
Rome
Civitas Solis
Stylistically, ROME uses an impressively broad musical variety on "Civitas Solis"; from chansons in the singer-songwriter vein of Jacques Brel, Leonard Cohen and Townes van Zandt, to cold Dark Wave-type accentuated acoustic guitar elements: An alternating bath of martial hymns and introspective ballads evoking key moments in the band's 20-year history, and which as all ROME releases raises questions. Provocative questions: What does the future hold? And what will it mean for Europe? All we can do is brace for what lies ahead, while we are standing on the Western Wall", as "men against time" witnessing the storm.