Yellowcard !!

I did not know how to name this post as there are so many news coming from the band to tell you guys.
Lets start from the beggining, band's last record was released almost a year ago, "When you are through thinking say yes" hit the charts reaching to the highest positions and appearing in every radio staion you could listen to. The album contained massive hits such as "For you and your denial" or "Hide" mixed with slowed tunes like "Sing for me" or "Hang you up". Due to the success of the record, the guys from Jacksonville decided to record it in acoustic(as we all know, this band sounds incredible in acoustic). The record was even better than the original one and also hit the charts.

"For you and your denial":

"See me smiling(acoustic)"

But the band always want their fans to be as happy as possible, so, during the 2011 tour, they announced that they were going to start recording a new album in March 2012. We could see how the date was arriving as the tweets made by their frontman @williamryankey.

But, though all the fans were very excited for this day to come, the band announced a very sad new, the bassist of the band from Florida, was leaving. Sean o'Donell wrote a letter to all the fans so they could understand why was he leaving:

A message from Sean O'Donell:
In April of 2010, the 5 of us met up in Los Angeles to play some music, hang out, and talk about the future of the band. I felt privileged to be invited to get to do so, and it was an amazing couple of days. Fast forward a year and a half and we’ve put out two full lengths, shot 6 music videos, and traveled to almost 30 countries. It’s been an exhilarating time for all of us in the band and some of the most fun I’ve ever had in my music career. Which is why I’m sad today to let you all know that I am leaving Yellowcard. 

This is not one of those ugly messy band member departures that seem to plague rock music. This is a personal decision, and it’s mine. Simple as I can put it, playing in a band that is on a full time touring schedule demands a balancing act of work and family that I can no longer pull off and still remain happy. As you can imagine, this was not an easy decision to make, but usually the really important ones never are. 

While I feel confident in my decision, I know I’m walking away from a lot. I feel truly blessed to have been invited to such a close knit family, one that I was welcomed into completely. I’ll miss the guys, I’ll miss the shows, I’ll miss making all those ridiculous YC sessions videos. I’ll miss all of the love I got from the thousands of fans all over the world. When my former band Reeve Oliver was on tour with Yellowcard in 2005, I said onstage that all I could ever hope for was for us to attract fans who were as supportive as Yellowcard fans. I meant it then, but now I realize the full impact of the love and support you guys give. It’s immense, it’s real, and it’s completely necessary for this band to survive and to thrive.

Yellowcard has made great rock records before me, and will no doubt continue to do so without me. I will now continue on in the role that I have held for the last 13 years, that of a devoted fan. 

Thanks for your time, and thanks for reading this,

Sean O’Donnell




So on, the band needed a new bass player and they announced it a couple of weeks ago in their page, check the letter they wrote:




Hello friends. As you may know, Sean O’Donnell has decided to leave Yellowcard due to personal reasons. You can read a message from him written to you all here. We are all sad to see him go, but we completely understand his need to make this incredibly difficult decision.

With that said, we are stoked to let you know who will be filling the spot at bass guitar from here out. Please welcome Josh Portman to the family. Josh has been a close friend of ours for several years and he is more than excited to start getting to know you all. Feel free to send him a message saying hello on Twitter @joshportman or via email at josh@yellowcardrock.com

We know all of this news is a lot to take in but in the end it is the best thing for all of us. We wish Sean the best with all his future musical endeavors and can’t wait for you all to meet our buddy Josh.

Thanks

-Ryan, Sean, Longineu, and Ryan




Then, everything was right where we left it before, the band was about to begin recording a new album, and then, just 24 hours ago, the band announced that they just started the recording proccess, which will be produced by Neal Avron, who produced band's last album and whose latest work has been the record by "New Found Glory" "Radiosurgery" (review soon).


Well, all this news already got us totally blown up, but, there is one more thing, the band is going to stream their entire studio activity for today!!!. Europeans, do not panic, the stream starts at  2pm (PST)(US time), thant means that in about 50 minutes you'll be able to see them live!!!!
You can watch the live stream here:


I know you cant wait for it! so I let you here a video that the band uploaded on tumblr, the video is Ryan Key playing a demo for the new album and it sounds soooooo good!!


Watch the video here!!

Enjoy!;)

@Nachorock