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What’s up Sorry State readers? I hope everyone has had a nice week. Hopefully everyone got their Halloween ya-ya’s out as we cruise into November. There are some cool shows coming up this month. I’m looking forward to Giallo with support from Plastique Pigs and Steramines coming up at Neptunes here in Raleigh on the 21st. Another show I’m excited about is actually happening the night this newsletter is released: Takaat over at the Fuzzy Needle in Durham. If you see this in time definitely try to make it out there. I saw them play earlier this year at Kings here in Raleigh and they were phenomenal. Anyways, this week I’m writing about some more Ethiopian jazz. I recently discovered the 1984 album Sons of Ethiopia by Admas and have been really diggin it. The group was made up of four dudes living in Washington, DC all of Ethiopian heritage, and I feel like they all carry different influences to the album. Honestly this album is all over the place, and if you just heard it randomly you might think it’s just a playlist or compilation of different bands cause the songs all have a unique feel to them. The first track, “Anchi Bale Game,” has this infectious keyboard playing that’ll get stuck playing in your head. Then the second track, “Bahta’s Highlife,” has this light, bouncy dance sound to it. What really hooked me was the track “Wed Enate,” which sounds like something you’d hear on some sick dub mix. This was the first track I heard, and when I listened to the rest, I was shocked to hear how different the rest of the album was. Definitely check this one out.