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In the vast suburban everywheres of the North, there is a surplus of Sublime-obsessed white boys who smoke reefer as if it were a bodybuilding supplement for the brain. They jam incessantly, knocking out funky pseudo-ska while backed by their great-aunt’s analog drum machine. And during band breaks, each individual member takes five to fantasize his own private version of the following paradisiacal scenario: Hot (vaguely Polynesian) chick in a bikini cradles a frosty, overflowing beer mug while wedged (waiting for her white boy) between a pair of crooked, lazy coconut trees.
Now, I can’t really say whether or not Howi, J.R., Donald, and Scott of reggae pop band Ballyhoo! were ever the kind of garage-imprisoned kids described above. But they do hail from the town of Aberdeen, Maryland (pop. 13,842) so it’s not unlikely that these dudes have: 1) gotten high; 2) jammed while high; and 3) tried to wet-dream their way to Hawaii.
To see what I mean, you can witness Ballyhoo! live when they play this Saturday’s DubFest
at the Hollywood ArtsPark. Or you could download today’s free track,
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“The Fool” from the band’s new album Cheers! on Surfdog Records. Just
don’t email me with complaints if one experience or the other
inexplicably awakens a weird teen urge to smoke a bowl, put on a soul
patch, and sleep on the beach.
MP3: Ballyhoo! – “The Fool”
