I\u2019m embarrassed to say that that I\u2019ve been listening and loving the music, called ska, right now, cause I heard the name Baked A La Ska just a week ago. They refer to themselves as the \u201cheavy heavy sound\u201d of Manchester, a super charged 11-headed ska monster on a rampage through the dance floors of the UK, leaving a trail of skanked out bodies in their wake. Being guilty for starting this band is their keyboardist – Mr. John Ellis. The lead singers are three and again I\u2019ll quote \u2013 \u201can un-holy trio of singers: Frank \u201cThe Skank\u201d, Tommy Robot and Kuntri Ranks\u201d as they call themselves. As they are mixing the sounds of harmonica, keyboards, alto\/baritone and tenor\/soprano saxes, trombone, double bass, guitars and drums, no one can deny their music is quite the eclectic one.
\nThis goes and for their second album \u2013 everything, but conventional. While I was listening to \u201cJust desserts\u201d the first time I though \u201cWow, what did I just listen to?\u201d Three different voices, a really big mixture of instruments, Jamaican beats, original ska, psychedelic funk, to which you can dance? And covers of songs, which I hated, when I was little \u2013 somehow I liked them now. No chance. Mind-blowing and silly, eccentric.
\nI had to listen to it a second time, one was just not enough. Somehow when I heard the opening song \u201cAlien\u201d I thought, that I\u2019m listening to just another band, that has just ran out of originality. And, oh, what a shock went through my body, when I realized they are not. I felt like I was watching the beginning of a sci-fi movie with a lot of colours. And thanks God the second of the playlist was \u201cLil has gone to Paris\u201d, cause it took me out of my trance and made me want to dance. In my room. Alone. I don\u2019t believe that such a big band manage to keep the balance. The covers of \u201cAbraskadabra\u201d (originally \u2013 \u201cAbracadabra\u201d by Steve Miller Band, but the change in the name as the words in the chorus), the loved of all of the children \u201cTrust in me\u201d and not my favourite one \u2013 \u201cToxic\u201d by Britney Spears, which is now fabulous and the living proof that everything can be changed to good with a little bit of ska in it. The original ones \u201cWho shot the Milkman?\u201d and \u201cRomeo\u201d, on the other hand, sound like they are telling a story, surrounded by a really great music and you\u2019re just obligated to listen. Moreover, every single one of songs in the album \u201cJust desserts\u201d has actual lyrics. We are used to listening In the genre about smoking and drinking, but here is a little bit different. I loved that.
\nTo conclude, I\u2019m never going to regret putting this album in my playing a week ago, cause it\u2019s probably the most original thing I have heard from months and you can feel the energy, coming out of the songs, the vocals, the instruments themselves. While listening, I had a vivid image of everything in my mind and not everyone can achieve that. And Frank \u201cThe Skank\u201d and company know how to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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