Yellowcard
- Ocean Avenue
By Dustin Hupe
Yellowcard
- Ocean Avenue
Label: Capitol
Rating: 
Here we go with another MTV "punk" band
that actually sounds good. Ocean Avenue is Yellowcard's debut album on
Capitol Records and it is quite different from what you might expect. It
has very sincere lyrics with the "punky" sound one might expect except
for the violin, which sounds pretty cool. It starts upbeat but by the end
of the album things have gotten a little deeper and mellow. If there was
one thing I didn't like about it was that some of the songs (near the end
of the album) seem kind of depressing, but everything else is good and
the title track "Ocean Avenue" is just too catchy.
For the most part they tried to keep the
album upbeat and positive. Track 5 "Life Of A Salesman") seems like a song
written about singer Ryan Key's father. And track 11 "Believe" includes
the lyrics "Everything is gonna be alright, Be strong believe." While
the song "Only One" (track 6) is about breaking up and then trying to figure
out why it was the best thing to do. So check it out, it's better than
most of the other stuff they put on MTV these days.
Listen
to samples and Purchase this CD online
editor's note: Although
this CD came out in 2003, it was recently sent to us for review. That is
why this review has been posted now. Better late, then a review short.
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