Metropolis Records

Snog

The Last Days Of Rome

DIGITAL (2009)

Also available: CD

After almost forty live dates around the USA, Europe, Russia and Australia in 2006, Snog emerged from the recording studio in 2007 (unlike the Romans of which they sing) victorious. For their latest release, The Last Days of Rome, Snog turn their back on their most recent outings of barbed satirical electro-punk and instead offer a brand new album of historical narratives and charming tone poems set in palatable electro-pop surroundings. The album tells tales of the building of the pyramids of Egypt, pirates throwing their maps overboard, Roman Centurions, London being built in the Middle Ages, and more, all of which Snog promise us have no allusions to the modern global political climate. All these pieces are skillfully presented in the agitated and rhythmic manner that today's youth find so attractive yet they are also carefully crafted so as to never actually say anything at all, thus avoiding any needlessly dangerous or uncomfortable moments. This album has 18 tracks. The 2 missing tracks were just silence.

Track List

01. One Grain Of Sand
02. The Last Days Of Rome
03. Lost At Sea
04. It's All Lies
05. City
06. Vaguely Melancholic
07. Whateverman
08. Christmas Everyday
09. I Do Know Now
10. The Billionaire's Bullshit Machine
11. Go To Sleep (Little Australia)
12. One Speck Of Dust
14. The Last Days Of Rome (Sir Real Remix)
16. One Grain Of Sand (Acoustic)
17. The Day The Towers Fell
18. The Sickness (Featuring Hecq)
19. The Happy Song
20. The Fires