you haven’t already gotten all social with us, don’t forget to “like” us on Facebook, and “follow” us on Twitter. Also don’t forget to “listen” to us on your speakers and headphones.

Love,
FR

Welcome to our new Website!

July 01

Our little techno-elves have finished their handiwork, and our new Website is finally online. And if you’re reading this, you’ve figured out that we have a blog. Ain’t it exciting? Keep your eye on this space, ‘cause a bunch of us will post here every once in a while. And you can also come by to find out what’s new, and all of that.

Love,
FR

Kidcutter (2010)

Written by The Fast Romantics.
Produced and Engineered by Howard Redekopp at The Armoury in Vancouver, BC.
Mixed by Mike Fraser at The Warehouse in Vancouver, BC
Mastered by Steve Hall.
©2010 The Fast Romantics

To hear a few songs from our upcoming EP “Kidcutter”, you can:

• Click here and download 2 new tracks for free!

• Listen to three new songs on mySpace, or for higher quality streams, try our new iLike page.

The Fast Romantics (2009)

Written by The Fast Romantics.
Produced and engineered by
Matthew Angus and Jeffrey Lewis.
Mixed by Mike Fraser.
Mastered by Adam Ayan.
©2009 The Fast Romantics

<a href="http://fastromantics.bandcamp.com/album/the-fast-romantics">Spooning the Gorilla by Fast Romantics</a>

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