The possibility of such a tour came as a surprise to most of the group. Purin, 20 did a backflip when he found out.

Such excitement is tempered with caution though, because as Purin explains, "I don't have any idea what to expect or what the scene is like [in Europe]."

"I'm sure it's going to be a very pleasant experience," says Wildman, adding that the group is "young and excited and they don't have big egos."

Natchez proves the point in his own observations about the groups' progress. The album is "selling pretty well for a small release off a small label by a snotty-nosed group of kids from Newton."

The tour is homonymously called "Skavoovee," a reference to the title of an older album, released by another ska group after Natchez's group had been assembled.

Promoters have high expectations for the trip. As Wildman hyperbolically puts it, "It's gonna rock 'n' roll all night and party every day."

Natchez has some expectations as well.

"You can ask my roommates [about previous tours] and view their chewed-off ears," Natchez says. "You compile a lot of very interesting stories."

"I just want to do something more abstract and creative," he says. "I don't want to have fun in a drunken sort of way. [Playing with Skavoovie] is the way I can see myself having fun."

For Skavoovie, much of the fun comes from experiences on the road.

"People always assume that if you're in a band, you're going to think of yourself as this higher creature," Purin says. "We've learned hard ways and good ways how to respect people and each other from being in a band."

"You're presenting what you do to other people," Purin says. "When you're up on stage there's a lot at stake that way."

Right now, the group's attention is on this summer's concerns:

"Basically just surviving," says Purin, "Being able to make a good impression, actually come from the tour with money instead of owing money."

"Keeping the van alive, making sure it doesn't die, cuz if the van dies, then we're pretty screwed," Purin says.

The groups will be performing some new material while on tour, which they plan to record on a second album after their return. The group plans to live together while they finish out the time they will have taken off from school.

"We're going to be subletting a house," says Purin. "Everything's going to be just fine, I think."

Purin has just a little to say when it comes to promoting the group.

"Could you just mention thanks to all the people who, you know, like us and come to see us?"