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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones know we’re living in a fractured society. On the Mass. legends’ last album, 2018’s “While We’re at It,” they laid that out on an old-school Jamaican-style boogie called “Divide” (and spoke to overcoming that on the almost-rocksteady track “Unified”). Since 2018, the splintering has only worsened. But that’s no reason for […]
The Boston ska-punk behemoth’s eleventh studio album, When God Was Great follows on from 2018’s While We’re At It and marks their debut for Hellcat Records. Produced by longtime producer Ted Hutt and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong, the 15 tracks on the album reflect on the peculiar times the band, and the world in general, have found themselves in. “We were lightly writing songs before the insanity without any sort of timeline in mind,” explains frontman Dicky Barrett. “All of a sudden, the world changed and benchmark events in a very long career that we were looking forward to, ...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Announce New Album 'When God Was Great' Lest you think they've gone Christian ska, their new track is called "I Don't Believe in Anything" Published Mar 03, 2021 Three decades into their career, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones remain masters of ska. And they'll soon prove their accolades further with a new album. Last month, the band confirmed that they'd signed with Hellcat Records and shared a new song called "The Final Parade" that included guest spots from most of ska. Now, they've announced their first LP for the label and shared another tune. The album is cal...
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Share Guest-Filled New Song The Final Parade Tuesday, 26 January 2021 The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have signed a new record deal and released a new single. Titled The Final Parade and co-produced by Rancid's Tim Armstrong with fellow Grammy winner Ted Hutt, the eight-minute all-star ode to ska-punk bubbles with the familiar bombastic energy that the Massachusetts band are known for. It marks their first single on Armstrong's Epitaph imprint Hellcat Records and is described by vocalist Dicky Barrett as, "a love letter to Ska music and the people that mak...