1	Three Minutes More
2	Childhood Eyes
3	Hiding In The Light
4	Honest From The Jump
5	The Places We'll Go

Yellowcard

Childhood Eyes

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ft. Chris Carrabba, Vic Fuentes.
Genre: Pop Punk.
Released: 21/07/2023
Via Rude Records

EP Review: Yellowcard – Childhood Eyes

After a series of cryptic social media posts, Yellowcard announced an end to their hiatus and emos and punks around the globe rejoiced. Their first release since breaking up comes in the form of an EP titled ‘Childhood Eyes’. With the entire scene’s eyes on this release, the anticipation has hit a boiling point. Here’s what I thought of the EP!

Opening up in a powerful way is ‘Three Minutes More’ which brings out that old school Yellowcard charm and adds a bit of a spicy edge with the vocals of Pierce The Veil’s Vic Fuentes. Outrageously groovy and incredibly catchy, this track picks up where the band left off and shows zero sign of ring rust in its delivery. The title track ‘Childhood Eyes’ continues the standard pop-punk formula and captures that early 2000’s charm once more. This is the kind of song that will throw all your elder emo’s back in time to memories of warped tours and one too many monsters! No surprises will be found here, just some expertly crafted vibes! A bit more of a bouncy number comes in the form of ‘Hiding In The Light’. Personally, I find this song a bit off the mark as it doesn’t quite grip you in the way the others do. Every release is going to have the weakest number and unfortunately for this EP, this one is quite noticeable.

‘Honest From The Jump’ picks up the mood a little as it opts for a more methodical sound and has a much more pleasing progression to it. This song also feels like more of a progression on Yellowcard’s sound, and maybe a glimpse into the future sound the band will head towards. It wouldn’t be a Yellowcard release without an acoustic number and this EP’s final track titled ‘The Places We’ll Go takes that honor. Featuring Dashboard Confessional’s Chris Carrabba, this song pulls on the heartstrings in just the right way. A fitting end to the band’s first release since their hiatus.

As a whole, this EP is a strong return from Yellowcard. It isn’t perfect however I think that almost gives it more character. Yellowcard has always been a band that puts fans before anything else and each song on this release will please the entire fanbase in my opinion. I wonder what the future holds for a returning Yellowcard!