It Was Romance is an American rock band formed by Lane Moore. It began as the bedroom recording project of lead singer and songwriter Moore, who years later added a backing band.[1] Moore is the chief songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist, using an electric ukulele with distortion that she plays like an electric guitar as well as piano, synthesizer, accordion, bass guitar, and percussion.[2]Bust magazine called It Was Romance The Best Band Of 2015.[3]
The Village Voice premiered their first single, "Philadelphia" off their self-titled debut in 2015.[4]
Paste Magazine described their sound as "hearkening back to a Dig Me Out era Sleater Kinney, Moore’s expansive sound covers love and all its mishaps with a catchy, blast loud and sing proud thoughtfulness. Blending garage rock with soul and experimental undertones, It Was Romance...walks multiple genres with a deft grace to mirror Moore’s bubbly wit and eye-catching presence."[5]
The music video for "Hooking Up With Girls" was released in late 2016 on the front page of Nylon.[11] The video is a shot-for-shot remake of Fiona Apple's "Criminal" music video. Moore starred in and directed the music video.
The Laugh Button described Moore's voice as, "incredible [voice], smoky and edgy and closely resembling the kind of stuff soulful grunge bands aspired to back in the 90s."[13]
In 2017, Moore created a music series at Arlene's Grocery called "90s Albums Live," with the first one being the Empire Records soundtrack, which It Was Romance performed live.[14]
Also in 2017, Billboard named It Was Romance one of 16 Female-Fronted Bands You Should Know.[15]
