Starship Romance

Band number six on Siri's "Bands to Listen to" list: Starship Romance; another band that followed me on Twitter during the craze of SXSW!

Starship Romance is a one man band from Colorado, and this fella is Chase Martinez who is formerly from The Summer Soundtrack.  Martinez's sound for Starship Romance straight up exudes pop and electronic, which I can't help but love.  Right now he doesn't have any tracks up on Facebook because he's in the process of making new music, but you can check out his music on his YouTube page!  He has covers and a full live set broken into different parts, so check those out!

His debut single, "One For Me," is among the videos posted on the YouTube page, and it's up for FREE download, which I will take advantage of!  From the first few seconds of the song, it sounded sort of like a video game to me, so of course I was instantly hooked.  Overall, I feel a little Stereo Skyline pop rock vibe but with more electronic elements.  The melody and lyrics remind me of Stereo Skyline because they're cute words sung in a cute tune.  The lyrics basically talk about a boy chasing after the girl for him, but at the same time she doesn't know what she's doing to him - my favorite line is, "You keep your heart locked and I can't find the combination."  I'm a sucker for cute and clever lyrical metaphors.  The song's got a dance potential so I say YAY!

I would definitely go see Starship Romance live if he ever came to Texas because his music sounds better live (as many other bands' and artists' music does also), and it'll make you want to jump and dance to it. In my honest opinion, he has the same aesthetics as Bobby Mares's My Genuine Find because he's also a one man band who makes pop/electronic music, and when both of these guys perform live, they have a colorful light show.  No current tours are on the radar right now, but I bet we will see more of Starship Romance in the future!  If he ever stops by your town, I'd recommend going to see him!