★★★★★
Release Date: April 30th 2013 Over the last few months, I've been listening to a lot of bands and artists that I never thought I would, including Daft Punk, Darius Rucker, Lamb of God, and the list goes on. As a music fan, I like to give things I'm not accustomed to a chance, because I'll never know if I'll enjoy it or not. Well, another band that I added to the list was New Jersey ska-punk band Streetlight Manifesto...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-07-22
★★★★★
It's clear from listening to The Hands That Thieve that Streetlight Manifesto puts a lot of work into their songwriting and arranging. They have one of the best horn sections of any band in rock music, and they fully utilize them. The horns are an essential and featured part of every song, and the band uses them to effectively experiment in genres well outside of the punk-ska genre into which they're often lumped...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-05-09
★★★★★
Review Summary: "I felt no pain 'till I was down and I was told that I was bleeding. And even then I knew I wasn't done" It's becoming increasingly difficult to put pen to paper with music criticism without falling into derivative tropes. It seems like a recurring theme in modern music criticism is that a band or artist needs to continuously reinvent themselves to remain "relevant" or to receive praise...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2013-05-10
★★★★★
The wait is over. Streetlight Manifesto's fifth studio album has finally seen the light of day. I've always thought that Streetlight Manifesto, excluding the covers albums 99 Songs of Revolution: Vol. 1 and Keasby Nights, have been a consistently great band when it comes to releasing albums of original material. The music one hears when listening to the band pretty much does a number on the senses with its chaotic moments and instrumentation all over the place...
- www.punknews.org
2013-05-08
★★★★★
Sound: After the release of their highly rated debut album "Everything Goes Numb", Streetlight Manifesto were welcomed into the ska scene with arms wide open. It wasn't long before fans were in demand of a sophomore release. This demand wasn't met for years, until now, with the release of the highly anticipated "Somewhere In The Between". Upon the first listen, it is hard to pick out the 'best' track as every track on the album is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Sound: The sound quality is superb on this album. The horns sound well-mic'ed, unlike most ska albums. Streetlight Manifesto is probably the best all-around band in ska at the present time. They effortlessly blend ska and punk. I really like the Eastern European introduction to "If And When We Rise Again", and I'm guessing that it comes from Tomas Kalnoky's (the guitarist/lead singer) early childhood in Eastern Europe. The horns are definitely the part of this band that stand out...
- www.ultimate-guitar.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Ska-Punk cover albums are kinda cliché, numerous bands have done it, some are good and some are just completely unbearable. Streetlight Manifesto are just the latest to show off their brass-based take on other artists songs, with '99 Songs Of Revolution', an album that sees New Jersey group covering songs by the likes of NOFX, Radiohead, The Postal Service and more. Like most ska-punk bands, '99 Songs Of Revolution' is pretty harmless and is just there to enjoy from start to finish...
- www.alterthepress.com
2010-12-21
★★★★★
What will eventually become eight full-length cover records, the first volume of 99 Songs Of Revolution is a trip through front man Thomas Kalnoky's widest array of influences and more. Always creating deceptively well crafted songs, Kalnoky set himself up for his most interesting challenge yet: turning some of his favorite songs into ska songs without butchering them. The record holds its set of ups and downs, but it also shows how brilliant these class A musicians are...
- www.reviewrinserepeat.com
2010-12-14
★★★★★
It's been a while since I've been able to type words along the lines of "New Jersey ska supergroup" without simultaneously needing to qualify them with respect to mid-'90s music trends and rebirths and declines, etc. Oops, I guess I did it again. But I'm happy to say that, regardless of that stuff, everything goes numb is a fine album. The band (featuring members of Catch 22 and others) generates melodies at a frantic pace...
- www.hour.ca
2010-11-09
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