The Best of the Worst is a ska-core band that started out as a joke in 2006 and hasn’t stopped playing for 20 years. Several albums and countless DIY tours later they have carved themselves a small niche mixing melodic hardcore with upbeat, horn-forward ska/punk. Their most recent LP, New Dead Ends, released on Bad Time Records, sees the band expand upon their unique sound with the help of the legendary Blasting Room Studios.