Punk Rocksteady is the seventh full-length studio album as well as the first cover album by California ska punk band Mad Caddies, which was released on June 15, 2018 by Fat Wreck Chords. It was released four years after their full-length Dirty Rice (2014). The album consists of twelve originally punk rock songs that were hand-picked by the band alongside Fat Wreck Chords owner and NOFX singer Fat Mike, who also produced the album, and transformed into their trademark reggae sound, while also using influences from other genres, like dancehall, rock music, ska, Americana and more.[2][8][9][10] The entire album was made available for streaming a day before its release.[1][11]

Punk Rocksteady
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 2018
StudioMotor Studios[1]
GenreSka punk, ska, reggae, reggae rock
Length32:45
LabelFat Wreck Chords
ProducerFat Mike
Mad Caddies chronology
Dirty Rice
(2014)
Punk Rocksteady
(2018)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
daMusic(positive)[2]
The Reviews Are In(positive)[3]
The Spill Magazine[4]
Fördeflüsterer(positive)[5]
Muzika.hr[6]
Away from Life[7]

Track listing edit

  1. "Sorrow" (Bad Religion) - 3:21
  2. "Sleep Long" (Operation Ivy) feat. (Aimee Allen) & (Joshua Waters Rudge of The Skints) - 2:06
  3. "She" (Green Day) - 3:02
  4. "…And We Thought That Nation-States Were a Bad Idea" feat. (Fat Mike) (Propagandhi) - 2:24
  5. "She’s Gone" (NOFX) feat. (Aimee Allen) - 3:47
  6. "AM" (Tony Sly) - 2:24
  7. "Alien 8" (Lagwagon) - 1:52
  8. "Some Kinda Hate" (Misfits) - 1:59
  9. "2RAK005" (Bracket) - 2:48
  10. "Sink, Florida, Sink" (Against Me!) - 2:45
  11. "Jean is Dead" (Descendents) - 1:34
  12. "Take Me Home (Piss Off)" (Snuff) - 4:04

Personnel edit

Band
  • Graham Palmer - bass, vocals
  • Todd Rosenberg - drums, percussion
  • Mark Bush - trumpet
  • Sascha Lazor - guitar, banjo
  • Dustin Lanker - organ
  • Eduardo Hernandez - trombone
  • Chuck Robertson - vocals, guitar
Production
  • Todd Rosenberg - engineering, mixing
  • Cameron Webb - engineering, mixing
  • Angus Cooke - engineering
  • Rian Lewis - engineering
  • Sascha Lazor - mixing
  • Steve Corrao - mastering
Artwork
  • Clemente Ruiz - photography
  • Sergie Loobkoff - layout

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mike, Patti (June 14, 2018). "Album Premiere: Mad Caddies – Punk Rocksteady". The Pier. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Giglot, Johan (June 23, 2018). "Mad Caddies - Punk Rocksteady" (in Dutch). Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Cassling, Trish (June 15, 2018). "Punk Rocksteady – Mad Caddies Album Review". Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  4. ^ Armiento, Isabel (2018). "SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: MAD CADDIES – PUNK ROCKSTEADY". The Spill Magazine. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  5. ^ Heesch, Hauke (October 30, 2018). "Punk Rocksteady" (in German). Fördeflüsterer. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  6. ^ Igor, Maračić (June 27, 2018). "Mad Caddies: Punk samo na papiru" (in Croatian). Muzika.hr. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "MAD CADDIES – PUNK ROCKSTEADY ::: REVIEW (2018)" (in German). Away from Life. June 2, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "MAD CADDIES: i paladini dello ska d'oltreoceano tornano in Italia per una data a marzo" (in Italian). Più o Meno POP. October 26, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Cassling, Trish (April 28, 2018). "CMW 2018 Preview – Mad Caddies Interview". The Reviews Are In. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Patti, Mike (June 5, 2018). "Interview: Mad Caddies". The Pier. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  11. ^ Frankel, Ricky (June 2018). "Mad Caddies: 'Punk Rocksteady'". Punknews.org. Retrieved November 1, 2018.