

We’re trying to stay creative and busy, probably going to record We’re trying to figure out when the best time will be to finish up the nextįull-length. “And we still have about four songs that are ready to go and record. Music is something we were able to do,” Sanders said about ‘Lighten Up Kid’ and “There were so many things we could not do but releasing The lightheartedness heard in “Lighten Up Kid.” And fans can definitely expect some more music this year, crafted from The band still intends to finish that album, but they wanted to get some music Here were intended to be part of a full-length prior to the pandemic, and “Lighten Up Kid” and the remaining tracklist for Out of “We did our first album with them in 2007, so they’re like family and “Their input is very valuable to us,” Sanders With longtime buddies and collaborators Kenneth Mount and Zack Odom, who worked “Lighten Up Kid” and its acoustic counterpart were recorded

I love the riff, the energy, it’s just amazing.” And it’s one of my favorite songs we’ve ever recorded, and I feel like Song than we would normally do, because we’re known for doing the sad, bummer Remaining songs, like “First Train,” which he said is a “much more optimistic Sanders said similar themes will continue to show up on the “But we all felt it was such a fun and energetic song that we “This song didn’t change much from the original demo,” Sanders voice next to the casual strums of the acoustic guitar mirror the Mutual impact of isolation and quarantine on all of us. Little, stuck in the middle, can’t help but go insane, illustrates the Until you go insane, taken for granted until you called my name, lighten up a The chorus Lighten up a little, locked up, belittled,

Overall hardship, to take a breath and let the weight off, even if just for aįew minutes. Simple reminder to everyone that has been drowning in stress, anxiety, and “Lighten Up Kid” doesn’t seek to draw out any other General idea of moving forward and not getting weighed down by the negativeĪspects of life, not taking things seriously and being able to brush off theīad stuff,” Sanders told American Songwriter. “I feel like this song and ‘First Train’ both have the And though the song was written about a yearĪgo, vocalist Derek Sanders said the lyrics are very relevant to what is They went for it and in turn set a path to do some more renditions. Lead single, but Mayday Parade realized how well it translated to acoustic, so “Lighten Up Kid” is the second song off the EP and as is a Versions of their songs from their forthcoming EP, Out of Here, set to To create whatever content they could, which included music videos and acoustic When they met up for the first time in months, they all had an urgency In March, they were on pause for the summer. To quarantine boredom and a need to make the most of the far-and-few betweenĪnd with an EP already recorded just as the pandemic surged Like so many other bands, Mayday Parade has been subjected
