Everything Goes Numb

Everything Goes Numb
Studio album by Streetlight Manifesto
Released	August 26 2003
Recorded	Unknown
Genre	Ska-punk Third Wave Ska
Length	55:12
Label	The RISC Group & Victory Records
Producer	Tomas Kalnoky
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Streetlight Manifesto chronology
Streetlight Manifesto Demo (2002) Everything Goes Numb (2003) Keasbey Nights (2006)
Tomas Kalnoky chronology
Streetlight Manifesto Demo (2002) Everything Goes Numb (2003) Keasbey Nights (2006)

Everything Goes Numb is the first full length album by musical group Streetlight Manifesto. It is seen as a natural progression from Catch 22's Keasbey Nights (1998), as Tomas Kalnoky, the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, performed the same duties in Catch 22 before leaving after Keasbey Nights to concentrate on his college education. The lyrics of the album deal with subjects like suicide, robbery, and social outcasts. It is also the second chapter in the Keasbey Nights Trilogy, once referred to as The Keasbey Diaries in the A Call to Arms (2001) booklet.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Similarites to Keasbey Nights 3 Miscellanea 4 Song samples 5 Personnel 5.1 Additional Personnel 6 External links

Track listing

All songs written by Tomas Kalnoky, although "If and When We Rise Again" contains a horn line taken from Johannes Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 5" (which can be listened to under the title "Hungarian Dance in G minor" in the media section of the Brahms article).

1. "Everything Went Numb" – 3:29
2. "That'll Be the Day" – 4:42
3. "Point/Counterpoint" – 5:27
4. "If and When We Rise Again" – 4:19
5. "A Better Place, a Better Time" – 6:28
6. "We Are the Few" – 4:56
7. "Failing, Flailing" – 5:28
8. "Here’s to Life" – 4:41
9. "A Moment of Silence" – 5:13
10. "A Moment of Violence" – 2:00
11. "The Saddest Song" – 3:18
12. "The Big Sleep" – 5:02

Similarites to Keasbey Nights

Played in order, two of the songs from Everything Goes Numb bear a resemblance to their counterparts from Keasbey Nights. For example, Everything Went Numb has some of the same mariachi influence as Dear Sergio, and Point/Counterpoint shares its lyrical style with Keasbey Nights. Keasbey Nights is also played in the middle of Point/Counterpoint at live shows, and Failing, Flailing is sometimes played with 9mm and a Three-Piece Suit, though the latter two songs have different track numbers on their respective CDs.

Miscellanea

• "Point/Counterpoint" is sometimes performed live with the song "Keasbey Nights" (from Catch 22's Keasbey Nights) played partway through; some fans refer to this as "Point/Keasbey/Counterpoint".
• "If and When we Rise Again" is credited as "Color-Coded Quotes" on some pressings, and contains the album title in the lyrics
• "A Better Place, A Better Time" is referred to as "Annie" by the band, and is usually written on setlists under that name.
• The song "Here's to Life..."
  • Is a remake of the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution (Kalnoky's interclary band in between Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto) track on A Call to Arms (2001)
  • Is credited as "Here's to Life (Reprise)" inside the CD booklet
  • Contains references to suicidal artists including:
    • Ernest Hemingway
    • Vincent Van Gogh
    • Kurt Cobain (as "K.D.C.")
  • Mentions Albert Camus jokingly, not only because of his thoughts on Absurdism, which defines the act of life as a foolish struggle to find meaning in a world without one, which leads to three conclusions, the first being suicide, but also because he ironically died in a car accident with having previously said that it was the most absurd way to die.
  • Mentions J. D. Salinger and his character Holden Caulfield
  • J.D. Salinger's seclusion from society is mentioned in the line:

    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 that you wanted it that way

  • Holden Caulfield is also mentioned personally as "a friend of mine (Tomas')"; the same Holden Caulfield that is the protagonist in the novel Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. Salinger.
  • More information on the theme of the song can be found in the songwriting notes section of the A Call to Arms article.
• "The Big Sleep" is credited as "The Big Sleep (You're Impossible)" in the lyrics section of the official Streetlight Manifesto site
• "Failing, Flailing" is sometimes played live with "9mm & a 3 Piece Suit" spliced into the song
• In the intro to "If And When We Rise" you can hear Tomas Kalnoky say "Moderate Rock", a reference to a Nirvana song (tourette's) where Kurt Cobain says the same thing in the intro.
• The ending to "If and When we Rise" is taken from a Hungarian Dance by Johannes Brahms
• The song "The Big Sleep" makes a reference to Bob Dylan in the lyrics, as "Mr. Dylan."

Song samples

Personnel

• Josh Ansley - Bass Guitar
• Jim Conti - Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone
• Jamie Egan - Trombone, Trumpet, Tuba
• Tomas Kalnoky - Guitar, Layout, Lyrics, Music, Photos, Producing, Recording, Vocals
• Paul Lowndes - Drum tracking, Drums
• Dan Ross - Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone

Additional Personnel

• Chris Bailey - Auxiliary Percussion
• Jeff Davidson - Gang Vocals
• Steve Ho - Gang Vocals
• Jason Kanter - Mixing
• Robbie Krieger - Cello (Track 12 only)
• Lico - Gang Vocals
• Dominick Maita - Mastering
• Shane Thompson - Auxiliary Percussion
• Natalia Ushak - Cover Model

External links

• Streetlight Manifesto official site
• Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution official site
• The RISC Group official site
• Victory Records official site
• Everything Goes Numb at MusicBrainz

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Members: Tomas Kalnoky • Mike Brown • Jim Conti • Peter McCullaugh • Mike Soprano • Matt Stewart • Chris Thatcher Former members: Stuart Karmatz • Pete Sibilia • Paul Lowndes • Josh Ansley • Jamie Egan • Dan Ross • Chris Paszik • Delano Bonner
Streetlight Manifesto Discography
Streetlight Manifesto Demo (2002) • Everything Goes Numb (2003) • Keasbey Nights (2006) • Somewhere in the Between (2007)
Related Articles
The RISC Group • Catch 22 • Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution • Gimp
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