Common Rider says:Common Rider's greatest strength was arguably also their greatest weakness: they traversed a wide variety of styles. In this case their musical meanderings paid off with a charming homage to seventies classic rock. The band was listening to "a lot of Big Star and Exile on Main Street when this was written." Philip Hill provides the Southern Rock stratocaster sweetness.
Blackbirds Vs. Crows pop, rock, reggae/ska, punk pop, power pop, punky ska This song is a rock song with a dark, minor key feel. The topic is warfare. Backup vocals on the choruses provided by
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Long After Lights Out pop, rock, reggae/ska, punky reggae A dark, melancholy reggae-pop type thing with some underlying thematic spookiness. The lyrical theme is death. Note the Crickets during the breakdown and appearance of...
Midnight Passenger pop, rock, reggae/ska, reggae, punk, ska This is song is a tribute to classic reggae music and deals with the redemptive power of soul music in general.
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Small Pebble rock, ska, punk, punk Here is a Sublime era reggae toast break. Mass' favorite song from the Unity Music album. Michaels: "Okay, maybe it was ill advised for me...