All these groups sound like a buncha frat guys whose parties you’d go to for the chicks and the beer, but you wouldn’t cross the quad to see ‘em, y’know?
There are a lot of ska-core bands out there, and Out of Order is one of the best. Some of the songs on Eye Caramba are straight-up ska, like “Retribution.”
The layering alone in the title track is astounding, the crisp phrasing could saw through cold steel, and the musicianship is not something often heard today.
“You fuck like a man/ but you act like a boy/ and I’m annoyed” are the first words uttered. I’m embarrassed to say how many times I’ve sung this line in public.
MU330 don’t write the best melodies, but they do write great music to go underneath those sometimes disappointing vocals, so it sort of balances out in the end.