After a three-year hiatus, The Insyderz are back with another ska record. This one is infused with a heavy dose of straightforward rock, but the trademark Insyderz sound remains (yes, the vocals still sound like a Mighty Mighty Bosstones rip off). Over a four to five year period this band, along with the Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy, were one of the ska bands of choice for evangelical church youth groups. "Soundtrack to a Revolution" is another record of positive music with an evangelical message. In reading that the band drew their inspiration for the record from "the revolutionary elements of Jesus" especially as he "defied the status quo and spoke hard truth to the religious leaders of the day," I was half expecting to hear a diatribe aimed at the evangelical establishment, but the Insyderz's idea of "revolution" seems more like something that comes out of a pietistic, inward, moral renewal. Other than the two or three "call to action" songs, the rest are basically praise songs set to a ska.
2/4
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