*at last, the long-awaited album*

Bolehland answer to the Jap's Kemuri and Potshot, and the States' Rancid

Plague Of Happiness- Kawan

After a long struggle, cons and empty promises, JB skapunk mob Plague of Happiness has releases their long-overdue debut album 'Kawan', a DIY self produced, self finance CD. This is punkrock to the bone.Third wave ska assault full of songs about positivity, empowerment and unity.

Joe Kidd sums it up best in his review (he rate the album ):
After so many recording attempts for this project; time and time again
being ripped-off by studios, dragged around by crap production people,
offers by a major label (who threatened them with total boycott if they
didn’t sign the contract!) etc., Johor’s main ska-punk proponent PLAGUE
OF HAPPINESS finally decided to give their best in a posh studio in
Singapore; self-financed, self-dictated! (more)

As a personal friend to this band, i feel so proud to hear the opening
track Resah Awan with a nicely arranged keyboard + horn sections. The overall album production is clean, on par with all the CDs at the megastores. Not too spicy
nor heavy.

Resah Awan- EP version (jim visible at 2:19...heheh)

Konspirasi is their best track (for me at least). A song that could make u mosh and dance at the same instance with all the thumping drums, skanky guitarwork and uptempo horn beat. (They once forced an organiser to cut-short their set due to crowd frenzy when this song was performed. I wrote about that 'incident' here)

And for all their effort, it is only fair if maybe u could give em a listen here > a 4-song stream (Kawan, Konspirasi, Resah Awan and Malam). Available at DIY-friendly shops for RM25 (such as Joe Kidd's Ricecooker shop at CM and Auntie's at Campbell).

To Nas,Kudut & Gengx...If u're reading this, i wish u all CONGRATULATIONS for a job well done