15-08-2012, 11:49
online listen
first new album I've got to listen to in a few weeks
ok, how many Blink clones do we need?
so many groups I hear in this style that sound like them
this one started out ok, but got old fast, which was the problem with Blink for me
liked half of the album and no potential for growth
1.5 from me and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Always Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeDk7NptVo
released August 14th
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Bio - from allmusic
The punk-inspired quintet Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1997 but didn't solidify their lineup until
a move to Southern California in early 2000. Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key (who had briefly played with
Cali-based Craig's Brother), vocalist/violinist Sean Mackin, guitarist Ben Harper, drummer Longineu Parsons, and
bassist Warren Cooke, the band officially debuted on wax in 2001 with One for the Kids (Lobster) and returned a year
later with the Underdog EP for Fueled by Ramen. The group had a really big year in 2003, replacing Cooke with Pete
Mosely (of Inspection 12), signing with Capitol, issuing Ocean Avenue on the label, and heading out for a series of
Warped Tour dates with the recently added Mosely replaced by Alex Lewis. Fall and winter found Yellowcard hitting
clubs with acts like Matchbook Romance and Less Than Jake.
In late 2004, Ocean Avenue was certified double platinum by the RIAA, and singles such as "Way Away," "Only One,"
and the title track continued to impact MTV and Top 40 radio for the rest of the year. The same year, Lewis was
given his walking papers when Mosely approached the band about rejoining. Yellowcard's sophomore effort, Where We
Stand, was reissued in June 2005, and Lights and Sounds was released in early 2006. Though ultimately not as well
received by fans as prior albums, upon its first week of release, Lights and Sounds entered the Billboard 200 at
number five and earned the number one spot on the Alternative Album chart, quickly gaining momentum on the 2.5-
million-selling Ocean Avenue. Meanwhile, founding member Harper (who also runs Takeover Records) left the group amid
some band controversy and was replaced by Staring Back guitarist Ryan Mendez.
The band returned to the studio later that year and got to work on its fifth full-length, Paper Walls, which was
released in July 2007. In 2008 the bandmembers announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus, leaving
Capitol Records. After recharging their batteries for a couple of years, Yellowcard signed with Hopeless Records and
in 2011 released When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes. In 2012, Yellowcard returned with their eighth studio album,
Southern Air. Featuring guest appearances from All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth, Hey Monday's Cassadee Pope, and We Are
the In Crowd's Taylor Jardine, the album included the singles "Surface of the Sun," "Awakening," and "Here I Am
Alive."
Album Review
Emo-rock stalwarts Yellowcard have been building toward a more mature, nuanced sound over the course of their past
few releases, and the band continues this trend with 2012's Southern Air. Coming up on 15 years since they first
started playing, Yellowcard are clearly at the point in their lives when teenage ambitions have long since given way
to adult realizations. In that sense, while Yellowcard's songs still retain the youthful, emo-rock enthusiasm and
catchy melodicism that marked the best of their earlier work, there is a weightiness and expansive gaze to many of
the songs on Southern Air. No track on the album points this out as directly as the bittersweet "Ten," which finds
lead singer Ryan Key working through the loss of a child and imagining what their relationship might have been ten
years on. He sings "You would be ten and I'd be driving you to school/You would tell all your friends that you
thought I was cool".
Track Listing
1. Awakening
2. The Surface of the Sun
3. Always Summer
4. Here I Am Alive
5. Sleep in the Snow
6. A Vicious Kind
7. Telescope
8. Rivertown Blues
9. Ten
10. Southern Air
first new album I've got to listen to in a few weeks
ok, how many Blink clones do we need?
so many groups I hear in this style that sound like them
this one started out ok, but got old fast, which was the problem with Blink for me
liked half of the album and no potential for growth
1.5 from me and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Always Summer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeDk7NptVo
released August 14th
Bio - from allmusic
The punk-inspired quintet Yellowcard formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1997 but didn't solidify their lineup until
a move to Southern California in early 2000. Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key (who had briefly played with
Cali-based Craig's Brother), vocalist/violinist Sean Mackin, guitarist Ben Harper, drummer Longineu Parsons, and
bassist Warren Cooke, the band officially debuted on wax in 2001 with One for the Kids (Lobster) and returned a year
later with the Underdog EP for Fueled by Ramen. The group had a really big year in 2003, replacing Cooke with Pete
Mosely (of Inspection 12), signing with Capitol, issuing Ocean Avenue on the label, and heading out for a series of
Warped Tour dates with the recently added Mosely replaced by Alex Lewis. Fall and winter found Yellowcard hitting
clubs with acts like Matchbook Romance and Less Than Jake.
In late 2004, Ocean Avenue was certified double platinum by the RIAA, and singles such as "Way Away," "Only One,"
and the title track continued to impact MTV and Top 40 radio for the rest of the year. The same year, Lewis was
given his walking papers when Mosely approached the band about rejoining. Yellowcard's sophomore effort, Where We
Stand, was reissued in June 2005, and Lights and Sounds was released in early 2006. Though ultimately not as well
received by fans as prior albums, upon its first week of release, Lights and Sounds entered the Billboard 200 at
number five and earned the number one spot on the Alternative Album chart, quickly gaining momentum on the 2.5-
million-selling Ocean Avenue. Meanwhile, founding member Harper (who also runs Takeover Records) left the group amid
some band controversy and was replaced by Staring Back guitarist Ryan Mendez.
The band returned to the studio later that year and got to work on its fifth full-length, Paper Walls, which was
released in July 2007. In 2008 the bandmembers announced they would be going on an indefinite hiatus, leaving
Capitol Records. After recharging their batteries for a couple of years, Yellowcard signed with Hopeless Records and
in 2011 released When You're Through Thinking, Say Yes. In 2012, Yellowcard returned with their eighth studio album,
Southern Air. Featuring guest appearances from All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth, Hey Monday's Cassadee Pope, and We Are
the In Crowd's Taylor Jardine, the album included the singles "Surface of the Sun," "Awakening," and "Here I Am
Alive."
Album Review
Emo-rock stalwarts Yellowcard have been building toward a more mature, nuanced sound over the course of their past
few releases, and the band continues this trend with 2012's Southern Air. Coming up on 15 years since they first
started playing, Yellowcard are clearly at the point in their lives when teenage ambitions have long since given way
to adult realizations. In that sense, while Yellowcard's songs still retain the youthful, emo-rock enthusiasm and
catchy melodicism that marked the best of their earlier work, there is a weightiness and expansive gaze to many of
the songs on Southern Air. No track on the album points this out as directly as the bittersweet "Ten," which finds
lead singer Ryan Key working through the loss of a child and imagining what their relationship might have been ten
years on. He sings "You would be ten and I'd be driving you to school/You would tell all your friends that you
thought I was cool".
Track Listing
1. Awakening
2. The Surface of the Sun
3. Always Summer
4. Here I Am Alive
5. Sleep in the Snow
6. A Vicious Kind
7. Telescope
8. Rivertown Blues
9. Ten
10. Southern Air
