“LOSE MY COOL” IS A FUN UPBEAT SINGLE THAT’S PERFECT FOR THE SUMMER. ALSO SOMETHING YOU’D SEE PLACED IN A COMMERCIAL. TAKE US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF CREATING THIS TRACK AND WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT IT THAT MADE YOU CHOSE IT AS YOUR LATEST SINGLE. ANY FAVORITE MOMENTS FROM YOUR RECORDING SESSION?

I went down to L.A. (pre-quarantine) for a couple weeks to do some writing sessions with some dope people, one of them being Mark Foster. He’s such a cool, down to earth guy and made the whole session feel so comfortable and chill. We’d just shoot the shit, and talk about life, music, food, boxing, whatever. We were writing some other tracks and messing around with a bunch of ideas before we finally landed on what would become “Lose My Cool”. It was an effortless process and all happened very naturally. We wanted to write something that sounded a bit quirky and nostalgic. Nick and I felt it was a good time to release this particular track now given all the madness going on in the world. I think sometimes releasing a fun/lighthearted song during times like this can act as a form of escapism for some people, and I think that’s important.

SPEAKING OF COMMERCIALS, WHAT WOULD BE THE ULTIMATE SYNC PLACEMENT FOR “LOSE MY COOL”?

Apple & Honda, where you at!? A Tarantino soundtrack would be sick, but he’s supposedly only be making one more movie, so… fingers crossed I guess?

SOMETHING REALLY GREAT ABOUT ROMES IS IT’S ALL DIY. FROM PRODUCING TO MIXING TO EDITING MUSIC VIDEOS AND DESIGNING MERCH, YOU GUYS DO IT ALL. HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE ASPECTS OF YOUR MUSIC CAREER? OUT OF ALL OF THE DIY PROJECTS YOU COMPLETED WHAT’S THE ONE PROJECT YOU’RE MOST PROUD OF?

We’ve always enjoyed taking on all aspects of our art. We have a clear vision on how we want everything to look and feel for each project/single so having control over everything from the cover art to the promo photos to the videos ensures that we’re 100% pumped on all of it. It also helps get shit done a lot quicker. Given the current streaming culture with such a heavy emphasis on singles and continuity, I think it’s a huge benefit to have that ability to produce and mix your own music and take care of everything from start to finish. It seems more and more artists are doing that now and that’s definitely what’s enabled us to do what we’re doing currently with releasing a new track every month. Getting into this cycle of constantly releasing music has become a really exciting process for us. It’s liberating to just get music out as it’s written and not over-analyze shit to death to the point where months have gone by and you’re sick of the song before it’s even released.