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)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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.	Title	Lyrics	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.	Title	Lyrics	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 Bill Bostle – drums Peter Hill – vocals, guitar, trombone, harp David Quinn – bass guitar, vocals, illustration Charles Tolnay – guitar, bass guitar

Additional musicians and production Caroline Birkett – design, illustration Dave Boyne – production, engineering, piano on "Everything Falls Apart", guitar on "Fried" Adrian Hornblower III – saxophone on "D.T.'s" and "Fried" Lachlan McLeod – guitar on "D.T.'s" Tom Sturm – trumpet on "Fried"

External links

• Things That Play Themselves at Discogs (list of releases)

References

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