Streetlight Manifesto—Keasbey Nights—Color Vinyl LP Record—

For fans of Operation Ivy, Mustard Plug, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, Buck-O-Nine, Reel Big Fish, Suicide Macines

File under brassy, upbeat brand of third wave ska—complete with punk-styled melodies

NOTE: There are two of these up for sale here. The first buyer gets the sealed copy. The second buyer should expect the record to be in mint condition but opened (to photograph record).

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The New Jersey ska-punk outfit Streetlight Manifesto grew out of two similar late-'90s groups from the region, One Cool Guy and Catch-22. Delivering a brassy, upbeat brand of third wave ska -- complete with punk-styled melodies courtesy of vocalist Tomas Kalnoky -- the band made its debut in 2003 with Everything Goes Numb. Two years of touring followed as Streetlight Manifesto played countless shows alongside Whole Wheat Bread, Mu330, Bedouin Soundclash, and Gym Class Heroes. However, personnel changes and equipment theft proved to be frequent setbacks. In October 2005, the band was robbed of nearly $80,000 worth of equipment and possessions from its van, only to suffer another robbery while on tour in Europe the very next month. Streetlight Manifesto ended 2005 by touring alongside the Tossers on the brief (and appropriately titled) Please Stop Robbing Us Tour.

 

Keasbey Nights, a re-recorded version of the 1998 Catch-22 album, was released in March 2006, and the band spent the summer opening for Reel Big Fish and MxPx on a national co-headlining tour. The group continued to tour with Reel Big Fish for much of the remaining year, as well as a large chunk of 2007. Frequent concert dates didn't preclude Streetlight Manifesto from returning to the studio, however, and the band released the full-length album Somewhere in the Between in November 2007. For 99 Songs of Revolution, Vol. 1, the seven-piece took a break from writing new material and compiled an album of ska versions of contemporary pop covers. Victory Records released it as the first in a series in March of 2010. Streetlight Manifesto returned with new material in 2013 with their oft pushed-back fifth record, The Hands That Thieve, an album that would prove to be their last for Victory. —Richie Unterberger

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All records are shipped using bubble wrap and cardboard flats (plus extra shrink wrap over the bubble and cardboard if I think the situation calls for it)?all enclosed in a secure LP box that includes extra cardboard planks secured on the outside off each corner. Shipment is clearly marked "fragile" on both sides.

Each "loose" LP is shipped outside of the cover and packaged within a poly bag. Records are notorious for tearing through these jackets during the shipping process. Thus, many smaller labels ship records outside of the cover in a poly bag to eliminate damage (and ultimately replacement costs).

Note that all boxsets are given extra special attention to arrive safe and sound through the mail.

Upon request, I can open any sealed record and ship it outside of the sleeve (both placed within a poly bag).

Unless damaged through the mail, any return postage must be paid by buyer. Purchases must be returned as delivered.

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Your purchase goes toward the efforts of launching NIN9VOLT RECORDS?an independent label of a couple of guys who love the Replacements, Drag the River, ALL, Archers of Loaf, Sam Beam, Ryan Adams, Liz Phair, and small indie labels like Polyvinyl, Topshelf, Run for Cover, Tiny Engines and many more.

We like smart, well-written lyrics and big guitars most of the time. But we can dig Natalie Merchant singing "Verdi Cries" or Jay Som's "I Think You're Alright".  Or her cool-as-shit ditty to Rush... "Why'd you wait...so long". One of us teaches high school English, the other is imaginary. It just sounds less artificial and not so pompous to think people care about one guy's taste. (But we are currently really digging Bridget Kearney's (Lake Street Dive) new solo record Won't Let You Down.