Hang‐Ups by Goldfinger

Hang-Ups, Goldfinger's second album, landed on September 9, 1997, right in the thick of the third-wave ska revival, and the Los Angeles band lean further into the skank than they did on their debut. Frontman John Feldmann sings, plays guitar and produced it, with Charlie Paulson on guitar, Simon Williams on bass and Darrin Pfeiffer on drums, and the horns come from players on the Orange County ska scene, Reel Big Fish's Dan Regan on trombone and Scott Klopfenstein on trumpet among them. Fishbone's Angelo Moore blows sax and sings on "Carlita".

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