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Manifesto Jukebox is an interesting name of sorts… I won’t begin to attempt a translation but suffice it to say, Garage-quality Punk and primer Rock and Roll intrigue brought you by a trio of Finnish degenerates who’ve got plenty to say and find their voice with lyrical despondency spun in six string shards of melodic unrest.   Early on the first move is to look in the way of fellow Fat Wreck facsimiles as a Strung Out, or Sweden’s Millencolin and Bombshell Rocks before being doused with a lethal dose of return trip Husker Du’s mindful madness and pedal pushing ferocity.  Marked by sudden time changes and harmonic resilience, assumedly broken strings, cords, and cymbals, MJ’s second, “Remedy,” is the cure for meddlesome “Punk” faced interlopers with grand designs on Pop-star obsolescence.