It seems that we might finally see the new Streetlight Manifesto album we’ve heard so much about.  According to Punknews.org, the band’s label Victory Records has set a release date of March 16th, 2010 for the much anticipated new record 99 Songs of A Revolution: Vol 1.  This is will be the first of 8 albums of the ambitious cover-song project that they announced in 2008.  The project will also involve other Streetlight-related bands, like Bandits Of The Acoustic Revolution and other unnamed artists.  The project will be the follow up to the ska-punk band’s 2007 release Somewhere in the Between.

The wildly-talented genre-defying band Streetlight Manifesto have posted an update on their progress on their 99 Songs Of A Revolution project. The first volume is apparently completed, but a CD release is up in the air. The band explained:

We can’t announce [the release date] because we don’t know when it is. What we can say is this: some record labels (not naming names here, so it can’t be “libel”) are just plain horrendous. Seriously though, it’s a sad fact that the bullshit bands have to put up with from some labels isn’t worth the benefits (ha!) of being on said labels. That being said, it looks like Volume One will be released on vinyl via the Pentimento Music Company long before it comes out on CD or digitally.

We have no tours planned as of this very minute but we are planning our 2010 now. More importantly, though, we will be heading into the studio soon (as is a particular electricity deficient collective..) and we don’t plan on touring until we have a few records to release.

Big thanks to Punknews.org for alerting us of this story!

Ska supergroup Streetlight Manifesto has announced a their recording plans for the next year, an effort that will result in the release of 8 seperate CDs and span over 4 different performing groups.  As many know, Tomas Kalnoky and the gang are part of another music group known as the Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, who put out their only album a few years ago.  In the liner notes of that album, they had mentioned that they would be working on a project known as the “99 Songs of Revolution.”  This collection will consist of 99 cover songs that span a variety of genres and different artists.  The band has released some details of this endeavor on their website:

The 99 Songs of Revolution Project will consist of 8 full length records. Two from SM, two from BOTAR, and two each from two other SM related groups. Yes, this is indeed the record that Victory mistakingly posted as coming out in Oct of 08. Not sure how they got that date, but it was never even a possibility. The first SM record for 99SOR will be out in early 2009, simultaneously with another of the 8 CDs (no, not the BOTAR one). Victory will be putting out the CDs and mp3s and Pentimento will be releasing and distributing the vinyl. We are aware of our reputation to take forever to release records and miss our self imposed deadlines, so we are not giving anyone solid dates, not even our labels. Early 09 release, that’s it.

The band have finished most of the demos for this project and will begin tracking in October.  This project, although incredibly ambitious, will be very entertaining to follow and the results will tide us over until the next full-length release from Streetlight Manifesto.

Streetlight Manifesto released Somewhere In The Between in 2007 on Victory Records.