Romantica

Formed in 2002 by Northern Irish native <a href="spotify:artist:6USDQNgaEg5rDCk7lVRHRM" data-name="Ben Kyle">Ben Kyle</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vo4dEwrsjo2rULQBBr2qC" data-name="Romantica">Romantica</a> has evolved over the years mixing together elements of folk, rock, and Americana. Born in Minneapolis in the early 2000s, the bands members and contributers have evolved over the years but <a href="spotify:artist:6USDQNgaEg5rDCk7lVRHRM" data-name="Ben Kyle">Ben Kyle</a>&#39;s vision has been coherently pursued.

<a href="spotify:artist:2vo4dEwrsjo2rULQBBr2qC" data-name="Romantica">Romantica</a>&#39;s debut, <a href="spotify:album:3WxoDVxjc3HFk1WgjWBxzM" data-name="It&#39;s Your Weakness That I Want">It&#39;s Your Weakness That I Want</a> was released in 2004 bringing an Irish rock approach to the Americana genre of music. The album, produced by Alex Oana, won the band a Minnesota Music Academy award for Best Folk/Roots/Americana Recording in 2004. Romantica&#39;s second studio album <a href="spotify:album:3F9Gdbe6Pbs9696GwWOWLO" data-name="America">America</a>, was produced by <a href="spotify:artist:6USDQNgaEg5rDCk7lVRHRM" data-name="Ben Kyle">Ben Kyle</a> at Slow Studios and went on to be named #58 on Paste Magazine&#39;s &#34;Top 100 Albums of 2007.&#34; While on tour in Austin, Texas at SXSW in 2009, the band wrote and recorded the album <a href="spotify:album:0o48s51vJPkJpQwSA8whYU" data-name="Control Alt Country Delete">Control Alt Country Delete</a> live, in the space of one day. In 2016, the band began to brainstorm their next project, the fruit of which would be the folk-rock soul filled <a href="spotify:album:0iazTlp51LUQu5h3hXlXTe" data-name="Shadowlands">Shadowlands</a>. The album was recorded in the span of a few weeks in a barn in Southern Minnesota.

In 2016, frontman <a href="spotify:artist:6USDQNgaEg5rDCk7lVRHRM" data-name="Ben Kyle">Ben Kyle</a> contracted lyme-disease. Leaving him debilitated, Kyle was forced take a break from both his solo work and Romantica for the next 4 years. Romantica&#39;s newest record <a href="spotify:album:5NAH9Crir1UMr5UCvTsmn5" data-name="Outlaws">Outlaws</a> is a collection of songs gathered from recording sessions and live shows over the past 10 years compiled by Kyle during his recovery from lyme-disease.