Album: Harmonic Convergence
Artist: Mega Infinity
Released: March 3, 2025; Say-10/Direct Support Music Group
If ska infused progressive rock is your kind of jam, then you probably know all about Long Island 4 piece Mega Infinity. They have been a staple of the current DIY Ska scene for many years. Their signature style features sick guitar riffs, meaningful and engaging lyrics and a community centered outlook that always brings a good time. Their newest full length album “Harmonic Convergence” released last Tuesday.
My favorite song on the album is “When You Get Home”. It is a highly relatable and an extremely sweet love song. Maybe I am just a sucker for that kind of thing but it honestly makes my heart melt a little when I listen to it. There is also some stellar saxophone in the song which I of course absolutely adore. The vocal performance is very sincere and honest. The thing that gets me right in the heart is the story of the song. It starts with a couple who is dating. The boyfriend has to leave and the girlfriend wants him to call when he gets home. The song then goes on to explain how she loves him and how safe he makes her feel and how she wants him to be safe as well. Again, it is very sweet and sincere. The next verse the couple is married and reminiscing about back when they dated and then they wonder about their future together. In the last verse, the couple has a kid and you are treated to more snapshots of their lives as the kid grows up and becomes an adult. Then, the song goes back to the, now mom, asking her child to call her when they get home. It is then that you realized that what you have just witnessed is love make a complete cycle from romantic love for a partner, to parental love for a child. Honestly, it’s beautiful, god tier storytelling. Also, shout out to my wife who this song very easily could have been written about. She is exactly the way POV character of the song is portrayed and still to this day asks all our adult children to tell her when they get home. Perhaps that’s why I fine it so relatable.
“The World” is another really well written song about finding love and acceptance among friends and community. It is a really upbeat pop-punk song. It also has a really awesome guitar solo during the back half of the song. I think it is the perfect track 1 for the album as it really sets the tone for what follows.
Gerilyn Hayes-McCloskey of Böndbreakr provides additional vocals on the song “In Bocca Al Lupo”. Her vocals are fantastic and add a level of visceral empowerment that takes the song to another level. The prog rock guitar that intros the song is also great at stoking the energy needed to address the subject of the song. It recounts the story of Medusa and uses it as a metaphor for overcoming trauma and then from there setting out to protect others. It’s a song about survival and empowerment; an utterly marvelous message.
Lastly, I just wanted to briefly mention the song “The Crowd Goes Mild”. It is a scything rebuttal of how big tech has a straggle hold on the music industry and generative AI. It talks about how this hurts the music scene. Most importantly, the comment on how to combat this by finding solidarity with other artists and by making real music with real people.
This “Harmonic Convergence” marks their second full length release since “Rainbow Heartache” released in 2021. The almost 5 years was worth the wait. Everything presented in this album is an improvement on their first album and even their 2023 solo EP and takes the style they are known for and kicks it up to 20.