Yellowcard Alive With Possibilities

There's a spring in the step to "Here I Am Alive" the latest cut culled from the band's "Southern Air" album. The guitar is jazzed up in a peppy framework. The drum's timing is spot on. Most of all, lead vocalist Ryan Key brims with no small shortage of optimism. Dark clouds have rolled past. He's in reflective mood wishing he could tell the kid of yesterday what the adult of today knows now. He's glad to have come through the fire in one piece. What's more he assures people he's the better man for it. This tune wraps itself up in the warmth that only comes with having a better idea of how to be comfortable in one's own skin. Longineu W Parsons keeps impeccable time. His sticks serve as the direct transmission point for all that eager embracing of what comes next. With so much about contemporary society erring towards grim despair it's nice Yellowcard is here to administer thoughtful doses of antidote. Fie to the doubters of potential being realized. "Here I Am Alive' delivers proof that these hurdles can and will be overcome.