The new ROME album kicks my dick in!!!

[MajestikMøøse]

The lyrics are a very important component in that kind of music. Have you listened to this combo-band between the Triarii guy and Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio? I found it rather boring.

I've heard about it. I was kind of interested because I liked that "Roses for Rome" collaboration on Pièce Héroique, but I can see how that sort of stuff can easily go either way.

 

[Ellestin]

I should play it at least a few more times to be more specific but at the present stage Roses 4 Rome is the apex of their man-to-man affair.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

Rose 4 Rome is totally gaymazing

 

[sickofmotion]

Good news

NEW SINGLE READY FOR PREORDER!

ROME - L'Assassin (Release date: Jan 29th 2010)

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The moon of March will bring a new ROME record. As a little “amuse-bouche” we will release a single featuring a first glimpse at what you are to expect. A limited special collector’s kit (t-shirt plus single) is available for preorder via infrarot.de as of now! - Jerome

The Assassin – Murder? Crime of passion? As always, ROME’s titles ought to be taken with a pinch of salt. ROME’s new Chanson Noir is speaking of man’s enslavement in a world of constant transformation.

The traditions of (french) Chanson and (american) Folk are becoming more and more influential in their current work. Chansonniers like Léo Ferré, Jacques Brel and singer/songwriter heroes like Cave, Cash and Cohen are obvious influences. The previous album “Flowers From Exile” already gave a first impression of what they themselves call Chanson Noir – the darker side of singer/songwriter tradition: post-industrial-folk with bits and pieces of Electronic Pop, complex arrangements of breathtaking melodies, mesmerizing ballads of lyrical beauty, underlining ROME’s ethos of never faltering or remaining uninvolved.

The EP/Single features four songs among which the exclusive and intimate track “One Flesh”. The creative input of new member Nikos Mavridis (on violin and other stringed instruments) has become more and more apparent, most obviously in the reinvented, “stringed” versions of two classic ROME tracks ‚Der Erscheinungen Flucht‘ and ‚Der Brandtaucher‘ from the highly successful album „Masse Mensch Material“.

ROME are reinventing themselves with each release, without ever losing track of their roots. Still, the sheer anger and ultimate despair of the early, warlike days has somewhat evaporated to make room for more complex and classical arrangements and ever more thought-provoking lyrics. ROME: unmasked, honest and authentic!

Preorder now! Here:

http://www.infrarot.de/rome/lassassin-collectors-edition/2005282

 

[swizzlenuts]

Been spinning a lot of Rome lately, finally checked out MMM, and I find it phenomenal. I actually thought this thread was about that album. I need to get this one.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

Every single release they've made is amazing, imo.

Oh yeah, that new 'L'assassin' EP is pretty cool too, although not really mandatory.

 

[Vittra]

Best place to pick up ROME releases, assuming they are still in print?!!

 

[Climb Thar Hill]

All I know is that you can find Rome's latest at The End Records. Though it's a little pricey.

 

[dorian gray]

I guess Moose is too good for RC nowadays

 

[Demilich]

I haven't talked to the guy in ages, just your standard Facebook stalking.

 

[addae]

Best place to pick up ROME releases, assuming they are still in print?!!

many shops will have at least the last two full length and the Ep...try egay you find a lot of shop offers together...

 

[~Neurotica]

Love their new album and their older stuff. Thanks to Peters for showing them to me (the only good thing he's done in his worthless life).

 

[Reign in Acai]

For Manitoba, Thar, Neal, Nad and any other Cali dwellers/lurkers.

July 20th - @ Blood Orange Info Shop, Riverside, CA (Nadville)
July 21st - @Bar Sinister, Hollywood, CA (Fagville)
July 22nd - @ DNA Lounge, San Francisco, CA (Fagville)
July 24th - Berkeley, CA (WannabeeFagville)

 

[Vittra]

I *may* be back in Cali around that time, good to know...

 

[Dick Sirloin]

I haven't heard a note of this band. I just always assumed it was lame-o Moosemuzik. Where is the best place to start?

 

[lurch70]

it's pretty good elevator music

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Well, the Romans are probably responsible for elevators in some way, so I reckon it makes sense.

 

[Vittra]

Flowers from Exile is pretty glorious and my personal fav. Start there?

 

[Dick Sirloin]

Will do. Thanks.

 

[swizzlenuts]

My favorite is still Nero.