24th June 2003, 8:32 PM
I doubt any of you know what the subject means, so I'll explain. The great punk ska band Five Iron Frenzy is calling it quits this year, but before they break up they decided to release one cd of 34 joke songs, demos, and old b-sides, record a final full length album, and finish with a 60 city farewell tour. The joke cd was released in April as Cheeses of Nazareth and they finished the other cd, The End is Near, a couple weeks ago. The catch is that you can only buy The End is Near at a FIF show. It won't be released in stores until 2004. So while that's really cool, I was frustrated because FIF is from Denver and the only time they are going to play in Colorado is the end of November. It just happens to be their last show ever. So again, that is really cool. But it means that I can't buy the cd until everyone else already has it. Then today something amazing happened...
Turns out that FIF's record label just started selling the cd online for a limited time, and it's shipping now! WOOOO! I can't wait to hear it, not only because it's their final recording ever and I know it will be very special, but because they feel it's their best yet. I hope it's a little more punk and a little less rawk than Electric Boogaloo, but I'm freaking excited none the less.
And on a sad note, to me this officially signifies the death of ska. Yes, I know it's been one life support for a couple years now, but FIF is one of the best. Ska was really just a subgenre of punk or rock or whatever else, and I'm sure there will still be horns popping up every once in a while in the future, but it won't be the same. The End is Near.
Turns out that FIF's record label just started selling the cd online for a limited time, and it's shipping now! WOOOO! I can't wait to hear it, not only because it's their final recording ever and I know it will be very special, but because they feel it's their best yet. I hope it's a little more punk and a little less rawk than Electric Boogaloo, but I'm freaking excited none the less.
And on a sad note, to me this officially signifies the death of ska. Yes, I know it's been one life support for a couple years now, but FIF is one of the best. Ska was really just a subgenre of punk or rock or whatever else, and I'm sure there will still be horns popping up every once in a while in the future, but it won't be the same. The End is Near.