Streetlight Manifesto titles new album

Contributed by SkaBoss365. Posted by aubin on Thursday, August 23, 2007 at 11:00 AM (EDT)

New Jersey ska-punk act Streetlight Manifesto continues the slow trickle of information about their long-awaited new album. The record will be titled Somewhere In The Between. The date and all further details remain TBA for the time being.

The band has finished the follow-up to the 2006's re-recording of the Keasbey Nights album.

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listofdemands (August 23, 2007)

i don't care.
-nic

Someone (August 23, 2007)

fuck you

-dic

listofdemands (August 23, 2007)

adorable. it doesn't like my opinion. WHAAAAAA!
-nic

TheRepoMan (August 23, 2007)

aw! it thinks its people!

fallingupwards84 (August 23, 2007)

i dont care about this world
i dont care about that girl

YasserBossin (August 23, 2007)

i dont give a fuck about nicaragua

Someone (August 25, 2007)

hey fuck face if you dont care dont read

Someone (August 23, 2007)

This band is so shitty and overrated. Fuck third wave ska bullshit.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Ska = Awesome

Streetlight Manifesto = Entirely Overrated

jacknife737 (August 23, 2007)

Ah, such eloquence

Someone (August 23, 2007)

no KeasBEEs????

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Good band, good title, good music

mikeinflames (August 23, 2007)

this album will be out in 2010.

Someone (August 24, 2007)

probably not. i would say at least 2015, if at all.

T-Rock (August 23, 2007)

They should have named the album "A Call To Arms," because then it would have been a Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution album, so I'd probably like it more.

BotAR > Streetlight

SumWon (August 23, 2007)

Cool, I like the name.

Here's a question: In Here's To Life, Kalnoky speaks of artists who have committed suicide. Why does he throw Salinger into this category? I can't believe it's because he doesnt know Salinger is still alive and writing, so I feel like I am missing something. Anyone know?

Here are the lyrics
Hey there Salinger, What did you do?
Just when the world was looking at you
To write anything, that meant anything
You told us you were through
And it's been years since you passed away
but I see no plaque, and I see no grave.
And I can't help believing, you wanted it that way.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

I think he's making a reference to the fact that Salinger went into seclusion at the peak of his career and hasn't published work since. For example, he says that he's 'dead' but has no grave.

SumWon (August 23, 2007)

Yeah, I agree with that. But it still doesnt make since to me b/c Salinger published up through the early sixties, almost ten years after Catcher, and he's made it clear that he will leave things to be published after he dies. I dunno, I think you're right though.

Someone (August 26, 2007)

Yeah. If you get the BOTAR album he talks about mentioning Salinger because he was a writer who should of killed himself, but instead took a bow and walked away from the limelight.

T-Rock (August 23, 2007)

Exactly what the guy above said. The BOTAR version is better, though. That's twice in this thread that I've mentioned them. I'm an asshole. Cool, powerful song, though.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

is that BOTAR stuff still online anywhere?

mattbeall (August 23, 2007)

I'd say he's referring to the fact that Salinger hasn't published anything since the late sixties and pretty much disappeared about twenty five years ago. So the death thing could just be an abstraction about his disappearance from the literature scene or something. Not too sure though, ha ha.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

It's the lines:
but I see no plaque, and I see no grave.
And I can't help believing, you wanted it that way.
There's no plaque or grave because because he's not actually dead. He purposefully took himself out of the world without resulting to suicide.

nickramirez (August 23, 2007)

From the liner notes to A Call to Arms: "...I know Salinger didn't commit suicide: He's the hero here. So many talented people can't grasp or even withstand the pressures of a public life following success. Salinger, in my opinion at least, handled it so much more beautifully than the others that are mentioned: He simply disappeared from the light that seemed to hurt him more than help him."

SumWon (August 23, 2007)

Cool, thanks for that, I'd never seen it.

I dont really think Hemmingway's departure was as much of a "mishandle" as it is made out to be, though. After all, the guy had been injure twice in two separate plan crashes, severely burned in a fire, and lost his memory due to electroshock therapy for his severe depression. He was in his sixties, too. He had led a full life.

ricomedy (August 24, 2007)

Thats some cool insight. I love it when artists include detailed liner notes. Say what you will about Thrice, but the liner notes for the deluxe editions of their last couple of albums had some really interesting info in them.

Brian

Splendidtune (August 25, 2007)

Did you really have to ask that?

Medley (August 23, 2007)

This has been such a long time coming... I skipped their version of Keasby Nights (I doubt it could top the original) and generally lost track of this band. Hopefully this new album will be as good as their first.

ricomedy (August 23, 2007)

I'm really tired of the slow trickle of info related to the record and the future of this band. I like the band, but this really needs to stop.

fallingupwards84 (August 23, 2007)

agreed.. this is getting incredibly bad

Someone (August 23, 2007)

I fucking love ska, but I honestly don't know what the big deal about this band is. Their first cd was ok at best, and their version of Keasbey sucks compared to the old one.

I just don't understand why so many people come in their pants whenever Streetlight Manifesto is brought up.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

This album will probably be pretty good, but it will definitely be WAY overhyped and overrated.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Somewhere In The Between
12 songs.
CD only
October 23rd, 2007
Victory Records

Now shut up.

