Gettin’ Groovy with Resinated before the release of ‘The After Party Part 2’ at The Brown Boxer in Madeira Beach

Like the loud pop of the snare drum, Resinated will grab your attention before it blends elements of reggae, pop music, and some sultry jazz into the mix. The St. Petersburg band is just one of many great acts that the city has to offer, but the music Resinated brings to the scene personifies the city in a way. It brings an alternative aesthetic to the towering business buildings and the constant traffic on a new EP entitled The After Party Part 2.

“We’ve got some new stuff on the new album that’s coming out that’s pretty much directly written based around things we did and places we hung out in St. Petersburg,” said Jeff Applefield, keyboardist and back up singer for Resinated. The band is actually trying to more than just personify it’s hometown. The After Party Part 2 aims for a poppier feel and has better production value than previous material thanks to an all-star production team consisting of producer Justin Gray plus Brian Malouf and Chris Gehringer who mixed and mastered the album, respectively.

“Look them up you’ll see what they’ve done,” said Resinated frontman, Kenny Mullins said of the production crew that’s worked on tracks by Michael Jackson, Robin Thicke, John Legend, Mariah Carrey and more. Even at just four songs long, The After Party Part 2 will still send Resinated fans to the dance floor, and the band — famous for party songs like “Sativa Feva” from its 2015 album Smoke Signals — has adopted a more business-oriented approach to its band, according to drummer Josh Hasak. 

“We want to grow, we want to reach out to the people in Omaha, Nebraska who saw [Resinated] once three years ago and who’re begging to have [us] back,” Hassack explained. “We play music to change someone’s life.”

If the intent is to change someone’s life than the goal, then the mantra of Resinated must be family and bringing people together especially because each member of the band can be seen laughing with one another in between songs, especially between Applefield and Resinated newest member, Danny Bub, the band’s touring saxophonist. Bub brings nothing but sexy, tantric saxophone to the already powerful music that Resinated provides and is a prime example of why every reggae band needs a saxophone in the mix. In his words he describes his style as smooth, bold and melodic.

Resinated will be celebrating the release of The After Party Part 2 with a show at the Brown Boxer on Saturday, July 28 so be sure to check out the potent vibrations and of course the amazing music that only Resinated has to offer.