Recently I listened to the Specials self-titled 1979 album and really enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to try out some Ska music for awhile now because it’s a genre I don’t know a whole lot about. What recommendations do you guys have as far as Ska music?
Streetlight Manifesto. I recommend the albums Everything Goes Numb and Somewhere in the Between.
Great recommendation. Somewhere in the Between was my introduction to the genre! So many good memories listening to both of these albums nonstop in high school, totally reshaped my whole musical identity at the time.
Streetlight are an amazing band, but even by Somewhere in the Between they’re moving away from Ska to something else. By the time of The Hands that Thieve, their sound was like no one else’s, amazing stuff.
Absolutely agreed. I like both eras a lot.