hope i do a 180 on scorpion eventually, it's still pretty early. i miss being in love with this band.

DVP is best on TDiO

Does anyone know if Stefan Babcock is a father? The lyrics kinda hint at that but I’m not sure

Album Rating: 4.0

@atari I don't think so. I took those lyrics as him writing from a different perspective...maybe his father's, maybe future self, maybe fictional

Album Rating: 5.0

The haunting thing about Yellowcard’s “Ten” though is it’s about Ryan Key suffering through a miscarriage irl, so it’s actually about his lost child and where they would be in life if the miscarriage didn’t happen (amazing song btw).



I’m just so intrigued by the concept/lyrics behind Scorpion Hill and the meaning behind them. Epic track

Album Rating: 4.5

copy and pasted this from an interview with Stefan re: scorpion hill



"We were on tour in Portland, Oregon, and it was our first time there and we didn’t know anybody. And we had a sign up at the merch table saying, like, if you have a place for us to crash, that would be much appreciated, and we ended up at this guy’s house. We had been staying in punk squats forever, and we’re no stranger to that kind of thing, but his house was kind of a different story. We walk in, it was yellow shag carpet. There were toenail clippings in the carpet everywhere; there were cigarette butts in the carpet. It was just so gross and we went to blow up our mattresses, and our host was like, “Hey, just check the ground for needles, there might be some lying around and it might puncture your mattress.” This is completely fucked. Zack and I slept in the concrete basement on like a shit-stained mattress. It was a really horrible experience. Then on the way out the next morning, I noticed there was a picture of what looked to be his 5- or 6-year-old son taped to the fridge, and it was just so fucking heavy. It’s a lot easier to like feel disgust or even pity or, you know — it’s easy to tell someone you’re a fucking adult, you should have your life together, and when I saw that picture all those feelings disappeared and it was just sadness. Like this is a real person; this isn’t the life he wanted and some things have gone really wrong in his life, and this is a terrible fucking experience. I was just kind of putting myself in his shoes and trying to imagine what the path was that he had gone down to end up in this circumstance, you know, realizing that he was a human being."

Album Rating: 5.0

Holy shit thanks! I didn’t think he mentioned this track in an interview. And that’s beyond messed up...

Album Rating: 4.0

wow, that's some shit right there. thanks for sharing

Album Rating: 5.0

Legit one of the most fucked up things I’ve ever read. Makes the track even more depressing and epic in a weird way

Album Rating: 4.5

thanks for sharing [2]



scorpion hill and sibling rivalry are definitely my fave tracks atm

Album Rating: 4.5

Scorpion Hill is crushing as it is, that story just adds to it. Fuck.

Album Rating: 5.0

Yeah, it’s unreal

Album Rating: 4.5

Scorpion Hill was already my favorite song on here, but that just made it a lot more interesting

Album Rating: 4.0

Jesus christ... Gonna have to re listen with a fresh perspective

Album Rating: 4.0

I'm seriously about to write a one paragraph review if yall dont get your shit together

one paragraph reviews are underrated

Album Rating: 5.0

Review is on the way

Album Rating: 4.0

thank god lol

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah excited to read it Atari!

Album Rating: 3.5

Whooooo

Album Rating: 3.5

Drags a little in the final third but this is a tonne of fun

Album Rating: 4.5

Hmmm been listening to all their stuff since the new one dropped and I think this is their best record. Every song is pretty much amazing and I kind of view it as a modern classic.