{"id":2220,"date":"2025-06-14T23:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2025-06-14T23:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T13:56:04","slug":"wattmore-romantic-side-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/wattmore-romantic-side-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Wattmore &#8211; Romantic Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For those who missed it the first time\u2026 and the second\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australia&#8217;s cowpunk misfits Wattmore are back-again-with &#8220;Romantic Side,&#8221; a punk-country sucker punch to modern dating culture that refuses to die quietly. You thought this song was a one-night stand? It&#8217;s still in your kitchen, eating cereal in your band tee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its release, &#8220;Romantic Side&#8221; has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clocked nationwide radio play across community and commercial stations<br>Picked up ink from Rock Era, IndieDock, Broken 8 Records, and other discerning weirdos<br>Proven that sarcasm and sincerity make a killer couple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in its third radio wave, &#8220;Romantic Side&#8221; returns with new reviews, new listeners, and the same big heart wrapped in barbed wire. It&#8217;s cheeky. It&#8217;s sharp. It&#8217;s got twang, teeth, and a chorus that sticks like a bad decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced by Lindsay Waddington<br>Written by Aiden &amp; Kai Boak + Allan Caswell<br>Comes fully loaded with grit, hooks, and just enough sarcasm to be legally classified as therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a nostalgia-soaked lament for love before the digital apocalypse.&#8221; -Indie Dock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Raw, rollicking and razor-edged.&#8221; &#8211; Broken 8 Records<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A genre-smashing single\u2026 cheeky energy and rebellious charm.&#8221; -Rock Era<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FOR FANS OF:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frank Turner, Corb Lund, The Living End, Oasis and your ex who still listens to Johnny Cash<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT WATTMORE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in Brisbane by siblings Aiden and Kai, Wattmore blends punk guts, country storytelling, and a little bit of RocknRoll. From swiping left on love to ghosting genre boundaries, they make music that&#8217;s catchy, chaotic, and best served with last night&#8217;s regret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t have to like country. Or punk. But you will remember Wattmore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who missed it the first time\u2026 and the second\u2026 Australia&#8217;s cowpunk misfits Wattmore are back-again-with &#8220;Romantic Side,&#8221; a punk-country sucker punch to modern dating culture that refuses to die quietly. You thought this song was a one-night stand? It&#8217;s still in your kitchen, eating cereal in your band tee. Since its release, &#8220;Romantic &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/06\/14\/wattmore-romantic-side-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Wattmore &#8211; Romantic Side&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2221,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2220\/revisions\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zfmcountry.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}