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Despite a wholesale instrumental personnel makeover since last year's stunning "What's Goin' Down," Public Property's third disc in as many years continues the band's meteoric upward arc as they continue to fashion some of the most ebullient, infectious reggae/ska-based island music anywhere. Charismatic Hawaii-born frontman Dave Bess and the vocal trio of Mareva Minerbi, Margaret Larson and Georgette Stern remain the group's bedrock, with Bess' uncanny Marley-esque raspy crooning style elegantly shadowed by the girls' ethereal, I Threes-like chirping -- all punctuated by percussionist Matt Grundstad's percolating rhythms. Newcomers Ben Franklin and Jeremiah Murphy lock down the rhythm section, guitarist/vocalist Andy Parrott supplies a non-stop blur of driving rhythm chops and slinky, serpentine solos, and keyboardist/vocalist Paul Hala adds varied, spot-on textures. Beautifully recorded by John Svec at Minstrel Recording, "Movement" glides and rips through 11 original tracks in the quickest 65 minutes imaginable, mixing socio-political messages with upbeat celebrations of life on this melodic, celebratory tour-de-force.