Skafunderz - Négy

Okay so Hungarian ska band. I am excited to listen because I like European ska a bunch. It sounds cool, but I got no clue what they are saying. Maybe I should learn Hungarian. Anyways, they sound good. I can dig stylistic variety, ranging from an upbeat ska-punk feel to a more laid back reggae feel. Some of the tracks are in English, as it turns out. Track four, Patkány, is my favorite. There's a pretty cool remix of it at the end. This album is pretty good; I like it a lot.

Skafunderz

Fatal Fraud - No Torso

I'm getting a light ska punk vibe from this EP. The first song has quite a heavy sax presence, which I dig. Later on in the EP parts diverge and it gets pretty busy, which I can appreciate, but I'm not really feeling the sound of it right now. The overall sound I'm feeling is a laidback EP with little individual parts and passages that would sound a whole lot better in a more aggressive setting. I'm gonna listen to some other stuff by No Torso and see if I get anything like that out of it. Also, another reason I'll continue listening to this artist in spite of my overall lack of satisfaction is that they were signed on to Asian Man Records, and I like a lot of stuff on that label.

No Torso

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