ARTIST: Fires of Rome
TITLE: You Kingdom You
LABEL: The Hours
GENRE: Rock
BITRATE: 199kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 38m total
RELEASE DATE: 2009-01-05
RIP DATE: 2009-01-23
Track List
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1. Dawn Lament 4:12
2. Set in Stone 3:53
3. It Makes Me Weak 5:53
4. Songs As Yet Unsung 3:19
5. Bronx Bombadier 3:36
6. Love is a Burning Thing 3:59
7. Handgernade 3:21
8. But You're Such a Cherry 3:35
9. I'll Take You Down 2:51
10. Monkey in a Cage 4:17
Release Notes:
Fires of Rome
You Kingdom You
(The Hours/ January 5, 2009)
ôPrecisely snarling guitars with outlandish vocal keening...every part was
sharp, audacious, and in its place.ö
-The New York Times
They met in a plane crash! They learned to play in the swamps of Uruguay! Not
much is known about the true origins of Fires of Rome but regardless of how it
all happened, they have recorded what is sure to be one of next yearÆs most
enthralling and captivating debuts. On You Kingdom You, Andrew Wyatt, Matt
Kranz, and Gunnar make the kind of sound that embodies everything that is
exciting about music today: uncategorizable, anthemic, and daring.
The heartbreaking ôDawn Lamentö kicks off the album with its keyboard drone,
military beat, and a guitar that sounds like horn stabs. The driving beat and
riff descend into a frail piano melody and rise back up. These adventurous song
structures abound in You Kingdom You. ôSet in Stoneö thick funk bass and
Chic-like guitar build up to a soaring chorus sung in a shimmering falsetto.
ôSongs As Yet Unsungö has a punk ferocity with glam rock sheen that dares you to
attempt remaining still. The T. Rex stomp and seductive vocal of ôBut YouÆre
Such a Cherryö illustrate the songÆs tale of coming on to someone younger.
The kaleidoscopic nature of You Kingdom You makes repeated listening reveal new
layers and melodies. The album is as lyrically diverse as it is musically. Amid
the tales of lost love and the apple of your eye are songs to rally workers to
escape the drudgery of office life and to inspire listeners to take down all
that oppresses us. Fires of Rome have made an album of the highest quality at a
time when the album is an endangered species. Listen to it beginning to end and
then do it again, this is one of the few new artists who can captivate you for
ten songs and leave you wanting more.