Berlin

This surprising new star on the apocalyptic-folk-scene sprouts from the punk–sing-songwriter–rock genres, but is cleaver to set a personal imprint, with obvious influences of course, to a singer-songwriter-apocalyptic-folk music. ROME is about emotive songs that are both catchy and disturbed. The songs awake memories of love and death, with the reoccurring themes of despair and loss, guilt and grief, might and war. With the cynical opening line “Once we learned to speak we learned to fail”, the band sets a grand colour to this exquisite candy piece of 6 exclusive songs; a teaser to their upcoming full-length CD planned for this autumn. “Berlin” comes in a very appealing digipak. Rome is neither from Rome, nor Berlin....