SPACE MONEY MAFIA Death Of The Party LP

SPACE MONKEY MAFIA play killer ska punk with high energy horns & harmonies. Founded in 2016, the six-piece band is rooted in the best parts of ’90s/’00s ska and punk, infused with a healthy dose of contemporary influence, and combined with a lyrical urgency and message to meet the moment. From somewhere deep within the hydrogen-rich nebula of Minneapolis, MN, this powerhouse band reemerged in 2025 to deliver a new take on ska punk with the long-awaited album “Death Of The Party”.

The album showcases ten original songs with a passion for ska, punk, and metal music, fusing hard-hitting horn lines with face-melting guitar solos. A diverse array of songs all seamlessly connected by lead vocalist & saxophonist Dante – tunes swing in a theatrical way, get space proggy and pop-punky, jam acoustically and grind into a metal frenzy – somehow all with ska parts! Dante’s falsetto power and screamo range bring comparisons to Perry Ferrell of Jane’s Addiction, Blink 182, System Of A Down, and Fall Out Boy….and yet a smooth soul-crooner side lurks below recalling classic Cherry Poppin Daddies. It’s the perfect album to unite 90’s alternative fans and 2000 emo millennials…on the dancefloor!

In the time of social media campaigns and playlist placements, Space Monkey Mafia gained their fanbase the old-fashioned way – by winning them over one show at a time. Quickly earning a reputation for their energetic and danceable live performances, the band showed an immediate eagerness to get in the van and bring their music to as many ears as possible. Logging over 250 shows in 20 states in their first few years of existence, the band worked every mid-size city, festival, and college town they could find within a 7-hour radius of the Twin Cities. Space Monkey Mafia’s first album, “Sorry For Your Time”, arrived in March 2018 and that fall the band took their first foray out to the West Coast. The band followed it up with 2019’s Captain Crook EP, which featured songwriting contributions from every member.

After hunkering down during the pandemic, the band returned with a vengeance in summer 2021, selling out their first show back. 2022 saw the release of Space Monkey Mafia’s second album, “Banned From California”, which the band followed up with a tour of the Midwest and Rocky Mountains. With this new batch of anti-establishment anthems and self-care bangers, “Death of The Party” launches Space Monkey Mafia into the horizon once again, ready to keep audiences skanking and hollering for years to come.