''Keasbey Nights'' is the debut album by the American
ska punk
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Victory Records
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. It is the only album by the band's original lineup, as singer/songwriter/guitarist Tomas Kalnoky, bassist Josh Ansley, and horn player James Egan all left the group later that year. Kalnoky re-recorded the entire album in 2006 with his new band
Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from New Brunswick Township, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2002. They released their debut album, ''Everything Goes Numb'', through Victory Records on August 26, 2003. The ban ...
in response to Victory's plan to re-release it. The album's title references
Keasbey, New Jersey
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All songs written by Tomas Kalnoky
# "Dear Sergio" – 2:31
# "Sick and Sad" – 2:21
# "Keasbey Nights" – 3:02
# "Day In, Day Out" – 3:22
# "Walking Away" – 4:06
# "Giving Up, Giving In" – 2:48
# "On & On & On" – 3:14
# "Riding the Fourth Wave" – 1:50
# "This One Goes Out To…" – 2:35
# "Supernothing" – 2:49
# "9mm and a Three Piece Suit" – 1:56
# "Kristina She Don't Know I Exist" – 5:10
# "As the Footsteps Die Out Forever" – 3:11
# "1234, 1234" – 7:09
Five of the tracks were previously included in '' Rules of the Game'', the band's previous recording.
guitar
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s, music, photography, lead vocals, lyrics
* Josh Ansley -
bass guitar
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trombone
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,
flute
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,
French horn
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,
tin whistle
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saxophone
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drum kit
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*Kevin Gunther -
trumpet
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, backing vocals
*Hillary Johnson - co-production, mixing, recording
*Augusto F. Menezes - photography
Streetlight Manifesto version
In 2004, Kalnoky decided to re-record ''Keasbey Nights'' with his new band
Streetlight Manifesto
Streetlight Manifesto is an American ska punk band from New Brunswick Township, New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2002. They released their debut album, ''Everything Goes Numb'', through Victory Records on August 26, 2003. The ban ...
. The decision was prompted by Victory Records' plan to re-release the album with additional content. The Streetlight Manifesto version was originally scheduled to be released in late 2004, but was continually delayed until being released on March 7, 2006.
The re-recorded version includes several musical and lyrical changes from the original. "Dear Sergio" includes an extra verse that Kalnoky had added when he recorded the song with the
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution
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on ''
A Call to Arms
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It is similar in shape to the Ancient G ...
'' (2001). Day In, Day Out features a new verse in place of playing the first verse again. The muted trumpet solo in "This One Goes Out To..." was replaced with a tenor saxophone, and different instruments were also used during the solo section of "Kristina She Don't Know I Exist". In "As the Footsteps Die out Forever", the line "I got a lot to do, I got a lot to be" is replaced with "You've got a lot to do, you've got a lot to be". Most notably, Kalnoky replaced the
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