Things That Play Themselves

Things That Play Themselves
Studio album by King Snake Roost
Released 1988
Recorded 1987 – 1988 at Sound Barrier Studios in Sydney, Australia
Genre Noise rock
Length 40:37
Label Aberrant (original release)
Amphetamine Reptile (reissue)
Producer Dave Boyne
King Snake Roost chronology

From Barbarism to Christian Manhood
(1987)		 Things That Play Themselves
(1988)		 Ground Into the Dirt
(1990)
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Things That Play Themselves is the second album by the noise rock band King Snake Roost, released in 1988 through Aberrant Records.

Release and reception

Critic David Sprague of the Trouser Press called the record a "feverish disc" that warrants comparison to early Pere Ubu.[2]

In 1989, the album was adopted by Amphetamine Reptile Records and re-issued on vinyl.

Track listing

All music composed by King Snake Roost, except "Talking Turkey" by Sharron Weatherill.

Side one
No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Worm's Eye View"  Tolnay 3:16
2. "D.T.'s"  Hill 3:41
3. "The Ledge Does Vegas"  Hill 4:13
4. "Everything Falls Apart"  Bostle 3:24
5. "Hammerhead"  Bostle 2:15
6. "Acid Heart"  Quinn 2:39
Side two
No. TitleLyrics Length
1. "Fried"  Tolnay 5:10
2. "Trogman's Buried"  Quinn 2:41
3. "Talking Turkey"  Bostle 4:46
4. "Shunting Yard"  Trigger 2:11
5. "That Again?"  Tolnay 3:59
6. "Gutterbreath"  Quinn 2:18

Personnel

King Snake Roost
Additional musicians and production

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Things That Play". Allmusic. Retrieved August 8, 2012.
  2. ↑ Sprague, David. "KING SNAKE ROOST". trouserpress.com. Retrieved August 8, 2012.