when i revisited L&S i forgot how sad and dark that album is, i got it on sale on vinyl from smartpunk and was thinking 16 year old me really fucked hard with this album but it's depressing as hell heh
Seeing Yellowcard at these monster venues is going to be an absolute trip after spending 20 years sweating my ass off at Irving Plaza. They are probably so pumped.
I banned Blossom in 2013 for traffic purposes and haven't been back since and swore I would never go again, but I *may* think about going just to see Yellowcard and then leaving before TEB.
They're playing the same venue Yellowcard played last summer in Chicago and (nearly) sold out, so that's probably not a great sign for my hopes of getting cheap tickets for this. Seems like too much fun to pass on though.
This thread inspired a discography run yesterday. Lift a Sail is the one I've come back to the least through the years (besides One for the Kids). It has some of the "biggest" sounding songs of their career, but they fall flat without LP's drumming. The s/t record doesn't have that problem - not on LP's level but it's not a noticeable weakness. Ridiculous hypothetical, but I'd love to hear the version of that album that exists in the timeline where LP is still in the band.
The most underrated album in the discography is the self-titled album, imo. There’s some great stuff happening on it and feel like it’s the album that’s brought up the least.
I've consistently said it's my favorite album from the band, would love for more people to fall in love with it too! The songwriting is so sharp, the guitar tones are immaculate, the drums hit so hard (and so do the emotions). It was a great swansong, even if I am VERY glad to have the band back.