Zen Baseballbat

Hailing from Widnes in the North West of England...a heavy industrial town in between Liverpool and Manchester, conveniently
forgotten by the governments of the past and present.

Zen Baseballbat have unmistakable shades of post ska reggae simmering with new wave riffs, rhythmical plinks and bowel-shaking rumbles. Industrious bass and luminous bursts of percussive melody straddle the divide between manipulated dub, instrumental groove and disgruntled rhyme. This band will take you through a whole gamut of emotions, lifting you up when you least expect it, at other times provoking anger, sadness, determination and the desire to stand up and be counted.

Zen Baseballbat write forward thinking songs which perfectly highlight the emptiness of the particularly British obsession with price, within a mindset that knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Songs that conjure up images of need, neglect, desire and food banks in the modern world. It definitely shouldn’t sound this positive and joyful. This is the sound of misery turned on its head!

Zen Baseballbat are a well oiled live machine, fresh from touring with New Model Army, The Selecter, Steel Pulse, The Beat, The
Ragga Twins, Theatre of Hate, Dub Pistols, The Dualers, Rhoda Dakar as well as playing The London International Reggae Festival, The Irish International Ska Festival, LoopFest, The Specialized Big One and the world famous Rebellion punk festival.