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Yellowcard
“LIGHTS AND SOUNDS”
RATING: 2 SOUND LEVELS
The lush piano-and-strings swell that starts this disc promises something distinctive. The next sounds–churning, polished guitars and Ryan Key’s standard-issue adenoidal vocals–are conventional. Yellowcard shows some willingness to break form. Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks sings on “How I Go.” And “Two Weeks From Twenty” takes a twist toward Fountains of Wayne-type suburban pop-rock, further tweaked with some jazzy guitar and trumpet. Give ’em points for trying.
