Not evenYellowcardknow why they’re bigger than ever now.
The four musicians behind “Ocean Avenue” one of pop-punk’s most enduring songs broke up in 2016.
This is, without question, the best chapter of the book so far."
Yellowcard’s Ryan Key.Acacia Evans
“You don’t want to talk about money, right?
But that’s what got us on the phone,” he admits.
“But maybe we would have.
Yellowcard.Acacia Evans
So why is Yellowcard experiencing their greatest popularity ever, 20 years after becoming a household name?
“I wish I had an answer,” Key says.
“I really don’t.
Yellowcard.Acacia Evans
We are so baffled by the size and scope of what we’re doing.”
He remembers in 2015 that they were struggling to fill a 900-capacity room in Detroit.
During their 2023 summer tour they played for almost 7,000 in the city.
Yellowcard.Acacia Evans
“But that just doesn’t translate to seven times the amount of people…
It’s surreal.”
This time, the sense of that, subconscious or otherwise, is completely absent.
And if it does?
Yellowcard will perform at the When We Were Young festival on Oct. 21 and Oct. 22.
