Do Nothing

Do Nothing (2022 Remaster)

Concrete Jungle [Film Soundtrack Version]

'Breakdown' is taken from The Selecter's New studio album 'Subculture' out now

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Breakdown - The Selecter

Taken from our self titled 2015 Ep.
Available from our bandcamp
http://aggressorsbc1.bandcamp.com/album/aggressors-bc-ep

Time To Go

Too Much Too Young

I Can't Stand It

The Boiler

Stereo-Typical: A's, B's & Rarities

The Skinhead Symphony (Live)

The Specials

Blank Expression (BBC in Concert: Live at Paris Theatre, 15 December 1979)

Too Much Pressure [Deluxe Edition]

My Collie (Not A Dog)

Out On The Streets

Siberian Soup is a song about the Russian anarchist-feminist collective Pussy Riot getting jailed last year for their Church stunt, and is our attempt to honour them. Our singer Danny wrote the lyrics, and says this:

“Watching Pussy Riot getting bundled into a cage-like cell through my hangover eyes, I thought back to the night before when I had a party for one and did all my housework wearing nothing but red lipstick and cider. Realised most of my lyrics were ‘bout drunkeness, silliness or bad, bad boys. I wished that I could be more political, I wished my music could be a force of change. It’s not, of course, but this song is a tribute to Pussy Riot and their bravery, and also ‘bout drunk naked cleaning.”

Like Danny says, we are a bunch of wallys who try our best, but often fall short of embodying the kind of big-balls-attitude of Pussy Riot. We are a raucous rabble who like the party too much, but our hearts are in the right place. 

Siberian Soup

What makes a protest song? The Specials should know. First time around, back when the 70s were lurching into the 80s, they sang of racism, war, unemployment and the rough edges of urban life, and never in the same way twice. As the multiracial flagship of the 2 Tone movement, they made a political statement every time they stepped on stage. June 2021 saw the 40th anniversary of their last and greatest protest song, Ghost Town, a record that will retain its eerie power as long as there are concrete jungles, empty dancehalls and desperate spasms of violence.
 
It's fitting, then, that in 2021 the Specials are releasing Protest Songs 1924-2012, an unpredictable collection of unique takes which celebrates the long history and endless versatility of the form, from folk to post-punk, from righteous uplift to biting satire, and from Kingston to Alabama. It’s a potent reminder that there are no fixed rules to templates for a protest song. All that’s required is the combination of something that needs to be said with music that needs to be heard. “People have been using music as a vehicle for protest since time immemorial,” says bass-player Horace Panter. “Injustice is timeless.”
 
“2020 was the year of protest, wasn’t it?” says Horace. “It was in the air. The hardest part of the whole record was deciding what songs to use.” Following the musical liberation of Encore, genre was no obstacle. Each song demands a different arrangement or tone of voice. “We thought, let’s throw out the musical constraints of the Specials. There’s not a tonic suit or Fred Perry in sight. We don’t want to deny our past, because that enables us to do what we do now, but we have our own creative minds to make up.”

Concrete Jungle [Film Soundtrack Version]

The Specials

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