King Snake Roost – Things That Play Themselves [LP] (1989, Aberrant Records)

Gifted with a rhythm section that sounded like a garbage truck's exhaust backfiring and a guitarist who rarely felt the need to play chords, Australia's King Snake Roost played the kind of noise rock that let them easily fit into the roster of Amphetamine Reptile Records. They also confirmed Australia as a hotbed of blues-punk -yes, the influence of the blues can easily be discerned beneath all the garbage truck backfiring and dearth of guitar chords, and their vocalist did his best Delta-blues-scorched-black growl. Can't really claim these guys as some unjustly obscure geniuses; after all, their path had already been pretty well-trod before them (question: is Nick Cave an Australian "national hero" like Springsteen is in the States? Just wondering). Still, when you want some down n' dirty, defiantly art-free noise rock, they're a damn fine cup o' disease. Inspirational lyric (from "Trogman's Buried"): "He showed my mom his circumcision scars / Then he drowned in his own blood." [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Aberrant Records – 1THING 

Format: Vinyl, LP 

Country: Australia 

Released: Jan 25, 1989 

Style: Alternative Rock, Noise, Noise Rock, Punk Blues, Grunge

 

Tracklist:

A1 Worm's Eye View 

A2 D.T.'s 

A3 The Ledge Does Vegas 

A4 Everything Falls Apart 

A5 Hammerhead 

A6 Acid Heart 

B1 Fried 

B2 Trogman's Buried 

B3 Talking Turkey 

B4 Shunting Yard 

B5 That Again? 

B6 Gutterbreath 

 

Other Versions: 

Amphetamine Reptile Records (1989, US): LP (ARR 89168-1) + Cassette (ARR 89168-4)

Megadisc (1989, Netherlands): LP (MD 7906) 

 

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