You’ve heard this one before. A group of white guys decides to hit the same path that better groups like Sublime walked years before, and do their own take on the reggae/ska groove. It sounds exactly like you might expect. Take that one part Sublime, adhere a bit of No Doubt, and slap on a coat of old-school Chili Peppers, and you basically have Blue Island Tribe. The only problem is that they are as faceless as all the other groups that tried out this gig and never became famous beyond their local sand bar. Luckily, they didn’t try to attack any dub here, and there isn’t a big horn section to goose them along, which may ultimately make them sound plainer than other groups of their ilk. Good enough, but just, and not really worth getting any more excited over than the same band down your own street that’s doing the same thing. (Spark A Fire Records 2008)
