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A true romantic never wears his heart on his sleeve; he wears half as a bouttoniere and gives you the other. The flowers never wilt, and they are always red. He'll assure you that all the stories you remember are true and that the rest don't matter. He remembers every word and knows your favourite parts. At the end of the longest days when you shut your eyes, a true romantic will sing you to sleep, his voice sewn on the furthest reaches on the longest sigh. Since he was young, he's known how to charm both the black and the white seas, and by taming them to play beautiful melodies, he's managed to anchor his heart in the passing of time, a rough stone made smooth. Royal Wood's songs are written by a pendulum sounding in the halls of great churches and carried on a waltz from the veranda of some seaside dwelling. The echoes heard might remind you of Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright or Ron Sexsmith, but it's his voice that resounds. Whether you've seen him at Hillside Music Festival, NxNE, or Halifax Pop, playing alongside Sarah Harmer, My Morning Jacket, or Serena Ryder or filling the Cameron House in Toronto during his year long residency there, Royal's songs and their unequivocated beauty stay with you for some time after, like closing your eyes after staring into the moon for too long; you can still see the moon. And now there are stars all around it. Royal's music has been featured on several TV and movie soundtracks; including the HBO series Regenisis, the CBC series This Is Wonderland, the CTV movie Playing House, the film The End of Silence starring Sarah Harmer, and the Warner Music Canada soundtrack to the Food Networks' Surreal Gourmet and more.