Luna Romantica

Romantica -- Luna's sixth album, originally released by Jetset Records in 2002, now remastered and reissued by Wax Mage Productions.

Exclusive InkSplosion Transparent Blue with White Explosion Variant - newly remastered reissue from Wax Mage Productions: Romantica -- Luna's sixth album. This was a tumultuous period for the band, who found themselves without a label following the declared bankruptcy of their previous label, Jericho Records, who had signed the band after Elektra let them go. Justin Harwood had departed midway through the touring for The Days of Our Nights and was replaced by Britta Phillips, who had previously toured with Ben Lee, and was formerly the singing voice of Jem (Jem & the Holograms). In this period Wareham and Phillips became romantically involved and you can likely hear that in the songs.



The band found a new manager, David Whitehead, and signed to a new label (Jetset). Wareham wrote ten songs, Sean Eden contributed a couple also: "Black Champagne" and "Rememories." They made the trek each day from lower Manhattan to Jolly Roger Studios in Hoboken, where the songs were recorded with Gene Holder (dB's). They then traveled to Tarbox Road Studios in upstate NY where Dave Fridmann (Tame Impala, Flaming Lips) mixed and did additional production work. Romantica was released by Jetset Records (in the USA) and Beggar's Banquet (in Europe) in April, 2002.


Now on Wax Mage Records with new vinyl master by Scott Hull of Masterdisk.


The album's title could be the name of the genre that Luna cultivates more fluently than most anyone else. Though the pace speeds up on "Weird and Woozy" and "1995", most of the album rides the same relaxed-to-languorous groove Luna has spent a decade perfecting, kissed by Wareham's dry martini voice and drenched in his and Sean Eden's liquid guitars. - Michelangelo Matos, 2002

Track Listing

Lovedust Weird & Woozy Black Postcards Black Champagne Swedish Fish Renee is Crying Mermaid Eyes 1995 Rememories Dizzy Orange Peel Romantica