WAS's Awesome New Wave Song of the Week #20: Combo Audio - Romanticide

This week we go back to 1982 and dig deep into the “long-lost cache of awesome New Wave” to pull out a one-hit wonder that is the very essence of early 80s synthpop !

Combo Audio were an Illinois-based band that came and went in a very quick flash.  They released one EP in 1983 and were gone by 1984 despite touring extensively in the American midwest and even opening concerts for U2 & Talking Heads.  Their New Romantic yearnings, flagrant use of synths and melodious songcrafting had everyone listening absolutely convinced that they would be the ‘next big thing’.  Sadly it was not to be. But Combo Audio fortunately left us with one pure nugget of white-hot brilliance before they vanished forever - the song (and equally awesome video) that is …. “Romanticide” !  

Enjoy!

-WAS