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Last week we brought you the new Halloween song from Half Dizzy, and this week we're bringing you the second side of that split 7". "For the Record, I'm Not a Cannibal Anymore" is from Detroit's The Boy Detective. Much like The Faceless, this side features guest appearances: J. Navarro from The Suicide Machines supplying vocals and Eric Abbey from J. Navarro and the Traitors on keys. "For the Record, I'm Not a Cannibal Anymore" is a chilled out ska track... at least until the end when the speed and noise speeds up into a ska-punk burst. As with any ska song, The Boy Detective have delivered a fun song, and one with a pretty sly sense of humor. This is perfect for a Halloween song, and even pulls off the spooky vibe even without the lyrical content. You can listen to "For the Record, I'm Not a Cannibal Anymore" below. The 7" will be out on Punkerton Records, and is available for pre-order here . For more on The Boy Detective, c...

Photo via Facebook The word "epic" doesn't usually apply to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, but their latest single is epic in both length and scale. Coming in just shy of eight minutes long, "The Final Parade" is about three to four times the length of the ordinary Bosstones song. Dicky Barrett has called this new song "a love letter to ska music and the people that make ska music," and "The Final Parade" is certainly more ska than anything else the Bosstones have ever put out. This isn't ska-punk, and it's certainly not ska-core. And then there's the amount of guest stars involved in this song. It's a tired joke that ska bands consist of huge amounts of musicians, and the Bosstones alone have nine members ordinarily. How many guest stars could "The Final Parade" possibly have? If my count is correct, it's thirty one: Tim Armstrong (Rancid) Aimee Interrupter & The Interrupters Stranger Cole Angelo Moore (Fishbo...