вЂњBut even though thereвЂ™s a lot of negativity on the song, thereвЂ™s still a hopeful chorus, because I think we need to try to stay hopeful.вЂќ And to close out Sunnyland, Mayday Parade deliver the albumвЂ™s stripped-back title track, a melancholy midtempo number that unfolds with graceful acoustic guitar work, delicate harmonies, and subtly detailed storytelling. вЂњThat song was written within months of Donald Trump being elected and came from feeling upset that something as horrible as that could happen,вЂќ says Sanders. While much of the album explores personal matters like loss and love (as on the stirringly romantic, piano-laced вЂњPiece Of Your HeartвЂќ), songs such as вЂњIt's Hard to Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of LightningвЂќ emerge as an outward-looking burst of anger. Whether theyвЂ™re taking on a folk-infused ballad like вЂњAlways LeavingвЂќ or channeling brutal punk fury into tracks like вЂњIf I Were You,вЂќ the band sustains an undeniable intensity. The result is an album built on impassioned vocals, sing-along choruses, and deeply heartfelt lyrics.ДЇrom the album-opening вЂњNever SureвЂќ-a tortured love song driven by blistering riffs and pummeling drumbeats-Mayday Parade instill all of Sunnyland with unbridled energy. The band recorded the album with longtime producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, and also teamed up with Grammy nominated producer John Feldmann (blink-182, Panic! At the Disco) and Howard Benson (Of Mice & Men, My Chemical Romance) for the very first time. The follow-up to their acclaimed 2015 album Black Lines, Sunnyland finds Mayday Parade both reflecting on the past and pushing toward the future. вЂњIt was a super-creepy place-it was overgrown with vines, and still had some of the hospital beds and IV stands-but we have all these good memories of hanging out there when we were younger.вЂќ вЂњThe hospital shut down sometime in the mid-вЂ™80s but then it just stayed there for decades,вЂќ says lead vocalist Derek Sanders. The sixth studio album from Tallahassee-based rock band Mayday Parade, Sunnyland gets its title from an abandoned hospital where the band members used to sneak in to explore as teenagers.

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