ROMES

About

Romes started life as a four piece and ended up as a brother duo, which is a pretty good way to sharpen a sound. Jacob and Nicolas Bitove, from Toronto, make electronic rock with a loud, overdriven edge, and the name is said to stand for Raw Overdriven Mind Expansion Systems. Early on, Alternative Press tagged them as artists to watch in 2017, and that same year they made their major US festival debut at Austin City Limits while out on a 34 date run supporting Mutemath. They have also shared bills with The Strokes, Silversun Pickups, The Warning and Saint Asonia. Since going it alone as a duo in 2020, the brothers have put out singles independently, including the self produced EP My Demons Are My Best Friends in 2021, which Rolling Stone Mexico picked up on. In 2024 they were brought in to score and produce several tracks for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 alongside Jack Wall, with NME praising the snarling guitar and thundering drums. They have also teamed up with Moog, Alesis and Neural DSP, which says plenty about how seriously they take sound design.