The sound is purposefully retro but the performances are full of life. The Frightnrs treat reggae like the folk form that it is; though they play these traditional sounds fairly straight, they understand that the pleasures here are in inflection, the camaraderie of players, little moments of spontaneity. They fill the record with rocksteady rhythms, barbed-wire guitar lines, and cascading harmonies marked with little flourishes of doo-wop, gospel, and the blues.
Source: FLOOD