SumWon (August 23, 2007)

How do you know this? Verify or I will not shut up.

themotleyfuool (August 23, 2007)

i went to the rbf/ltj/aaa/sm show in st louis (august 10th) and i asked the streetlight merch guy when the new album was coming out and he said they were talking about a november release date.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

i was at the august 10th show too and i heard the merch guy tell someone november also, was probably you. i asked him after and he said the same thing.

i cant wait, my favorite band of all time. ska - fast - different - its just awesome

T-Rock (August 23, 2007)

+10 points for the ad I just saw on this site. It was for Crime In Stereo's new album. I'd much rather have information on that, beyond its title.

fallingupwards84 (August 23, 2007)

is that 2007 or 2008?

telegraphrocks (August 23, 2007)

Alright, re-read it again, and you'll find out.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Where the fuck did you get this information, I won't believe this unless It is from Victory or from Streetlight.

baseball (August 23, 2007)

this album better be epic after the amount of time this has taken for any real information at all

first one is really good but i've hardly listened to it in 2 years

Someone (August 23, 2007)

boo fuckin hoo people

just be patient

skaboom (August 23, 2007)

So is it fashionable to hate Streetlight, now? Yeah it's frustrating when one of your favorite bands delays their album something like 17 times, but I don't see how anyone that likes ska (and if you don't like ska, I really don't see why you read this story, just to say "omg fuck ska gay it sucks lol") can dislike this band.

Matthew330 (August 23, 2007)

This band is better than when people were all excited in 2003.

Now it's just popular to bitch and moan about them.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Someone who likes ska might like the Slackers, Westbound Train, Hepcat, and the Skatalites. Streetlight Manifesto sounds nothing like those bands, so it shouldn't be shocking that ska fans might not like them. Ska fans generally like music you can dance to, and all of Streetlight's songs are too fast to skank to. I personally prefer a dancing crowd to a moshing crowd. There's a lot to dislike about Streetlight Manifesto if you're a ska fan, not to mention someone might just not like their music.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

...What?

To fast to skank too? I think you just suck at skanking. Which is sad, because it's hard to suck at it. I like all those bands and still like Streetlight. I don't see how you say their music isn't danceable, everything I've heard by them is danceable.

You know nothing. Don't argue, you'll lose.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Haha it's funny that you would say I know nothing. I probably (sadly) know more about this music than anyone you know.

skaboom (August 23, 2007)

Well yeah, you're talking about traditional and two-tone ska. I should have specified that to third wave fans. It is fast, but you can skank to it, and you can certainly do other kinds of dancing (skanking gets old pretty quickly anyway). Besides Giving Up, Giving In and A Moment of Violence, there aren't really any punk rock, moshing type songs.

Obviously, you don't have to like them if you like ska, but in my opinion, they are far and away the most creative band in the genre. It seems like most ska fans could overlook the fact that they are notoriously slow, if it means a better end product.

Someone (August 24, 2007)

Most creative? Come onnnnn. Tomas writes the same shit now as he did 10 years ago, only now he write extra horn parts and repeats too many times. If you took out all the needless repetition in Streetlight songs, they'd be Catch 22. Also, all their songs sound the same. That's not creative. You can say they're good, but creative is just plain wrong. Bomb The Music Industry!, the Flaming Tsunamis, the Blue Meanies, Fatter Than Albert, Gangster Fun, Cryptorchid Chipmunk, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation, and Mad Caddies are some actual creative bands who play ska. Give any of them a listen.

Someone (August 24, 2007)

yo fuck ska, this shit is just madd good music

Someone (August 23, 2007)

yippy!!

KlashedKi (August 23, 2007)

Shitty title.

Fucking suck it.

Matthew330 (August 23, 2007)

Ok, Internet Tough Guy.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

more like Somewhere In Time...

Someone (August 23, 2007)

cover art for the album,

Pat of Catch 22 knife fighting a kangaroo.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

I'd buy it.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

People who sing horn parts out loud and play air trombone are stoked.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Hey, I also play air saxophone, buddy. Both tenor and baritone varieties.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Damn right we are

Someone (August 24, 2007)

ba ba ba be be bop

Someone (August 23, 2007)

Hope there's more slow stuff on this than the usual 1 song Kalnoky is known for. That's really the only qualm I have with the band.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

this should suck

Someone (August 23, 2007)

I'm so excited, Streetlight Manifesto is the best band ever.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

statement above minus best, add worst.

Someone (August 23, 2007)

yay!! free irish spring bars autographed by the one and only SOAPY JACK for everyone!! =)

get psyched!!

Someone (August 23, 2007)

"The band has finished the follow-up to the 2006's re-recording of the Keasbey Nights album."

Everything Goes Numb was the second part of the "Keasbey" trilogy although Streetlight actually re-recorded Keasbey after releasing EGN.

el_matt (August 23, 2007)

So that means they didn't have a title when they announced that they were done recording it a couple of weeks ago?

Someone (August 24, 2007)

Lol, what's a manifesto?

antonehenry (August 25, 2007)

Good point, what is a manifesto?

Heard new songs the first time they came through with Real Big Fish and MxPx. Sound pretty good. I don't know how they can top EGN, but hey, Jimmy followed Static Prevails with Clarity....

Someone bicker with me.