Credits:Streetlight ManifestoDescription:StreetlightManifesto'scompetent,livelyska-punkdebutsetsjittery,usuallyveryrapidtunestosinger/guitaristTomasKalnoky'sultra-fastvocals.(Kalnokyalsowroteallofthematerialandproducedtherecord.)It'smuchlikehearingahardcorepunksingersupportedbymuchcheeriermelodiesandvariedrhythmsthanmosthardcorepunkbandscouldmuster.Thelyrics,too,aren'ttoofarafieldfromhardcore,withtheirbreathlessnarrativethrustandpumped-upvibesofpricklydespair,uncertainty,assertionofindividualidentityagainsttheodds,andfleetingimagesofviolence.Intruth,theactuallyricsKalnoky'ssingingare,fortheabovereasons,oftennoeasiertodecipherthanthoseheardonmanyhardcorepunkrecords,thoughthey'remuchlessgratingontheear.Andthoughthey'rehelpfullyprintedinthesleeve,he'spronetojammingmanywordsintoverylittletime,sothatsomeofthemhavetobereproducedinsuchsmallprintthatthey'redifficulttoread.Thebanddoesproveitselfabletoconcoctavarietyofrhythmsandarrange