Song of the Day 10/21/12: Yellowcard – Sleep in the Snow

I’ve started working at a new location that is 45 minutes away from my house. That added hour and a half to my day hugely removes my ability to post as frequently on this site. It does allow me to listen to a lot more music and catch up on some of the album I havnt been able to listen to recently. I finally got to listen to Yellowcard’s Southern Air which is refreshingly similar to Ocean Avenue. It will never be able to reach the heights that album climbed but it is definitely their best release in years. I really like “Sleep in the Snow”, especially the Anberlin sounding vocals near the end the track. I will say this though, Yellowcard is best listened to in warm places, not Michigan in winter.

Song of the Day 08/27/12: Yellowcard – Life of a Salesman

I think I’ve brought this up in the past, and if you’ve ever spoken to me about this song, it will be the first thing you hear about.  As originally pointed out by my sister, “Life of a Salesman” is a great song because it’s a song praising a father!  Seriously.  Stop and think about how many songs you know that are tributes to great fathers?  I know right??  So weird.  Plus, electric violins!  This comes from one of my top 100 personal favorite albums, and I think it’s one of the best pop records ever conceived.  I hope that if I have a son, he will want to sing this about me someday.

Song of The Day 11/10/10: Yellowcard – Believe

Maybe it’s because I was in New York on 9/11.  Maybe it’s because I know people who fought those fires and through all that wreckage.  Whatever the reason, there’s no denying the power and impact of 9/11.

Yellowcard succeeded in paying tribute to those heroes without being disrespectful, or cliche.  On top of all that, the electric violin was perfected for Ocean Avenue.  Yellowcard may be a one album wonder, but their one album is one of the most well put together pieces of music I own.  “Believe” is a song that will always pull on your heart strings.  Whether it’s listening to the firefighter tell victims everything is going to be alright minutes before buildings collapse on them, the bridge about telling his wife and kids he loves them and wanting to make the heroes sacrifice worth while, or hearing Ryan Key screaming, “Think about the chance I never had to say; thank you for giving up your lives that day,” this song is nonstop perfection.  As is the rest of the album.  So grab that too (seriously, what other band writes a song about how their father positively affected them?).