Skammentary: In some ways, The Aquabats! are the unlikeliest SKApril All-Stars, not only because they stopped being a ska band a number of years ago, but also because they sometimes seem disdainful of ska. Then again, I suppose every subculture has its adherents who take the whole thing too seriously (see: The Skluttz, "Ska Police" from SKApril X in 2020), & maybe The Aquabats!' teasing is a necessary corrective. In any event, there is ska guitar throughout "Aliens and Monsters!," making it their most ska song in quite a while. As ever, we here at The Secret Base take a pretty liberal view of ska. Anyone who wishes to argue "Aliens and Monsters!" isn't a ska song is more than welcome to do so in the comments.
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