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You can't keep a good band down. With ceaseless, unwavering fan support, The Aggrolites reconvened in late 2015 to lay down three songs, "Aggro Reggae Party," "Help Man" and "Western Taipan," which reminded them that, hey, they're still pretty damn good at this. They never gave up, thankfully! That one-off recording session was the spark that eventually created this album, certainly their best to date. REGGAE NOW! is the Aggrolites' sixth full-length, and first with Pirates Press Records. Written and recorded throughout 2018, the album finds these architects of "Dirty Reggae" re-establishing their signature sound, re-recording those three songs from 2015 as well as adding on 11 more originals that snap, crackle and pop just as much as your favorite Aggro songs from back in the day. While it took nearly a decade to get the Aggrolites back into a cohesive creative headspace, it took a fraction of the time to actually lay down music--the band knocked out all the basic rhythm tracks for REGGAE NOW! in one day in early 2018. "We like to do it old-school, like a Motown band," "Their tunes perfectly echo the human chemistry you can hear in those early Jamaican productions," says reggae icon Don Letts. "The band's old-school analog sound totally captures the spirit of the music I grew up on." "The Aggrolites have stretched out, and gotten it even more right, at exactly the right time," agrees Lynval Golding, vocalist/guitarist for Two-Tone legends the Specials. "This is THE album." With the needle dropping on REGGAE NOW!, The Aggrolites will hit the road this summer for their first full U.S. tour in six years, and head to Europe for an equally impressive stint later in the year. The Aggro Army is excited to get back in the groove. "We're passionate about reggae, we're passionate about our band, and I don't think we're ever gonna stop," Wagner concludes. "Everybody clicks right now. That's why we're calling it REGGAE NOW!--because this is us NOW."

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• Rootfire: 'REGGAE NOW!, delivers that sizzling Aggrolites sound and energy with full effect. It’s everything Aggrolites fans would expect – high octane, feel-good reggae with lighthearted and at times funny lyrics, bubbling keyboards, bouncy basslines an
• Alternative Press: 'The Aggrolites organ-based grooves and steady-rockin’ beats are the kind of thing that defines everything great under the summer sun.'
• LA Record: 'It’s been too long since L.A.’s Aggrolites had something new for the world. They never disappeared, of course, as anyone who hit any of their New Year’s shows at Alex’s Bar can attest. But now they’ve got an agonizingly long-awaited new studio
• Buzzbands LA: 'On REGGAE NOW!, Wagner’s crackling vocals and Rivas’ bouncy organ feel like getting messages from old friends. Lyrically, the Aggrolites have always ranged from fist-pumping seriousness to lovelorn confessions to humorous stories.' Already,
• Jersey Beat: 'What I like most about The Aggrolites is: they don’t succumb to the laziness of commercialized stoner reggae. They create something with more diverse influences and, therefore, more engaging. I was prepared to not really like this record, bu
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• Monkeyboxing: 'Let me see now, vintage sixties organ sounds, boss reggae vibes, and a soulful growl? Pound for pound, there can surely only be one outfit that produces such glorious ‘dirty reggae’ sound and it is, of course, the one and only Aggrolites.'
• Reggae-Steady-Ska: 'It’s good to see The Aggrolites back on track with Reggae Now, not only an album title, but a statement. Because who was it that developed 'Dirty Reggae', the sound that has influenced hundreds of bands in the last 15 years? True. The

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Classic tunes to rank alongside the best of the band's previous material

     —Monkeyboxing