ROMES (band)  ROMES is a Canadian indie-pop duo from Toronto, Ontario made up of brothers Jacob and Nicolas Bitove. The band's single "Tryna Be" was officially released on May 31, 2017, reaching a peak position of #26 on Canada's Top 40/CHR chart, #48 on Canada's Hot AC chart and was the most added song on Canadian CHR the week of October 2, 2017. The band was nominated for Best New Group/Artist at the Canadian Radio Music Awards 2018. ROMES was formed in 2015, composed of Canadian brothers Jacob and Nicolas Bitove along with Irish friends James Tebbitt and Andrew Keyes. The four original members of ROMES all met while attending school in Wicklow, Ireland before relocating to Jacob and Nicolas' hometown of Toronto. James and Andrew left the group amicably in 2020, as per an official statement on ROMES' Facebook page. ROMES released their debut EP titled "BELIEVE" on April 8, 2016 and later released their debut, self-titled full-length studio album "ROMES" on October 6, 2017 via Five Seven Music. Both the EP and album were produced and mixed by acclaimed, Grammy-nominated L.A. producer Tony Hoffer (Beck, M83, Phoenix, The Kooks). In August 2016, ROMES' debut single "Believe" was put into rotation on Sirius XM Alt Nation's Advanced Placement program. "Believe" is also featured in EA Sports Madden NFL 17 and was selected as CBC Radio One's Here and Now Song of the Week. "Believe" reached over 1 million Spotify streams within its first few weeks of release and reached a peak position of #23 on Spotify Ireland's Viral 50 Chart and #48 on Ireland's Radio Charts. The band made their U.S. major festival debut at Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 6, 2017 while on a 34 date U.S. tour supporting Mutemath. The band has also supported artists including The Strokes, Silversun Pickups, and COIN. In January 2017, ROMES were selected by Alternative Press as one of their 'Artists to Watch in 2017'. The band has produced several self-directed and self-shot music videos which have been featured on "Billboard" and Earmilk. The music video (directed and shot by Michael Silvestre) for ROMES' album track "In The Wild", co-written with Kai (Flume, Diplo, Childish Gambino, Skrillex), was featured by world-leading drone company DJI.