Travis Barker on drums. Matt Skiba and Avril Lavigne on features. Let’s f**king go!
Yellowcard have officially closed the door on nostalgia and kicked open a new one with Better Days, their first full length album in almost 10 years, dropping October 10 via Better Noise Music.
Produced and executive produced by Travis Barker, who also beats the hell out of the drums on every track, Better Days is more than a comeback. It’s a rebirth. And it’s coming with teeth.
The band just dropped two singles to light the fuse, the title track ‘Better Days’, a sharp, self aware anthem on growth, gratitude, and getting your sh*t together and ‘honestly i’, a moodier cut soaked in melody. The video for ‘Better Days’ is pure 80s VHS fever dream, with the band cosplaying cult movie icons inside a dusty video store. It’s chaotic, ridiculous, and oddly touching, exactly the energy Yellowcard are bringing into this new chapter.
“We’re focused on this chapter being about happiness,” says frontman Ryan Key. “This is the most fun we’ve had making a video in 20 years.”
That fun was hard-earned. After calling it quits in 2017 and reuniting in 2022, Yellowcard made a pact: they wouldn’t make another album unless it could be their best. That meant no rushing, no ego and asking for help. Enter Nick Long (MGK, iann dior), who brought Barker into the fold and helped unlock a sound that feels fresh but familiar.
The result? A 10 track record that brings in Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio) and Avril Lavigne for features, folds in the heart of Ocean Avenue, and pushes the band into new emotional territory.
Better Days drops October 10. Pre-order it now: yellowcardofficial.lnk.to/bdalbum
Watch the video:
Tracklist – Better Days
- Better Days
- Take What You Want
- Love Letters Lost (feat. Matt Skiba)
- honestly i
- You Broke Me Too (feat. Avril Lavigne)
- City of Angels
- Bedroom Posters
- Skin Scraped
- Barely Alive
- Big Blue Eyes
Yellowcard meant it when they said goodbye. But healing has a way of rewriting the script. And Better Days? It’s their loudest, clearest chapter yet.
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