Come and Get It

Come and Get It

Boston Ska outfit Westbound Train are named after reggae’s most ubiquitous rhythms — the epic, Al Green-quoting Dennis Brown anthem of the same name — but they nonetheless began life as a somewhat typical third-wave ska outfit, performing energetic, but barely coherent riffs on classic Jamaican music overlaid with a uniquely punk brand of suburban disaffection. Westbound Train has matured considerably since its earliest releases and have, over time, evolved into an ensemble of crack instrumentalists with a surprisingly original take on Jamaican music. On Come and Get It Westbound Train sounds less like punks than a reggae-saturated analogue to accomplished soul & funk revisionists the El Michel’s Affair, ably charting out the musical spaces that connect reggae with American musical forms like bebop and funk.

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