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Loudness War: Many of their songs are fairly quiet with dynamic peaks, the intro to If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?" is especially loud.Music Stories: They have a lot of these.Music Video Overshadowing: Played straight in Jamie All Over, completely.The song is about a boy begging his girlfriend not to leave him when the music video is about the band going to California and partying senselessly - which turns out to be a dream. See also the music video of Kids In Love. Non-Appearing Title: The vast majority of their songs have Non Appearing titles.It's easier to list the exceptions: "Your Song", "Jamie All Over", "Jersey", "Miserable at Best", "Kids in Love", "Anywhere But Here", "The Silence", "Still Breathing", "Bruised and Scarred", "Save Your Heart", "Get Up", "I Swear This Time I Mean It", "Amber Lynn", "Terrible Things", "Oh Well, Oh Well", "When You See My Friends", "Priceless" and "Stay" are their only songs where the title appears in the lyrics at all.
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It may be worth noting that most of these- from "Kids in Love" to "I Swear This Time I Mean It" is from the album "Anywhere but Here". One of Us: Derek could be considered this.He is known to read many books, including Twilight and liked it so much that he made a song based on it - The Silence. Precision F-Strike: Mayday Parade is known for having pretty much no profanity in their music aside from one (very clear) instance in their song When I Get Home You're So Dead.Out of all of the albums that were released October 4th, this was the one I was least sure about.While A Lesson In Romantics was damn near perfection, Anywhere But Here, while still good, seemed to miss its mark. If only I could have predicted their recent return to form. From beginning to end, Mayday Parade has top-notch guitar parts, powerful drums, and the same sort of honest and emotional lyrics and melodies that set their debut apart. With their self-titled, Mayday Parade has written the sort of album everyone knew they were capable of, but was unsure they’d deliver. Lead single “Oh Well, Oh Well” brings together everything that’s great about Mayday Parade, with strong vocals from Derek Sanders over a soft piano intro before guitars and drums kick in to take the song to a completely different level. The lyrics in the verses and bridge are somewhat reminiscent of the band’s debut, while the chorus could have easily fit in as a highlight on their sophomore release. Particularly with the line “tell your new friends that they don’t know you like I do,” the emotion this group is capable of really shines through. Though it’s the longest track on the album, it doesn’t drag at all and sets the tone perfectly for what’s to come. Second track “No Heroes Allowed” is one of the most unique songs in the band’s catalogue, with its country-influenced guitars carried over from the sound of “Amber Lynn” from the Valdosta EP and strings accenting the beats, while “When You See My Friends” manages to capture Mayday Parade’s sound perfectly, with some of the best lyrics on the album alongside guitar parts that are dynamic and convey feeling as well as any voice could. “You’re Dead Wrong” has the well-written guitar parts expected from the band, with a good riff in the beginning and the sort of solo that’s rarely found in this type of music.