![]() ![]() Childhood Eyes will challenge seasoned Yellowcard listeners because they, like Yellowcard’s band members, have had more experiences relating to love, communication, and broken promises. I got to write from where I am right now.” While the exploration of pain and struggle hold significant weight in all of Yellowcard’s albums, this latest EP highlights how the dark themes persist throughout our lives and deserve reconciliation, or “childhood eyes.”įans will enjoy the range presented in this five-song EP, which also includes “Hiding in the Light”, “Honest From the Jump”, and “The Places We’ll Go” featuring Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional. In the liner notes, Ryan Key provides context to how his age has shaped the lyrics for the title track of the EP, “I’m particularly proud of these lyrics, because they’re 43-year-old Ryan writing, not 23-year-old Ryan writing. Instead of looking at what went wrong, Ryan Key battles both internally and externally, “Love leaves me empty every time / Am I the only one who isn’t dead inside … Am I the only one watching with childhood eyes,” but settles with the idea that he is comfortable in who he is in the final line of the song, “I am the love you need.” I believe that Key’s examination of immediate anxiety contrasted with confidence is a way of showing his growth as a person and a band member. The title track, “Childhood Eyes”, sheds a positive light on how maturity helps with relationships of all types, end. The band, and its audience, have matured and the lyrics throughout Childhood Eyes grapple with that reality. Vic Fuentes of Pierce the Veil sings, “Sifting through all the locks and the keys/ thought I was solving all of life’s mysteries,” in an attempt to convey the dichotomy of experiencing life’s trials for the first time and again later in life or in different contexts. However, the substance of the album is tucked away in the lyrics. When listening to the first track on Childhood Eyes, “Three Minutes More,” I felt at home knowing that Yellowcard did not depart from their energetic and fast-paced tempo. Yellowcard’s punchy rhythms and howling hooks are what keep fans coming back and this five-song EP does not disappoint. Lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Ryan Key, returns with Sean Mackin on violin, Ryan Mendez on lead guitar, and Josh Portman on bass. ![]() While the members of Yellowcard disbanded in 2017, they have reassembled to provide their fans with a new EP, Childhood Eyes. When I think of early 2000s pop-punk, Yellowcard is the first to come to mind. Every musical era has its masters, Elvis, who pioneered rock and roll Prince who led pop into a new era throughout the 1980s and 1990s and Johnny Cash, Country Music Hall of Fame icon. ![]()
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