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“Scenes from a Roman Holiday” is an uptempo, feel-good summer jam with a singalong outro. It’s perfect for a road trip, pool party, or other (safe) hangout of choice! It has sonic shades of 60s acoustic artists, like Paul Simon and Cat Stevens, and early alternative rock, like Elvis Costello and Violent Femmes.

It tells the story of a real-life Roman Holiday that Jordan took with a group of friends in late 2019, just before the pandemic hit. He and six friends spent a week in Rome, and the song charts their passing moments of laughter, romance, aimlessness, and innocence as they traversed this historic city. Jordan wrote this song pre-pandemic. But looking back, the song serves as a time capsule of the Before Times, and paints a hopeful beacon of social joy that we’re all craving to get back to.

LYRICS

We keep on sleeping til the day is done
Cheap bottles of wine wring the bass straight from my lungs
Wake up somewhere between the rest of my life 
And all those scenes I forgot from last night
Gimme one espresso and one for the road
‘Cause we’re standing so cute in our shades and sweater,s all tightly sewn
And it’s pouring rain, she’s speaking in tongues
I say nothin’ cause she’s the one having all the fun

And we were walking along the Spanish Steps
Someone makes a wisecrack and no one laughs
We stumble through a market on the cobblestone
Moving so slow I forgot what we were running from
She says, “Back home, I’ve been skipping class”
So I take a picture of the sun to make it last
It took some hundred years to tear this place down
And a thousand more to forget why we stuck around

We hold ourselves til the break of dawn
Singing a pretty song
And it goes like...

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Approved Artist Bio for Immediate Release

Jordan Rowe is a rock singer-songwriter with charming vocals, thoughtful lyrics, and a tonal style that harkens back to the catchy, up-tempo sounds of Tom Petty, R.E.M., Violent Femmes, and Goo Goo Dolls. He was born and raised in Los Angeles and currently resides in New York City. Prior to the pandemic, he was a frequent performer at venues like The Bitter End, The Bowery Electric, and Rockwood Music Hall. He draws inspiration from classic rock storytellers like Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen, as well as more current alternative acts like Kurt Vile, Big Thief, and Wilco.

Jordan is also a writer and director, his music playing a key role in his filmmaking process. He wrote, directed, and composed the original music for The Reservoir, a coming of age short film starring Jared Gilman, the lead from Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom. It played the U.S. film festival circuit in 2019 and premiered online in early 2020.

jordan ROWE is an independent, self-managed artist

Contact Jordan: jordansrowe@gmail.com