Recorded over 2008/2009 in Melbourne, Berlin and Prague, Snog’s “Last Of The Great Romantics” is
truly a landmark album. Like Radiohead’s “Ok Computer” and Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” (to
both of which it has already been compared) “Last Of The Great Romantics” sees a beloved band at
their conceptual and creative peak. From the blazing space-rock-ballad of opening track “We’re All In
This Together” to the languid moog-boogie of “The End Of The World” to the disco-metal pyrotechnics of
“Wargasm” Snog forge their own path and their own sound, bold, uncompromising and just a little bent.
Recorded entirely in analogue facilities using a vast collection of vintage studio equipment with special
guests including John Justin Stewart (Grace Jones), Neil Boyack (Angler), The City Of Prague
Philharmonic Choir and produced by The Calculators (The Faint, Schneider TM) “Last Of The Great
Romantics” is a lush, sincere masterpiece.
Early 2010 also marks twenty years since Snog first entered a recording studio to put down “Corporate
Slave”, their first ever single and a left-field industrial/electro/agit-prop dancefloor hit way back in 1992.
Don’t make too much noise about it (because it makes the band feel a bit long-in-the-tooth) but do pause
for a moment to ponder the ever-changing (and to some people the just plain confusing) nature of Snog.
Never generic in any form Snog have in various incarnations donned the costumes of electro-industrialspaghetti
western-folk-country and electro-punk-funk music but the core has remained steadfast - songs
that grapple with the innate and important stuff (or at least “how low can humanity go?”). So take a few
moments out from your busy day to wonder what this crazy world of ours would be like without the
sometimes sneering, sometimes sentimental sounds of Snog and if the urge strikes you, go stand naked
in the sunshine eating an organic mango - because that’s what David Thrussell is doing right now too.
