Review - Snog “...make the
little flowers grow...”
single on IMCC through
Shock!
At the end of the second mix, a drummier
version of the original, I was at the same loss as at the end of the first. Snog’s
...make the little flowers grow... tells
us all that no matter who or what we are, we’re all gonna be making those
little daisies go up (sorry Dean
and Gene). But giving a meaningful description of or trying to categorise
the song/s defies everything: it’s one of those you have to hear for yourself!
A new vibe, a new sound, just a little strange, brassy, different! And so far
lacking in airplay because of this.
The spacecat
digs deeper
mix contains maybe a line or two from the opening verse around a whole other
technological reworking, while the TDM
says “please don’t grow” mix features another line from elsewhere in the
song around something else entirely. So to answer the question “What is Snog?”
With the song ...make the little flowers
grow... would leave one none the wiser.
But Wait! There’s More! Sultans of Sleaze is an electronic instrumental thing, setting a
mechanical “Metropolis” mood; Report from the Iron Mountain is an
electro-techno-eastern classical loop, and The
Dying Man - live at One Eyed Jack’s sets a sombre full-banded Western sound
to close
Where has Snog
come from? Where are they going? What the hell are they on about? Just what is
I+T=R? All these questions and more should be answered, hopefully, with “buy me...I’ll change your life...”, the
album, but until then: ???