Pure unadulterated party ska awesomeness served up hot with a large order of radical sauce on the side just for good measure.
Genre: Ska, Punk
Members: Matt Collyer - Vocals/Guitar Al Fecteau - Sax Patrick Taylor - Trombone Scott Russell - Drums Patrizio McLelland - Organ Andy McAdam - Bass
Hometown: Montreal
Record Label: Stomp Records www.stomprecords.com
Biography: FLASHBACK!: The year was 1994 and the world was a very different place….A happy-go-lucky Bill Clinton presided over the free world; Ace of Base topped the music charts with their insipid reggae-inspired hit The Sign; cats had yet to take over the internet, men and women wore acidwashed overalls slung from one shoulder à la Joey from Friends; and a young band of ragtag miscreants released their first full-length to an unsuspecting public. In case you haven’t been paying attention, that band was (and still is) The Planet Smashers.
Fast forward two decades, seven albums, one million records sold worldwide, six gazillion beers consumed, countless tours and one extremely blurry never-ending party to this futuristic and confusing present day. Who will save us from this current clusterfuck filled with beliebers, honey-booboos and bathroom selfies? Who will stand boldly in the face of the autotuned, deep-vee wearing douche chills crapping in the earholes of the world? Who will dare to play their own instruments while blasting out ska hooks so catchy you wish you could scoop them up and eat them like ice-cream?....You’re goddamned right it’s The Planet Smashers.
Mixed Messages is the 8th and arguably best long-player from our stalwart musical heroes. Combining their trademark concoction of two-tone ska, new wave, punkrock and pop sensibilities, The Smashers showcase their classic knack for writing immediately lovable tunes straight from the gut, all the while keeping their collective tongues planted firmly in their respective cheeks. These thirteen prolific tracks run the thematic gamut of party-punk anthems, dancefloor bangers, lovesongy crooners, geeky highsteppers to pissed-off melodic fistpumpers and back again, leaving the listener pleasantly spent and basking in an eargasmic afterglow. Mixed Messages is definitely a definitive, must-have album for new and old fans alike….or maybe it’s not, but it probably is…I think…or whatever. (see what I did there?).
Artists We Also Like: The Creepshow, Big D, Bigwig, Mustard Plug, The Beatdown, K-Man & the 45s, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Danny Rebel, Chris Murray, Voodoo Glowskulls...and a lot more.
From the new album "Too Much Information" coming May 10!
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About Planet Smashers:
Pure unadulterated party ska awesomeness served up hot with a large order of radical sauce on the side just for good measure.
Genre:
Ska, Punk
Members:
Matt Collyer - Vocals/Guitar
Al Fecteau - Sax
Patrick Taylor - Trombone
Scott Russell - Drums
Patrizio McLelland - Organ
Andy McAdam - Bass
Hometown:
Montreal
Record Label:
Stomp Records
www.stomprecords.com
Biography:
FLASHBACK!: The year was 1994 and the world was a very different place….A happy-go-lucky Bill Clinton presided over the free world; Ace of Base topped the music charts with their insipid reggae-inspired hit The Sign; cats had yet to take over the internet, men and women wore acidwashed overalls slung from one shoulder à la Joey from Friends; and a young band of ragtag miscreants released their first full-length to an unsuspecting public. In case you haven’t been paying attention, that band was (and still is) The Planet Smashers.
Fast forward two decades, seven albums, one million records sold worldwide, six gazillion beers consumed, countless tours and one extremely blurry never-ending party to this futuristic and confusing present day. Who will save us from this current clusterfuck filled with beliebers, honey-booboos and bathroom selfies? Who will stand boldly in the face of the autotuned, deep-vee wearing douche chills crapping in the earholes of the world? Who will dare to play their own instruments while blasting out ska hooks so catchy you wish you could scoop them up and eat them like ice-cream?....You’re goddamned right it’s The Planet Smashers.
Mixed Messages is the 8th and arguably best long-player from our stalwart musical heroes. Combining their trademark concoction of two-tone ska, new wave, punkrock and pop sensibilities, The Smashers showcase their classic knack for writing immediately lovable tunes straight from the gut, all the while keeping their collective tongues planted firmly in their respective cheeks. These thirteen prolific tracks run the thematic gamut of party-punk anthems, dancefloor bangers, lovesongy crooners, geeky highsteppers to pissed-off melodic fistpumpers and back again, leaving the listener pleasantly spent and basking in an eargasmic afterglow. Mixed Messages is definitely a definitive, must-have album for new and old fans alike….or maybe it’s not, but it probably is…I think…or whatever. (see what I did there?).
Artists We Also Like:
The Creepshow, Big D, Bigwig, Mustard Plug, The Beatdown, K-Man & the 45s, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Danny Rebel, Chris Murray, Voodoo Glowskulls...and a lot more.
Influences:
Good Times
Band Interests:
Surfing in Tofino