{"id":3814,"date":"2015-07-07T17:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T01:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/?p=3814"},"modified":"2015-10-20T11:34:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T19:34:25","slug":"becks-sister-and-world-renowned-dj-hit-it-big-with-rome-will-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/becks-sister-and-world-renowned-dj-hit-it-big-with-rome-will-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Beck\u2019s Sister and World-Renowned DJ Hit it Big with \u2018Rome Will Burn\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Los Angeles, July 7, 2015 (Associated News)<\/p>\n

Rome Will Burn!<\/h2>\n

When two artists converge from completely different musical backgrounds and styles, they always\"Rome<\/a>run the risk that their vision of \u201copposites-attract\u201d musical matrimony will not play out as intended. Talent regardless, (because if talent were the only thing requisite for a successful collaboration, the world would still be talking about Metallica\u2019s and Lou Reed\u2019s Lulu) the success of any artistic partnership apparently depends upon finding and maintaining an optimum symmetry, regardless of different backgrounds, and building off one another to produce a common creation.<\/p>\n

Based on the merits of speculation alone, I wouldn’t normally be eager to endorse a collaboration between a folksy singer\/songwriter and a DJ known for his high-voltage electric violin performances. (Some say he fiddles while Rome Burns!) But it just so happens, in the case of Rome Will Burn<\/a>, that prior genres defining their solo careers are completely irrelevant; pop is what both of them were destined to do, and they were destined to do it together.<\/p>\n

I had the honor of getting a pre-release copy of Rome Will Burn’s soon to be released EP, and, without being overly familiar with the origins of this duo, I can\u2019t imagine it took longer than a few seconds of playing with each other to realize they were a match made in heaven. Frontwoman\/guitarist Alyssa Suede, who also happens to be Beck\u2019s sister, carries whatever her counterpart Carlton Moody (AKA DJ Manifesto) throws at her, resulting in a number of essays into the sub-genres of electro-pop that, impressively, hit almost all the time.<\/p>\n

Rome Will Burn’s\u00a0first single off this EP, \u201cChameleon\u201d, finds both of them in their most radio-friendly form (though it\u2019s frankly a close competition) and sets the bar for Alyssa\u2019s vocal diversity quite high. Throughout the song she transitions seamlessly from a honey-coated ire-fueled timbre to an almost spoken-word rhythmic pulse, adding dynamite and dynamics to the appropriate parts. Not to mention some nice word painting which further keeps things interesting (don\u2019t think we didn\u2019t notice you sped up the rhythm on the word \u201cfast\u201d, Ms. Suede). And sticking true to the intrinsic quality of pop music, the song picks an emotion and does it well: \u201cI know it’s just human nature\/But you had to go and f*** up again\/I should just get up and leave ya\/But I know you’re gonna pull me back in.\u201d It\u2019s a piece destined for both heavy airplay and for repeated listenings: a win\/win.<\/p>\n

Similar to \u201cChameleon\u201d, Rome Will Burn performs\u00a0\u201cLive by the Beat\u201d and \u201cWaging Romance\u201d presenting additional compelling arguments for Rome Will Burn occupying the ionosphere. In \u201cBeat\u201d, Manifesto\u2019s penchant for finding the \u201cexact right sound\u201d becomes very evident, as the variety he injects into this club-friendly thumper defines its accessibility beyond its shiny fist-pumping exterior and gives Alyssa a vehicle to carry this visceral tune. And though it\u2019s always refreshing, Manifesto\u2019s violin-playing on \u201cWaging Romance\u201d is downright brilliant. The intro plays out like The Piano Guys discovering a computer for the first time and eventually escalates into a virtuosic solo which should really be mandatory in every pop song ever from here on out.<\/p>\n

Slowing it down a bit, we enter the realm of CHVRCHES-esque dream-pop with Rome Will Burn’s \u201cThese Three Words\u201d. Alyssa, once again, doesn\u2019t overreach lyrically but instead decides where she wants to go and arrives there strongly. In a way she\u2019s like that perfect girl who can anomalously meet and surpass all the different descriptions for delineating a girl\u2019s attractiveness: she\u2019s proven to us she can be sugar-sweet adorable, smoking hot, and now all of the sudden she wants to be breathtakingly beautiful? Well she bites off a lot but it\u2019s not more than she can chew. She handles the plodding, melodic ambience warranted by Manifesto\u2019s adept arrangement of piano, strings, and sustained synths, expertly, giving us the impression that this is what she\u2019s been doing her whole life.<\/p>\n

There will always be room for pop on the charts, and in only their first release, Rome Will Burn seems to bring enough to the table to fit perfectly into the current electro-pop mould while still doing enough to shape it themselves. Rome Will Burn\u00a0still need to find their identity a bit, but that\u2019s usually what the first EP is for–to see what works and what doesn\u2019t. If their ambition, rapport and versatility persists at this rate, they will definitely be a band to watch out for in the very near future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jordin Jaz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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