{"id":33302,"date":"2012-08-08T16:51:33","date_gmt":"2012-08-08T16:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-yellowcard-southern-air\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T21:39:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T20:39:37","slug":"album-review-yellowcard-southern-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-yellowcard-southern-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Yellowcard – Southern Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"For a lot of bands, the possibility of releasing two full-lengths in the space of 18 months is a big ask but in the case of Yellowcard<\/strong>, the response from last year’s comeback album ‘When You\u2019re Through Thinking, Say Yes’<\/em> was so much overwhelming for them, they headed straight back into the studio to record ‘Southern Air.’ <\/em><\/p>\n

However the problem with releasing two albums in such a close period, leads to the\u00a0possibility\u00a0of ‘Southern Air’<\/em> potentially being a\u00a0lacklustre\u00a0follow-up. Thankfully ‘Awakening’ restores any doubts as it has all the favourable\u00a0characteristics\u00a0a great Yellowcard song should have; bright, catchy guitars, sweet violins, and harmonized vocals. Definitely a strong start.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Admittedly ‘Southern\u00a0Air’<\/em> doesn’t show much in terms of progression in Yellowcard’s sound but in comparison to ‘When You’re Through…,’<\/em> it’s a more focused and cohesive effort that manages to keep your attention throughout. The bands knack for bright poppy hooks are a mainstay; most notably on ‘Always Summer’<\/em> with its summery, nostalgic lyrics and driving rock guitars. Whilst ‘Here I Am Alive’<\/em> makes good use of We Are The In Crowd’s Tay Jardine’s guest vocals, giving it a pleasing radio-friendly sound.<\/p>\n

After hearing tracks like ‘A Vicious Kind’<\/em> and ‘Rivertown Blues,’<\/em> its clear that Yellowcard are a\u00a0rejuvenated band who have a new found hunger for making music. \u00a0Both tracks thrive off that bands refreshing energy with intense drums and poppy vocals from Ryan Key.<\/p>\n

Despite the bands relentless hunger for delivering well-structured pop rock, ‘Ten’<\/em> offers a sweet and sombre moment that plain and simply leaves you stunned with heartbreaking lyrics; “You would be ten, and I would driving you to school\/You would be telling all your friends I was cool.”<\/em> Whilst twanging guitars and sweet violin strings are a natural, beautiful fit. It really does tug at the heart strings.<\/p>\n

The title track rounds off the album in an ideal fashion; bright, refreshing with a strong and welcomed nostalgic tone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With ‘Southern Air,’ Yellowcard have produced a confident pop-rock record which should draw in new listeners. It is a more concentrated effort and is well-crafted throughout, leaving you hooked from start to finish. I’ll even go as far as saying it’s better than ‘Ocean Avenue,’<\/em> which for some is a bold remark but on ‘Southern Air’<\/em> Yellowcard have took all their best known\u00a0characteristics\u00a0and pushed them to the forefront and combined it with a\u00a0rejuvenated approach with the end result being a resonating, warming record.<\/p>\n

4.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Southern Air’<\/em> by Yellowcard<\/strong> is released on August 13th through Hopeless Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Yellowcard<\/strong> links: Official Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Sean Reid (@SeanReid86<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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