Mayday Parade
Tales Told By Dead Friends

THE REVIEW

Originally from Florida, Mayday Parade debuted with this six-song EP, "Tales Told By Dead Friends" in 2006, and from there they released two more studio albums and a third one that should be out soon.

Classifying this EP is not easy, because it is a mix between Pop-Punk, Emo (of the "third wave," as good old Wiki reminds us) and Alternative Rock like A Day To Remember (from which they seem to have drawn inspiration for many of their songs, especially for the excessive palm-mute with the distortion at max). The result is something already heard, where at first listen the songs seem to resemble each other, with some excessively pop parts and lyrics dealing with themes about adolescence, friendship, or first relationships. The best songs are undoubtedly "When I Get Home, You’re So Dead" (which was re-recorded and included in their next album "A Lesson in Romantics") and the concluding "The Last Something That Meant Anything" where at the end the two guitars perform a sort of small solo that worthily accompanies the listener to the finish.

In short, an EP that, unlike those of many other bands, didn’t seem different from their subsequent works (as far as I could hear), might appeal to fans of A Day To Remember and pop-punk lovers in general, but I reiterate, in itself it brings no novelty.

An Interesting Note... is it just me going crazy or the design of the "Mayday Parade" writing on their subsequent albums "A Lesson In Romantics" and "Anywhere But Here" is the same as Linkin Park's during the Minutes To Midnight period???