is not about candlelit dinners. It is about logging off America Online at 2:00 AM because your parents need the phone line. It is about the static hiss of a VHS recording of The Matrix after the credits rolled, when you rewound to Trinity’s kick one more time.
– 2:58 Chaotic drums. A distorted sample of a news anchor: “Will the lights go out?” The beat collapses. ROMANCE X -1999-
To understand the 90s Japanese rock scene, one must understand ROMANCE. It is the definitive anthem of a year that refused to be quiet. is not about candlelit dinners
– 4:07 Minimal. Just a Rhodes piano and a single tear hitting a keyboard. – 2:58 Chaotic drums
The plot of Romance X is deceptively simple, revolving around a trope that is almost a cliché of French art cinema: the bored, unsatisfied woman.
In 1999, Penicillin was at the height of its visual intensity. The aesthetic of the ROMANCE era was characterized by: Heavy PVC and leather costuming. Androgynous makeup and gravity-defying hair.