Yellowcard
Lights and Sounds

THE REVIEW

Yellowcard, thanks to them a breath of fresh air entered the world of punk-pop, especially due to the use of the violin, a truly unusual instrument for this genre.

Starting from the bottom playing in their city's colleges, Yellowcard matured on stage and established their semi-definitive lineup with the album 'One for the Kids,' the album that launched them. After an EP (Underdog) and another album (Ocean Avenue), now they have to prove that they are a concrete reality in their scene, and they succeed with 'Lights and Sounds,' their new album.

Lights and Sounds is what this album represents, the lights and sounds of a city, New York, where the album was recorded. The music of this album gives a feeling of disorientation, disorientation in a big city as only New York can be, all of which is accentuated by the drama of a violin intruding on distorted guitars like a truck hitting a car at an intersection. Fast and impactful songs like "Light and Sounds", "Down on my Head", "Rough Landing Holly", and "Waiting Game" are interspersed with songs like "City of Devil" and "How I Go" where the singer's voice is highlighted over acoustic bases. I must say this album surprised me because I wasn't sure if this band would be able to make another powerful and impactful album like 'Ocean Avenue.'

Honestly, at first listen I had somewhat dismissed it, but then the melodies get into your head and you feel on your skin the emotions that this album manages to convey, so from my indecision between three and four, I chose four.

And I conclude by addressing those who don't like these bands like Blink 182 and Sum 41, just to mention the first two that come to mind, not to badmouth my reviews because I grew up with these bands and even if now I listen to everything from Gothic (Theatre Of Tragedy) to Hard Rock (Bullet for my Valentine) to Pop (Coldplay), these bands are part of the soundtrack of my life.