As Dan and I were recording the other day, the discussion turned to which genres we haven’t covered yet. One of the most prominent which hasn’t yet been ticked off is reggae, and we set about trying to recreate the feel and style of such music while still sounding like The Home Guard. We thought you’d like a snippet of what we came up with:

http://www.thehomeguard.info/demos/reggae_beat_demo.mp3

There’s no off-beat chord, but by placing the kick drum in a funny place and making sure the bass guitar misses it almost every time, we think that this suggests reggae quite well. There’s a long way to go, but we’d still love to hear what you think.

Incidentally, the lead instrument that Dan’s playing is a (slightly wonky-sounding) mandolin, which if it makes the final cut will herald the debut of yet another new element on the next album.