Career
She used to be based in Melbourne and now lives in Los Los Angeles In 1995, Hoffman started performing with her high school classmate Ben Lee"s popular/punk band Noise Addict as a 15-year-old guitarist. She said, "I just did the last tour with them, which was great because I got to go to America."
She later returned to the United States, to spend time writing, in San Francisco.
The result of her San Francisco connection was the release of her debut solo European Parliament, Hyperbolic Logic in 2004.
2006 also saw Hoffman become the first hip-hop act (and only the second Australian act) to be signed to the United States record label, Kill Rock Stars (home to The Gossip, Deerhoof, Sleater Kinney and Bikini Kill). She released her first full-length album, Moments in Movement, in September 2006 created in collaboration with local producer Tony Buchen.
The album was nominated for the 2006 J Award. 2007 saw Macromantics undertaking a national tour and supporting Lily Allen"s tour of Australia.
In 2010, after two years of extensive touring, Romy began work on a dark electro popular record.
In 2011 she embarked on a United States with Juris Doctor Samson"s group MEN In 2011 she worked on another record as "ROMY". This time, a house inspired record. In 2012/2013 The single "Elixir" was released on prestigious house label Nervous Records.
The follow up "Home" came out on the chic underground cult label "100% Silk.
Hoffman has always maintained her punk roots. In 2011 she made a "schitzo synthy paranoid punk" lo-fi solo record as "AGENDER".
She played all the instruments on the record. In 2013 "AGENDER" morphed into an all girl 3 piece, known for their intense, fast, tight knit punk shows.
The band"s record "Fixations" was released on French label "Desire Records".
The band toured the United States in June/July 2014.
