SKA DREAM by Jeff Rosenstock

SKA DREAM is a complete re-recording of Jeff Rosenstock’s critically-acclaimed 2020 record NO DREAM however this time around all the songs are ska songs you’re welcome. The very good idea to make this record came together when, like many other bands throughout this pandemic that refused to participate in super spreading events, we were trying to find a fun way to make some music together to share with people. Otherwise we were just spending our evenings texting the group chat in dread about the collapsing world around us. Not the most fun band activity.

As with most things ska in my life, what started out as a fun goof with friends eventually morphed into “Hey, what if we tried to make it good though?” All of us have a pretty deep history playing and touring the country in punk/ska bands. We all understand the stigma that comes along with ska, we’ve all dealt with the pitfalls of it, and we’ve all kept on truckin’ regardless. If you are one of those people who loves music as long as it isn’t ska, that’s cool, we see you. This record isn’t for you and you don’t have to listen to it. Byeeee.

Okay, everyone else, we see you too, we love you and check it out, SKA DREAM is real.

Tracklist

1.	NO TIME TO SKANK	1:27

2.	Airwalks (Alt)	1:42

3.	SKrAm!	2:39

4.	S K A D R E A M	3:11

5.	Horn Line	3:17

6.	p i c k i t u p	4:45

7.	Leave It In The Ska	2:33

8.	The Rudie of Breathing	3:05

9.	Old SKrAp	3:10

10.	***SKA	2:31

11.	Monday At Back To The Beach	1:14

12.	Checkerboard Ashtray	3:53

13.	Ohio Porkpie	6:01

Credits

released April 20, 2021

JOHN DEDOMENICI - BASS
KEVIN HIGUCHI - DRUMS, PERCUSSION
MIKE HUGUENOR - GUITAR
JER HUNTER - TROMBONE, TRUMPET
RICK JOHNSON - HAMMOND, FARFISA, CASIO CZ101
CHRISTINE MACKIE - BELLS
DAN POTTHAST - ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS
JEFF ROSENSTOCK - VOCALS, GUITAR, TENOR & BARI SAX, FARFISA, JUNO 106, MOOG PRODIGY, LYRA, WURLITZER, BELLS, SPACE ECHO
LAURA STEVENSON - VOCALS

ARA BABAJIAN - ADDITIONAL CYMBALS ON 6
SEAN BONNETTE - VOCALS ON 13
BOBOSO - SICK BARS ON 3
GEORGE CLARKE - VOCALS ON 4
DAVID COMBS - VOCALS ON 3
CHRIS FARREN - GUITAR & VOCALS ON 7
AUGUSTA KOCH - VOCALS ON 2 & 4
ANGELO MOORE - SAX SOLO ON 6
FRANZ NICOLAY - LUXURIOUS PIANO ON 6
nonregla - ADDITIONAL COOL DUB SHIT ON 5
ELISE OKUSAMI - VOCALS ON 3 & 7
MIKE PARK - TENOR SAX ON 8
PUP - VOCALS ON 10 & 13
ANIKA PYLE - VOCALS ON 2 & 13
SHANNON TOOMBES - VOCALS ON 2, 7 & 9

DRUMS RECORDED BY MATT EMBREE AT GNARWALL IN LONG BEACH, CA
MIKE’S GUITAR RECORDED BY RYAN PERRAS AT DISTRICT RECORDERS IN SAN JOSE, CA
THE REST OF OUR PARTS WERE RECORDED AT HOME

MIXED & MASTERED BY 2019 GRAMMY NOMINEE JACK “METAL GUY” SHIRLEY

ILLUSTRATIONS BY BEN LEVIN
DESIGN JUNK BY JEFF ROSENSTOCK
Songs by Jeff Rosenstock. Skarranged by Death Rosenstock.

“NO TIME TO SKANK” contains a very short tribute to “Our Time” by The Suicide Machines. “Leave It In The Ska” contains a snippet of “Nite Klub” by The Specials.

For The Bosstones, The Specials, Operation Ivy, The Selecter, Marcia Griffiths, Toots and the Maytals, Suicide Machines, Jimmy Cliff, MU330, Mike Park/The Chinkees/Skankin Pickle, Kemuri, Slow Gherkin, Sister Nancy, Big D and the Kids Table, Mustard Plug, The Slackers, Kicked In The Head, The Fad, SKASUCKS, Too Short Notice, Less Than Jake, We Are The Union, Rancid sometimes, Bad Operation, Catbite, Fatter Than Albert, Planet Smashers, Westbound Train, Catch-22, Streetlight, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Pietasters, Rx Bandits, Against All Authority, Assorted Jellybeans, Sublime, Bodysnatchers, Symarip, Gregory Isaacs, Alpha Blondy, Reel Big Fish, Mr. Bungle if I’m being honest, Fishbone, NOFX sometimes, Animal Chin, The Siren Six, Channel 59, Edna’s Goldfish, Step Lively, Mad Caddies, Arty’s Taxi, Premarital Sax,Sprout, High School Football Heroes, Nicotine, No Doubt, Jackmove, The Know How, Bum Ruckus, Culture, The Clash, The Aggrolites, and every other ska band that I forgot to listen. THANKS FOR THE TUNES AND/OR GOOD TIMES.

License

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.