Sci-Fi Romance is an independent folk band from Los Angeles that blends unique arrangements and a dark, percussive take on acoustic music into a sound that has been labeled "steamfolk." It began as the solo project of singer/songwriter Vance Kotrla.
This is my lo-fi project, which explores sonic textures and instruments that would generally seem out of place in a folk project like Sci-Fi Romance -- even an alt-folk project. Sci-Fi Romance
Many years ago I had the pleasure of producing a solo piano album performed and (mostly) written by my friend Ryan Dawe, and I still find these songs of his enthralling. Sci-Fi Romance
The rock/metal/blues soundtrack I composed for a superhero comedy about a slacker who decides to cash in after a microwave mishap gives him the ability to...shoot spaghetti from his hands. Sci-Fi Romance