The Slackers-Self Medication-2008-RTB

ARTIST: The Slackers
TITLE: Self Medication
LABEL: Indication
GENRE: Ska
BITRATE: 198kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 42m total
RELEASE DATE: 2008-04-29
RIP DATE: 2008-04-20

Track List
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1. Every Day is Sunday 2:35
2. Don't You Want a Man 3:30
3. Don't Forget The Streets 3:26
4. Estranged 3:52
5. Stars 4:29
6. Leave Me 2:58
7. Evication 4:54
8. Happy Songs 2:21
9. Self Medication 4:11
10. Don't Have To 2:03
11. Walkin With Myself 4:05
12. Sing Your Songs 3:51

Release Notes:


While NYC's The Slackers have been influenced and even personally taught by
Jamaican ska/reggae originators like the Skatalites and the Upsetters, the band
sees its music through an American lens. This group is equally appreciative of
old blues, 60s soul, rock, and R&B as it is of reggae, rocksteady, dub, and ska.
It s as if the Rolling Stones or the Yardbirds had grown up on Bob Marley as
well as Muddy Waters. The Slackers are now set to release their 7th studio full
length, Self Medication 12 brilliant songs that find the band continuing to
transcend the confines of genre. From the eerie ring of the title track to the
bluesy stomp of Don t You Want A Man, this album
finds the band experimenting with new sounds, as well as delivering their
signature reggae and ska riffs. Saxophonist Dave Hillyard commented ''Self
Medication is designed to be
listened to in a certain order. It s an old fashioned way of doing things, but
it s meant to keep and sustain a certain atmosphere for the 50 odd minutes it
runs.'' After a long run of successful albums on Tim Armstrong's Hellcat/Epitaph
label, Self
Medication marks the bands first LP on newly formed Indication Records, which is
run by their old friends and ex-label mates The Pietasters. The Slackers will be
self medicating throughout 2008 on the road, with dates booked in the US,
Canada, Europe, Japan, and UK to support the record.

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