eSKAlation - Zukunftsmusik (Self-published)

Misguided youth sentiment? Perhaps, but we definitely enjoyed 'Zukunftsmusik', this band's sophomore album. Those among you, who, like yours truly, enjoy a dash of ska-punk with the finger on the pulse of a number of abuses in western society, will probably find eSKAlation to their liking. With Anna Stecklein, eSKAlation also has a strong front woman, now and again evoking memories of Nena, in its ranks (and yes, that once again brings us back to the nineteen eighties).