For our seventeenth episode, it’s time to pick it up pick it up pick it up! As Harrison brings Suburban Legends’ 2012 ska album Day Job for discussion. Ska is near and dear to Harrison’s heart, as he may have mentioned a time or two on the show before, so it was about time we covered a ska album! Over the course of the hour-long discussion, we touch on…

• What ska is and why it’s so important to Harrison
• The ways that Suburban Legends have chafed against their genre before settling into it
• The wild genre experiments on this album
• Musical allusions and borrowed melodies, and the layers of discovery they add to this album
• Suburban Lengends’ residency at DisneyLand and their relationship to Disney…
• ...Culminating in not just one, but two ska covers of songs from Disney musicals on this album!
• How “Arigato” combines Harrison’s love of ska with his weeaboo tendency
• Harrison’s translation of the Japanese lyrics in “Arigato”
• The surprising guest appearance by indie rapper Lyrics Born
• The PLAY DISC Request Lottery and a preview of our next episode

Come join us for an hour of thoughtful and good-humored commentary, and we'll catch you on the B-side!

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