Nevermind The Posers

Review by Nicole Aimone

Yellowcard is back with their 8^th album Southern Air, which was released August 14, 2012.  This album is classic Yellowcard, with the punky drum beats, rough vocals, meaningful lyrics and of course the guitar riffs that just somehow mesh perfectly with the other components.

Although this album doesn’t rock  as hard as Yellowcard’s earlier albums, such as Paper Walls, it does rock.  I mean, you can’t expect anything but a rockin’ album from these guys.  It has a pop-punk feel just like their 2003 release Ocean Avenue.

Southern Air is quickly dethroning Ocean Avenue as my favorite album, with songs like their latest single “Here I Am Alive” and “Always Summer.”   My favorite songs on the album have to be “Ten” and “Here I Am Alive”.  They both have the emotional value in the lyrics that you can find in any Yellowcard song, and to me that is one of the band’s greatest qualities.  The emotional value of the band doesn’t stop with just those two songs; the whole album provides fans and even first time listeners with a very personal insight to their lives.

All in all, Yellowcard has done a fantastic job once again, and I’m sure that I am not the only fan that does a little happy dance on the inside when a song from the album comes up on my shuffle.

The band will be touring in Asia, down under in Australia, Brazil and then back to the United States.  Check out their US tour dates below and visit http://www.yellowcardrock.com/