Snog - Beyond the Valley of the Proles

David Thrussell and David Bourke are back with yet another musical assault on international capitalism. The targets of Thrussell's sour, strident lyrics and of Chris Woods' photorealist cover paintings are the same old fish in the same old barrels (businessmen, Nike, both George Bushes, corporations in general, etc.), and about halfway through the album one does start to wonder, given Thrussell's adamant stance in favor of independent thought and the questioning of dominant paradigms, why his own political sentiments are so very predictable. Read More