 
Ska-punk has always been my weakness when it comes
to music I have always loved it and found myself
growing up on bands such as Less than Jake, Whitmore,
Spankboy, Kenisia, Lightyear, Jesse James, 4FT
Fingers etc but sadly these days bands such as
those are hard to come by and fade away pretty
much as soon as they form due to there not being
a big enough place for underground ska bands in
the music scene these days, and that is why I
was excited when the Overweight album came through
my door.
Overweight are a ska-punk quintet from Belgium
and are set to release their debut full length
album ‘The World For Sale’ on the
14th February through all digital stores and most
independent record stores.
The whole album is fast paced and addictive from
start to finish, the album opens with ‘Eric’
which starts off with a massive horn’s section
which really sets the mood for a massive party
and flurry of mindless dancing which is the exact
effect the album will have on you.
One of the best tracks on the album comes early
on with track two ‘Ship Of Anarchy’,
the song is majorly influenced by Whitmore in
my eyes as it reminds me so much of their songs
from their debut ‘Smoke The Roach’
album, if this song doesn’t get you skanking
along then I would head to your local doctors
to get your legs checked out as ‘Ship Of
Anarchy’ is a full on dance-a-long song
for all you die hard ska fans.
‘Tonight Is Mine’ is a full on hectic
song, Julian’s drum beats are fantastic,
constant and never out of time, the guitars riffs
are your typical punk rock riffs whilst the vocals
have that fast flowing catchy edge which really
gets going during the full on chorus, and not
to forget the backing vocals also add a nifty
edge to the track.
Instrumentally ‘Come Out Now!’ is
bloody amazing it has everything going on from
bouncy basslines, marching band style drum beats,
technical guitar riffs and beautiful sounding
trumpet and trombone sounds which all come in
one after another so each band member can show
off their own individual talent, the vocals start
off in a softly spoken way but as the song progresses
they start to stand out more and more helping
to make the song one of the best the album has
to offer.
I could carry on writing about each and every
song on the album but to be honest it is pretty
pointless as there is not a weak moment throughout
the album and all the songs seem to run in a similar
way from the last, however I will say other highlights
on the album are the melodic ‘Not A Good
Day’ and the skanktastic closing track ‘Back
In Town’ which finishes the album on a major
high.
If you like ska-punk then you are going to find
a lot of enjoyment with Overweight and their debut
album ‘The World For Sale’ all the
songs on the album feature pretty much the same
kind of style and vibe as each other in the way
that they are all massive sounding with a catchy
edge that I imagine will come across even better
on the live circuit as the energy captured on
this recording is just immense.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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