Fires of Rome – You Kingdom You
I really don’t know what I would do without emusic. On a whim I downloaded this album as it was a popular download yesterday. Let’s just say I’ve found out exactly why, and so has everyone else in my house…not that they’ve had a choice.
This album offers up ten tracks of some of the catchiest music I’ve heard in some time. The singer has a voice that seems so familiar, but you can’t quite place it. After a few listens it would seem that is because his expressive tones channel everyone from Jeremy Enigck to Jello Biafra to Richard Hell. That last comparison may be the most apt as Fires of Rome are another band of NYC hipsters who have actually garnered the title because of the swagger that drips off of these tunes.
Don’t let those names fool you though, the music is quite different from those voices. You will get everything from Steely Dan style pop musings (It Makes Me Weak), to the disco of Blondie (Bronx Bombardier), to glorious Menomena-like indie pop (Dawn Lament).
Play it again and again…not that you’ll have any choice.
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