The more things change, the more they stay the same. Members may have come and gone, but once you pop in the new Slackers album you’ll be once again in for a bunch of laidback tunes that mix up ska, reggae, rocksteady and soul. There may be an instrumental here (“Ain’t No Sunshine”) or an uptempo song there (“The Same Everyday”), laidback and mellow will always be the words you’re looking for. Because that’s what Vic Ruggiero and his guys do best.

The songs kinda breeze by on “The Great Rocksteady Swindle” but that’s just how it is. Even after all these years, The Slackers are still doing what they do best and there’s a lot to be said for it.