The Green has released Marching Orders, an appealing mix of reggae, dancehall, R&B and pop all with Hawaiian flavors. Marching Orders marks the band’s fourth studio album and is the follow-up to 2013’s Hawai’i ’13. The lineup includes: Caleb Keolanui on lead and backing vocals; Zion Thompson on guitar and lead and backing vocals; JP Kennedy on guitar, lead and backing vocals; Ikaika Antone on keyboards, lead and backing vocals; Brad “BW” Watanabe on bass, keyboards, guitar, drums and backing vocals; and Jordan Espinoza on drums. Special guests: Busy Signal, Eric Rachmany, J Boog, The Mana’o Company, and Fiji. All the tracks are buoyant with roots reggae flavors, but The Green has the ability to navigate the music in so many surprising directions, that each track is an adventure. That’s the short of it!
Marching Orders
01. Marching Orders (feat. Busy Signal)
02. I Will
03. All I Need
04. Good Feeling (feat. Eric Rachmany)
05. Going Up
06. Feel So Cool
07. Mama Roots (feat. J Boog)
08. The Garden
09. Foolish Love
10. Land of Love (feat. The Mana'o Company)
11. Seven Nation Army
12. You've Been Crying
13. My Rights (feat. Fiji)
14. Maui Ninja
Release Date: October 20, 2017
Easy Star Records
54 minutes
Staccato horn hits, hip grooves, pulsing keyboards, buoyant roots reggae with just the right amount of R&B, make Marching Orders hit the “G” spot. Clean syncopated chordal guitar riffs with combined Hawaiian percussive effects and full background vocal harmonics, adding to the richness of each song, producing an innovative, imaginative sound that is full of good energy.
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