I will be quoting this line very frequently for the foreseeable future and show this to my closest friends

I think the “stand out songs” are relative: one could say Rocks Off, Tumbling Dice, Let It Loose and Shine a Light are the stand out songs. But the mixing of the album works perfectly. Makes it sound like you’re in a New Orleans basement in the ‘40s playing music and drinking all night.

they are awesome. The vocals are among the best things about the band

Been goin back and forth on Aviary and Tragedy lately. Aviary is so dense and full of sound and nuance to unpack but on the other hand I might prefer the long, ambient-pop pieces on Tragedy . Aviary is also an hour and a half which in itself is a colossal runtime (probably worth it). That's probably a reason why HOoM might be a bit lower on my 2010s redux. Could have been cut by just a bit despite how monumentally creative the whole thing is

And yeah i agree on the vocals

Got tickets to see George Clanton play 3 hours of Espirit and solo stuff on Halloween with Death's Dynamic Shroud

lodgeroomhlp.com/shows/george-clanton-late-show

LA gets the craziest shows

"Another Dream" is so astonishing starts out and spends most of its runtime as such a beautiful and mystical piece before such an unexpected and seamless turn into a dark swelling of noise, like being sucked into a void. And then "I Shall Love 2" starts up Julia really my 2010s GOAT

The album is actually better on repeat imo

Shes soooo sexy

I gotta take a number 3

My big sister had Tragic Kingdom on repeat for the whole mid 90s and I was ok with it only good ska band @rise_zero knows

Specials exist, beat exist, madness exist, less than jake exist, skatalites exist, prince buster exists

The list goes on

I don't like it

skazuki

I’m surprised you don’t like One Step Beyond

That’s a brilliant album

Gonna come to you for recs later

Don't know what that is but if it's ska it sucks

A metal band I like covered The Specials

Sounds like a bunch of crazy punks making ska influenced music

Yea idk bout this one broski haha I know for modern prog a lot put them right under Tool and their fans are serious bout that Volta

this "sucks" yea ok lol

the perception of ska in america is shaded by 3rd wave and s*** like mighty mighty bosstones. 60s jamaican ska and 2 tone is some of the best music made anywhere ever

Like dubstep and raggaeton, later incarnations just completely destroyed the labels