| "Sarn Helen
was the road the Romans built to link North and South Wales, and infrastructure
in Wales has gone downhill since the Romans left. It was quite a proud and
working entity under Roman rule, but since then its been a case of divide and
rule. It’s hilarious trying to get from North to South Wales which is
about 180 miles. You can’t do it by train and it takes about 5 hours in a
car. Its a nostalgic song about Roman times. The last ever Roman edifice was
built in North Wales in Penmachno, but they didn’t know that Rome had
fallen when they did it. "Musically we’ve gone for the kind of song you
would be listening to cruising down the A5 to Rome in a two-door chariot "If
you look at it superficially its a song about transport infrastructure, but
I’d rather look at it as a tribute to the Romans, bringing people together
with straight roads. "On a trivial note most of this song was recorded in
Cian’s living room and engineered by his good self. " |
