 
When Yellowcard went on hiatus in 2008 a lot of
people were gutted and thinking that was the end
of Yellowcard, yet 2 years later the band announced
that they were reforming and working on a new
album ‘When You’re Through Thinking
Say Yes’ which was released a year later
and then re-released again in acoustic format,
the fans went wild and since then there has been
no stopping Yellowcard as they are now gearing
up to release ‘Southern Air’ their
second album in just under 16 months.
‘Southern Air’ is easily one of the
best albums Yellowcard have ever written it features
10 perfectly executed summer pop-punk tracks which
ooze in energy and poppy perfection with each
and every track having the potential to take over
the airwaves and be released as future singles.
The album opens with ‘Awakening’ which
happens to be the best track on the album as it
features classic Yellowcard elements from start
to finish and is generally just a beautiful song
instrumentally, vocally and especially lyrically
as at some point in life everyone can relate to
the personal lyrics flowing through the song.
‘The Surface Of The sun’ opens with
a bit of bounce which draws you in straight away
and before you know it Ryan Kay has you in the
palm of his hands with an almighty catchy chorus
which you will be chanting along to.
‘Always Summer’ is the first single
to be taken from the album and the track pretty
much does what it says on the tin and takes you
away from the current depressing English summer
which still hasn’t turned up despite it
being the middle of August and puts you in a temporary
happy summer place for the best part of 3minutes
as you listen to the charm and pure catchiness
of the track.
‘Here I Am Alive’ see’s Yellowcard
team up with Tay Jardine from We Are The In Crowd
and what a team they make as they blast through
the poppiest track on the album, the lyrics once
again are well written with Ryann Kay singing
“They say you don’t grow up, you just
grow old, it’s safe to say I haven’t
done both, I made mistakes, I know, I know, but
here I am alive” as he reflects on life
in a band.
Pretty much all the way through the album Yellowcard
go at full throttle but they tone things down
for ‘Ten’ and when I say tone down
they do it in a big way and grab the acoustic
guitars and sing a song about someone being taken
away from you far to soon.
I feel that going on hiatus was the best move
Yellowcard could have made as they have come back
bigger and better and more motivated than ever
before and I seriously can’t find a fault
with 'Southern Air' in anyway, if you thought
‘When You’re Thinking Say Yes’
was good then you need to head out and get ‘Southern
Air’ straight away as it is arguable their
strongest album ever.
5/5
Review by Trigger
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