Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra
Heroes
(2011)
why you'll love it - quick and easy doses of ska
why you'll hate it - last half of the album combines tracks. Needs editing.
Ska… ska never changes. I've been writing these intros every year for each new Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra release. It's the same one. They've guys have been doing ska for a long ass time, and always been doing it well. There. Done.
What stands out about this release? Well, it apparently doubles as a soundtrack for some cartoon movie out this year. So most of the songs are very to the point, and fast; kind of like some of their best releases a decade ago. There is your usual group sing along song as well. The pacing is a bit strange. The whole last half of the track list is a bunch of grouped together short melodies and reprises, assumedly meant to serve as accompaniment to whatever the action is in the film. Also, there are lines from the film breaking up the songs, which is weird and distracting.
This isn't a proper full length release by the group, who usually releases an album every winter like clockwork, but the year is still young. It's just more ska. For TSPO, this is throwaway material, but still good music in general.
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