If new-tone ska has a periodic table, Flying Raccoon Suit’s latest record Afterglow hits a ton of elements straight away. In the first minute of the title track “Afterglow,” they’ve checked boxes—some metal, some nonmetal, post transition metals (that sounds punk)— a box that reads “FRS,” their own unique element in the ska community. The record, crowd funded on Kickstarter, is ska held down by a double-bass back beat, but that’s just the beginning, and the journey to the closer “Toss and Turn” is a vast and sonic exploration of happy, sad, and hopeful feelings. “The way we sort of bookended the album is very on-purpose with “Afterglow” and “Toss and Turn” being two sides of that coin,” says guitarist and vocalist Andrew Heaton. “What we’re talking about with Afterglow, we wanted to a...
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