A Santa Barbara band that's kept its lineup tight while bouncing between fast ska-punk and slower, reflective tunes.
If you want to hear their range, start with Silence. It shows both the fast ska-punk side and the slower, more reflective tunes they can pull off.
They've been putting out records since 1997's Quality Soft Core, and their sound has a specific bounce that comes from that consistent horn section. Songs like Silence show how they can shift from fast ska-punk to something more reflective without losing their identity. They even wrote a track called Callie's Song about Robertson's dog, which tells you something about their tone.
They formed in Santa Barbara, mixing punk with ska and reggae from the start. Their first album came out in 1997, and they've released records fairly steadily since, including Duck and Cover in 1999 and Punk Rocksteady in 2015. The lineup has stayed pretty consistent, with Robertson on guitar and vocals and Dustin Lanker on trombone.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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