written & produced by romæo
guitar by kiri
mix by antonia gauci
master by becki whitton (aphir)

mourning

Track 7:
The world is so beautiful (and you’re the greatest beauty i’ve ever known)
Unsatiated beauty
Constance Mayer, “The Dream of Happiness”

I got up in the morning
It was cold had been pouring
And I started to run to your house
But my feet began to hurt
And my shins fall apart
So I got half way and had to turn around
I wrote you a letter
Saying I won’t forget ya
But I ran out of stamps so I never sent it to ya
I ran till I was crying
Had a panic attack felt like dying
And I went and sat sobbing on the beach
The world is so beautiful but I don’t want it if I don’t have you
the world is so beautiful & you're the greatest beauty I’ve ever known
dreaming for three days
a razor is bleeding
the balance of fortune cares not if you're weeping
i gave it all to you but you sailed away from me
theres nothing i could do to show you what you mean to me
The world is so beautiful but I don’t want it if I don’t have you
the world is so beautiful & you're its greatest beauty
The world is so beautiful but I don’t want it if I can’t have you
the world is so beautiful & you're the greatest beauty I’ve ever known
All the hurting was for nothing if we give up now

All tracks written, recorded, produced and mixed by romæo
Track 1 & 5 guitar performed and recorded by Matt Sitas
Tracks 1, 3, 5 mastered by Becki Whitten (pka Aphir)
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 mastered by Clarence Kingston
Cover art photo by Matt Sitas, design by Willy Challis, MUA Mindwell

the world is so beautiful (& you're the greatest beauty i've ever known)

Track 6:
self love is a scam!
Beauty in the self
Lola Àlvarez Bravo, “Frida (Looking in mirror close up)”

I wanna love you, I wanna love you (I do)
I wanna love you, I wanna love you
But I can’t seem to learn to
Though I really want to
I wanna love you, I wanna love you
But all I can think of is how I don’t
I wanna love you, but how can I love you?
There’s so much to heat and critique
I wanna love you, but why should I love
you?
Isn’t every body valid, and that’s what
counts?
Must love be my goal to myself?
Self love is hard
(and everyone makes it easy)
Self love is a product
(everyone’s trying to sell me)
My head is full and my stomach is empty
My skins inflamed and damn it, I’m angry
Self love is hard
(and everyone makes it easy)
Self love is a scam
(nothing will ever please me)
My wallet is empty and my therapist is
laughing
I’ve focused on myself so much but for love
i’m still starving
I wanna love me, I wanna love me (I do)
I wish I could love me
But how can I love me, my life is too busy to think about me

All tracks written, recorded, produced and mixed by romæo
Track 1 & 5 guitar performed and recorded by Matt Sitas
Tracks 1, 3, 5 mastered by Becki Whitten (pka Aphir)
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 mastered by Clarence Kingston
Cover art photo by Matt Sitas, design by Willy Challis, MUA Mindwell

self love is a scam!

Track 5:
Good To Look At
Aestheticism
Edward Burne-Jones, “The Golden Stairs”

it means nothing its just good to look at
glorified for centuries
as a man’s great masterpieces
through the crowd she rarely speaks
best not heard only seen
a value we can’t quantify
to satisfy a thousand eyes
step away the paint has dried
their instruments immortalised
it means nothing its just good to look at
petty and somnambulant
the model needs an ambulance
the dove plays wolf and cancels it
the sky turns dark and ravenous
all good things come in threes
all good art makes grown men weep
theres a crowd of them and only one of me
looking up her dress from at her feet
it means nothing its just good to look at
she means nothing she’s just good to look at

All tracks written, recorded, produced and mixed by romæo
Track 1 & 5 guitar performed and recorded by Matt Sitas
Tracks 1, 3, 5 mastered by Becki Whitten (pka Aphir)
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 mastered by Clarence Kingston
Cover art photo by Matt Sitas, design by Willy Challis, MUA Mindwell

Good To Look At

Track 2:
checkout (i bought into it)
A reflection on The Beauty Myth as outlined in Naomi Wolf’s seminal work
Clare Park, cover photograph of The Beauty Myth

i dont know how to get out of it
spent my whole life in the beauty myth
obeying the rules, making her king
my idol so graciously wicked to me
i dont know how to get out of it
redirecting attention to what i can fix
a shameful obsession i wish to escape
my cart is my haven i'm willing to pay
i bought into it
found my wallet and lost my head
i bought into it
i dont know how to get out of it
forever trapped in the beauty myth
my will for power i can't contain
to focus on ‘i’ is the way to attain
i wish i could get out of it
the incessant voice perched on my lips
to see myself as more than a figure
to care so much when i'm getting bigger
i bought into it
found my wallet and lost my head
i bought into it
what will you do?
what will we see?
tenants of the planet and of our bodies.

All tracks written, recorded, produced and mixed by romæo
Track 1 & 5 guitar performed and recorded by Matt Sitas
Tracks 1, 3, 5 mastered by Becki Whitten (pka Aphir)
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7 mastered by Clarence Kingston
Cover art photo by Matt Sitas, design by Willy Challis, MUA Mindwell

checkout (i bought into it)

Good To Look At (Aphir Remix)

fight for our love
fight for me now 
show that you care
i need to see your tears 

tell all to me 
i want to know you feel something 

i gave it away
so easily
i didn't think it would hurt
and i was right 

i've lost your heart
i've lost mine too
though a new one beats
i'd rather pretend none of this is happening

i gave it away
so easily
i didn't think it would hurt
and i was right

i gave it all up
without a second thought (why didn't you try to stop me?)
and you barely tried
to stop me

i did it all for you, can't you see i wanted to know your heart?
i did it all for you, i left my one true love.
i gave it all up.

based on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.
written, produced and mixed by romæo
master by Aphir (Becki Whitton)

Anna

flowers in my hair (for you)

some demos i've been working on in self isolation.

written/produced/mix/master(lol) by romæo

track 4 produced by jack purdon.

before i cry i'll walk away.

acne

inspired by Titian's 'Sacred and Profane Love'

“this song is a musing on the thematic ideas presented in the painting, and also my interpretation of the work. It considers the role of women in society, while also giving them a voice, independent of the male gaze. I was initially inspired by the symbolism in the artwork, for example the juxtaposition of the cherub and the sarcophagus, and the myrtle as an image of fertility. I basically materialised the conversation between the two Venus’; the verses see the sacred Venus being free and empowered, while choruses are from the perspective of the profane Venus who is bound by mortal realms, obligations, and the traditional understanding of womanhood. Ultimately the song is about wanting to reveal oneself, in every sense of the word, but being unable to.”

revealed

as featured on Spirit Level's Dec20 compilation 'Kindred Spirits 3' available on bandcamp https://spiritlevelco.bandcamp.com/album/kindred-spirits-3

wish

cold brewed experimental bedroom art-pop out of Naarm/Melb, Aus.

linktr.ee/romaeo

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