In the organizer's words:

Roots reggae, ska, punk rock: the three main ingredients of the cocktail that Jaya The
Cat also mix together on their new album "A Good Day For
A Good Day For The Damned" on 17 November, usually conjure up images of sunny beaches
beaches, the cool laid-back attitude of California or at least the sultry haze of Florida.
Florida haze in the mind's eye. So it's all the more surprising that the band around mastermind
and frontman Geoff Lagadec and drummer David Germain has its origins in
rather mild climate of Boston. The fact that Jaya The Cat chose the European
the European metropolis of Amsterdam as their new headquarters in 2003 and to bring their
creamy sound mix from there to the party people on four albums to date,
go together as well as piña colada and Caribbean sun.
However, one should not think that the band is too strongly influenced by the
the laid-back flair of the Dutch capital. Because who
comparably explosive, versatile and dynamic live band from the skapunk
skapunk sector should have a magnifying glass in their luggage - hundreds of shows
between sold-out headlining tours, support slots for bands such as the
Beatsteaks, Less Than Jake or Sublime and prestigious festival appearances at the Ruhrpott Rodeo
Ruhrpott Rodeo, Pukkelpop and Lowlands are proof enough of the quartet's musical firepower.
the musical firepower of the quartet.
On the follow-up to 2012's programmatically titled "The New
International Sound Of Hedonism", released in 2012, Jaya The Cat are not only summery
smooth, but also with a clear edge and politically motivated. The alternating
punk rock, rootsy classic reggae licks and energetic ska on the album, which was
ska on the album, which was recorded in Berlin in just one month, complement
Lagadec and his party community with set pieces from blues, soul, dub,
dancehall and hip hop. The main thing is that the result is loud, has drive and cuts a grooving
grooving figure at every party. With their stylistic diversity
the Dutch by choice also manage to get eternal grumblers and genre purists to at least
to at least bounce along - if not to skank or do laps in the pit.
doing laps in the pit. Heartache, love, politics, madness, optimism: "A Good
Day For The Damned" has everything you could want from a driving, moving skapunk record.
skapunk record could wish for.