YELLOWCARD triumphantly returns with new EP out today… Tour dates!

“Despite the band hyping up this year being the 20th anniversary of Ocean Avenue, as well as this year being the return of their breakup, the concert did not feel nostalgic. The band took the stage and shined. They played their new song, ‘Childhood Eyes,’ too, which made us all feel that they are gearing up for a massive new era and not just reliving their youth. You can just tell that there are so many things yet to come from these
alternative rock legends.” – The Aquarian

“As things wind to a close on this brief five track EP, it already feels like Childhood Eyes has far exceeded expectations… When you have this much to give, this much fire inside, it seems a sin to snuff it out prematurely. With Childhood Eyes, Yellowcard’s flame is burning as brightly as ever. Long may it last. (4 out of 5)”
– Sputnik Music

“Though the EP clocks in at just under 22 minutes, it’s enough to realize that this is a completely different band than the one that called it quits in 2016. It’s an EP that feels inspired, and leaves you with that same feeling Ocean Avenue did back in 2003: like this is just the beginning.” – Substream Music Magazine

“Get ready to hit the pit to the sweet tones of some electric violin” – Rolling Stone

THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF

Widely Acclaimed New EP Coupled With At-Capacity Tour Heralds Their Fans’ Wide Open Arms

Photo credit: Acacia Evans

The five songs that make up Childhood Eyes capture the spirit and essence of Paper Walls —its powerful yet tender anthems, its open-hearted emotional vulnerability, its sense of wide-eyed wonder against the odds—but they’re also riddled with the band’s experiences of the decade and a half since it came out. From the breakneck speed of “Three Minutes More” which features Pierce the Veil’s Vic Fuentes to the gorgeously plaintive final track “The Places We’ll Go” which features Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba (“When he comes in on that last chorus and you can really hear that Dashboard ripping grit in his voice, it’s just awesome,” says Key), the EP is a testament of a band re-finding its footing after a number of years apart.

Distorted Sounds says of the EP, “Childhood Eyes is dripping with pop-punk nostalgia, catchy rhythms, and a sound like they’d never even been on hiatus… Childhood Eyes just proves that these guys have stood the test of time as the tracks don’t feel out of time or place.” Sputnik Music gives the EP 4 out o f 5 stars, saying “Childhood Eyes has far exceeded expectations… Long may it last!” The Aquarian proclaims, “Yellowcard has finally returned and, man, is their comeback a massive one.” Substream sums it up nicely: “From the first playthrough of the band’s Equal Vision Records debut it becomes clear that this isn’t just a reunion; the five song EP is a succinct statement that Yellowcard is back.”

Yellowcard “Childhood Eyes”
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Yellowcard is Ryan Key (vocals, guitar), Sean Mackin (violin), Ryan Mendez (guitar), and Josh Portman (bass). CHILDHOOD EYES is released today (July 21, 2023) via Equal Vision on July 7, 2023 digitally and in limited edition vinyl and CD.

CHILDHOOD EYES
tracklisting

1. Three Minutes More (feat. Vic Fuentes of Pierce The Veil)
2. Childhood Eyes
3. Hiding In The Light
4. Honest From The Jump
5. The Places We’ll Go (feat. Chris Carrabba of Dashboard Confessional)