Meseta - Acoustic

This is just a short EP so I figured I could get it in tonight, considering the last review was on a pretty short EP too. It has a pretty lo-fi folky sound to it; I guess probably the album cover is also pretty lo-fi. There's some pretty simple but still pretty guitar with some cool multipart falsetto vocals over it. It's not really my kind of music but I can dig it. I kinda want to be riding my bike around at dark while listening to this. There's some laughing in the recording, and that makes it feel more genuine because they left a real life thing on the recording, knaw wut I mean?

Meseta

Hub City Stompers - Mass Appeal

Let me start by saying the town I live in is called the Hub City because about 40 interstates and rail lines intersect here (actually the first E-W continental highway, one of the first N-S Canada to Gulf of Mexico, two interstates, and two major rail lines). Naturally, when I first heard about Hub City Stompers I got super excited because ska band in my tiny shitty town. Turns out, some other town is also the Hub City. Anyways, about the actual music: It's pretty good sounding ska, with a slight jazzy/reggae skew. Kinda mellow and laid back. I would definitely recommend if you're a fan of ska.

Hub City Stompers

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Walkin'

This album is pretty good. I get a Blues Brothers feel, both from the first track and the album art.There's a few "hep hep" type vocals floating around and I can dig it real good. This stuff is throwing really happy vibes at me. Really nice cover of Boogie Stop Shuffle on here too. Would listen to over and over. It's pretty long too, almost an hour.

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

Rantanplan - Samba

This album is pretty mediocre. None of the horn lines were catchy enough to stick for long, even worse with the guitar parts. The lyrics were in German so they might be good, I think.

Rantanplan