So I blogged about it in a rush earlier in the day, but here's the real deal now. Streetlight Manifesto.
I know a lot of you find ska a laughing matter and don't take the genre seriously. Which is understandable, there's a lot of silliness that goes on in the genre. But that's the beauty of it. It's fun as all hell. And when you throw in some absolutely amazing musicians you get a band that is as good as Streetlight Manifesto.
Streetlight has about seven people in their band, all absolutely talented. It's ridiculous. Never in the history of ska will you hear the layers and intricacies of music that you will in Streetlight. Normally you get horns playing the token part between words, all playing the same melody. Not in Streetlight. The horn section itself consists of 3 to 4 musicians all playing different and intricate parts that works together to make some beautiful, beautiful sounds. And when I play it to my more classical trained muso friends, they occasionally point out the fact that there's some very, very classical pieces woven in.
Enough fan boy gushing. They're about to embark on a world tour, and we get the last week of it in Australia.
April 1st. The Zoo. If you like any sort of punk (not even ska) check out their album Somewhere in the Between. It's just brilliant.
Website
MySpace
Streetlight has about seven people in their band, all absolutely talented. It's ridiculous. Never in the history of ska will you hear the layers and intricacies of music that you will in Streetlight. Normally you get horns playing the token part between words, all playing the same melody. Not in Streetlight. The horn section itself consists of 3 to 4 musicians all playing different and intricate parts that works together to make some beautiful, beautiful sounds. And when I play it to my more classical trained muso friends, they occasionally point out the fact that there's some very, very classical pieces woven in.
Enough fan boy gushing. They're about to embark on a world tour, and we get the last week of it in Australia.
April 1st. The Zoo. If you like any sort of punk (not even ska) check out their album Somewhere in the Between. It's just brilliant.Website
MySpace
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