Mega Infinity are one of the most unique ska bands releasing music in the scene right now. Describing themselves on their Bandcamp as “Rock Sun, Ska Moon, Metal Rising,” the band gives a pretty great descriptor of their sound. These three genres mix together in their music in a really cool and uncommon way. I’ve been keeping track of Mega Infinity ever since their EP release of Chaos Magick on the now defunct Ska Punk International, and have been anxiously awaiting a new album after enjoying both Chaos Magick and a split EP with Bad Mary. Finally, the band has delivered and given us their second full-length release, Harmonic Convergence.

Harmonic Convergence opens with the song “The World,” introducing two of the main themes that are common through the entire album: convergence and self-acceptance. “The World” is primarily about finding yourself with someone else and improving each other together. It opens with a patient and calm intro before ripping straight into a punk rock banger that grabs your attention immediately. The song also introduces maybe my favorite element of the whole album during its bridge, which is Mike DiGiulio on guitar. I will continuously come back to praise Mike during this review, as on this song and many others, he absolutely shreds on the guitar. The guitar parts as a whole on this album are shockingly fantastic, in a way that I cannot even describe as they go hard.

The next song, “In Bocca Al Lupo,” continues the rad guitar parts while transitioning the sound into more of a metal track. Michi sings on this song with Gerilyn “G” Hayes of Bondbreakr about Venus and Medusa and how they protected those in their community and continue to provide protection in their stories now. Michi directly compares herself to their stories, and I feel this is her taking a place as someone who wants to stand as a protector of those marginalized in both the ska community and the world as a whole. She takes the pain of both these myths and her own to help others. The music perfectly describes the anger she feels at those who harmed Medusa & Venus, her, and her community, with the harsh metal noise and screamed vocals from Hayes. It’s one of my favorite songs from the album as both the anger for abusers and love for the community come across perfectly in the song.

“She became mother, I’m becoming her too

Misfits, protectors, kneel at my altar

Leave me your offering, I’ll be there to guide you”

“In Bocca Al Lupo” – Mega Infinity

One of the other primary themes of this album is how hard it is to just exist in our world and the best song that is singularly about this is “And The Crowd Goes Mild,” which is directly about the horrible generative AI “art” industry and trying to make it in the music world despite social media algorithms that punish bands who go against the typical sound. Social media companies only want you to spend time on their app to see ads on their platform, not another, and thus pick only the safest content; content they know the average person will enjoy and does not scare away advertisers. This song directly deals with the frustration of dealing with that while competing against soulless AI bands. Again, this song is primarily metal, just like “In Bocca Al Lupo,” both showing the rage of the band. This song also has a feature on it, this time by MC Lars, a nerdcore rapper, who gives his own verse expanding on all of these themes. MC Lars has spent most of his career writing songs about how the music industry is no longer viable for smaller artists, and his verse has him instead aim this anger at the social media sites that he once believed would help smaller artists get a following. Social media feeds no longer function as a means of discovery, only as a dopamine trap and ragebait machine.

“They weaponize that scroll with a dopamine fix

Monetize your outrage, repackaged in clicks

They measure the worth of a verse by the search

I’m off-grid like Thoreau, resisting the urge

They call it expression, I call it a trap

Push button creation with no soul in the app”

“And The Crowd Goes Mild” – Mega Infinity (ft. MC Lars)

The main song on this album that explores the theme of community is “Fancul!”, as it is fully about collaboration and uplifting the community of musicians Mega Infinity is involved with. The song is one of my favorites, and it is simply the band and their friends showing off their skills on their various instruments. This includes Mike on guitar again, as well as Andrew Heaton of Flying Raccoon Suit and Joystick on trombone, both giving excellent solos. The backing track also has a nice bassline from Gabi Frost and great backup from fellow ska scene horn members Bex Ross (Joystick) and Dani Dross (Plastic Presidents). It really is a simple song, but I think it’s great to have a song dedicated to lifting up and showing off great playing from people in your scene. It serves as an excellent representation of convergence, of the love for the community that is present throughout the entire album. Also, the song reminds me a lot of “Kinda Together” by BAD OPERATION, which is another lovely song dedicated to showing off the members of the band.

The next song on the album, “Days Of Future Past,” is by far my favorite of the album. It’s a post-hardcore/punk song about how the world wants to strip away what makes you unique in order for you to fit in. I feel it is mostly about those who try to convert queer people into being straight, but it also calls out how corrupt capitalists are to blame for this as well. My favorite part of this song is absolutely Mike on guitar once again with another absolutely incredible solo (while also just being fantastic the whole rest of the time). It perfectly serves the feelings of anger, panic, and protest present in the song. The song also has an excellent feature from With Sails Ahead, who provide some screaming vocals over the bridge that add a lot to these feelings as well.

“They would turn a goddess like me into a mortal

They would turn a goddess like you into a mortal

Why fit in? You’re much more than normal

Why fit in? What do you need a cure for?”

“Days Of Future Past” – Mega Infinity

I also want to highlight here the songs “Temperance” and “Smile,” which are both excellent rock/punk songs that are complete bangers, with the entire band at their best in them. There are some songs I do have some issues with, though, notably “Distracted,” “When You Get Home,” and “The Magician,” which I just feel are too long and too slow. They kill the pace of the album a little bit, especially “Distracted,” which comes off the heels of punk song “Temperance” and grinds the album to a halt with it. “The Magician” also has an outro that goes on slightly too long for my tastes. The song sounds really great on your first listens, especially its outro (which I do love), but it’s just not one I want to listen to over and over again. However, I do think these songs excellently show off Michi’s beautiful voice. She’s incredible the entire album, but in those songs specifically she sounds really great. I also feel like I have to point out the major Steven Universe vibes I got from “Distracted.” Mega Infinity did a cover of a Steven Universe song on their Bad Mary split EP, and it makes sense to hear that influence come into their full-length album.

Harmonic Convergence as a whole shows off Mega Infinity’s unique mix of ska, metal, and rock music in a really fantastic way. It’s an album that I’m sure will stick with me and has bangers I will be keeping on loop for a while. If you like genre-bending music of any kind, or want to check out a more unique ska release, I definitely recommend this album. It releases on March 3rd on Say-10 Records and you can preorder it on Bandcamp now.