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
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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, existentialism, 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.

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

Song notes

The first track, "Everything Went Numb," tells a story about a poor protagonist who attempts a robbery but was unfortunately caught, causing panicky, internal bickering within himself. As stated in the "Songwriting Notes" section of the demo, the song was first created in 1998. Circumstances led to its temporary dismissal until Tomas Kalnoky, the guitarist, singer and lyricist (amongst many other things), stumbled upon "the tales of sin city (sic)" (whether this means the Frank Miller comic series or Las Vegas is unknown). The influence led Kalnoky "head first into old territory...smoky bars, trench coats, busted mugs, stuff like that"; such shadiness was a major theme of his work on Catch 22's Keasbey Nights.

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

Lists of miscellaneous information should be avoided. Please relocate any relevant information into appropriate sections or articles. (January 2009)

• "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
• In the intro to "If And When We Rise Again" 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 song "The Big Sleep" makes a reference to Bob Dylan in the lyrics, as "Mr. Dylan."

Song samples

	"Everything Went Numb" The title track of Everything Goes Numb, "Everything Went Numb" is one of Streetlight Manifesto's most popular songs.
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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