Ska Explosion fans alert! New album burning with post 2-Tone energy.
Spy Kids from San Diego had a relatively short career in 1990 before they separated to find themselves as members of Flogging Molly, Unwritten Law, Buck-O-Nine, Unsteady, Deal's Gone Bad and Pivit. That's a pretty cool heritage. Before the band's demise, they managed to record a 4 track demo tape.
Fast forward to 2018 and a chance meeting got the band talking again and they decided to re-record the original demo tape plus a couple of covers and a new track.
The album has that Unicorn Records, post 2-Tone - ska explosion feel which harkens back to the late 80s / early 90s. The original tracks have a fast pace to them that will please those of us who remember the sound of that era. Carousel, as you would expect, is a whirlwind affair with a cracking brass section stabbing away behind the rhythm section. A couple of cool covers - Prince Buster's Judge Dread (featuring skate legend Ron Allen!) and Jimmy Cliff's Harder They Come. The new track 'Wrong Number' is a neat reggae vibed track that sits nicely on the A side. Overall, a good way to spend 25 minutes.
For fans of - 2 Tone, The Toasters, The Donkey Show, Let's Go Bowling
Available on red or white vinyl or CD from https://www.jumpuprecords.com/spykids/
or digitally from https://spykidssd.bandcamp.com/album/covert-action
Mr P
