Supertones Strike Back is the second album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 released by The O.C. Supertones

The O.C. Supertones

The Orange County Supertones is a Christian ska band hailing from Orange County, California. The band was signed to Tooth & Nail Records before becoming an independent band for its final tour...

. One reviewer described the album as a "no-hold-barred modern day revival meeting".

Compared to the bands' debut, this release features a refined sound. Attributed to experience and having spent almost three month on production, vocalist Matt Morginsky

Matt Morginsky

Matt "Mojo" Morginsky , is the former lead vocalist of The O.C. Supertones, a Christian band that focused on ska-core and related rhythms.-Early years:...

 joked that "we play in tempo and in tune on this one!" The music contains harder guitars and begins to show diverse influences, like surf

Surf music

Surf music is a genre of popular music associated with surf culture, particularly as found in Orange County and other areas of Southern California. It was particularly popular between 1961 and 1965, has subsequently been revived and was highly influential on subsequent rock music...

 and R&B.

Reception

The Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....

 described the album as passionate, saying that "what they offer, in song after ska-punk song, is complete, full-hearted conviction". Going on to say that the album stood as an example and reproach to the trendy but superficial Orange County ska movement. John DiBiase of Jesusfreakhideout described the album as more aggressive than their previous album

Adventures of the O.C. Supertones

Adventures of the O.C. Supertones is the first album released by The O.C. Supertones. Its lyrical content is mostly simple and spiritual, similar to worship music...

, with louder and harder guitar and moody vocals; praising it as one of the best ska albums available.

Track listing

1. "Supertones Strike Back"
2. "Grace Flood"
3. "Resolution"
4. "Perseverance of the Saints"
5. "Like No One Else"
6. "Louder Than the Mob"
7. "Unite"
8. "Shut up & Play"
9. "Tonight"
10. "Little Man"
11. "Caught Inside"
12. "So Great a Salvation"