Slightly Stoopid - Closer to the Sun

Release Date:06/03/2016;Notes:Vinyl LP pressing. Led by co-founders and multi-instrumentalists Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty, along with drummer Ryan "Rymo" Moran percussionist Oguer "OG" Ocon saxophonist Daniel "Dela" Delacruz keyboardist Paul Wolstencroft and trumpet/trombone player Andy Geib, feel-good Ocean Beach, CA-based group Slightly Stupid has become increasingly more well known for their fusion of folk, rock, reggae and blues with hip-hop, metal, punk, funk and D.I.Y. work ethic with each new genre-bending release. Slightly Stoopid's fourth album, 2005's Closer To The Sun, is getting a vinyl reissue in May 2016 courtesy of the band's own label Stoopid Records. The good natured album finds the group in their musical wheelhouse incorporating a vast array of influences with an overall folk-reggae-pop sensibility, singing songs about marijuana, and inviting friends like Barrington Levy, Mr. Mutton, and Billy & Prof Most to join the party. Featuring the standouts "Somebody," "Bandelero," "Closer to the Sun," and "Zeplike.";Track List:1. Intro;2. Babylon Is Fallin;3. Somebody;4. Fat Spliffs;5. Bandelero;6. See It No Other Way;7. Nothin Over Me;8. This Joint;9. Older;10. Ain't Got a Lot of Money;11. Till It Gets Wet;12. Don't Care;13. Basher;14. Righteous Man;15. Up on a Plane;16. Waiting;17. Closer to the Sun;18. Zeplike;19. Comb 4 My Dome;20. Open Road