Encore
The veteran ska-punk bands addresses Brexit, austerity, Tory rule, Black Lives Matter and mental health on this welcome return.
Thirty-eight years later, the leaders of the anti-racist 2 Tone movement return with sound and politics intact
The Specials didn't end their golden age cleanly and they didn't reunite smoothly, either.
Britain 2019 seems readymade for the recorded return of The Specials. A decade of austerity, rising homelessness, abandoned high streets, far right resurgence, and the sheer incompetence of Brexit!
‘Encore’ has no right being this good. The Specials’ first album in four decades, it’s a ruthlessly entertaining, hugely
Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter are best when sounding both anthemic and doom-laden
Neither awful, nor amazing, the ska icons' long-awaited comeback has its moments. Review by Thomas H Green.