This my friend is Duff Muffin’s 7 track EP of amazing Ska tunes. Ska they most definitely are without the additional ‘punk’ – it is straight up Ska at its finest. This CD will get you skanking your pants off as it is full of energy and the horn section is a beast! The horn section really is amazing here with a great sound being chucked out and sounding really refined and well played. The drumming is also outstanding with some meaty little tunes being banged out with great energy and a mighty fine beat. The guitaring here is also of a high standard with some awesome riffs being driven out of them creating a nicely polished sound to be topped off with the wonderfully Ska’d up vocals. So when you piece it all together you end up with this ultra cool 7 track EP of pure 100% Ska – and that isn’t an exaggeration. The highlights of the EP for me are track 1, ‘Pipe Down,’ ‘Intraversial’ and ‘Toy Soldiers.’ To be honest it was quite harsh of me to pick out my favourite tracks but these sure are top quality tunes none the less and the opener, ‘Pipe Down’ is particularly great in my opinion because it really sets the scene with a storming little Ska number that is really hard hitting and really gets the skanking party started off and gets you firmly on your feet making your mark. You also have the brilliant ‘Toy Soldiers’ which I admire which is made so special by the fact that it is quite fast paced while remaining superb and extremely tuneful which in some cases is not the solution with out of tune vocals so this band have certainly got it right and are definitely treading carefully, avoiding shit! So this 7 track EP effort from the Surrey based Ska band that is Duff Muffin is one giant Skankfest as it contains loads of tunes to get you going and then ends with the more mellow ‘Batty Old Cow’ just to round it off nicely and show that they can go from one extreme to the other. If you like Ska then I strongly suggest that if you don’t own this CD then go and buy it because you’re missing out on something pretty damn special and you would be stupid to let it go without giving it a try.
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UK based film graduate with a huge passion for music, sports and video games.
