Young Guns: Gustav Wood - Vocals John Taylor - Guitar  Fraser Taylor - Guitar Simon Mitchell - Bass Ben Jolliffe - Drums

High Wycombe quintet, Young Guns, have announced that the video for the final single, ‘Stitches’, from their critically acclaimed, ‘All Our Kings Are Dead’. The video, shot in London, with director Tim Mattia (Biffy Clyro, The Dead Weather, Cage The Elephant) at the helm, is the band’s most impressive to date. Shot in Hi-Def black and white, the clip features the band battling the four elements, a piano in flames, as well as a hawk named Fern.

The single release (on March 28th) comes towards the end of an incredible campaign for the Buckinghamshire based five-piece, who’ve since played hundreds of shows in over a dozen different countries, with highlights including daytime radio playlists, magazine covers, appearances on the main stage at the Reading and Leeds festivals. They also supported Bon Jovi at the first night of their O2 Arena residency and their forthcoming slot at Japan’s Punkspring festival in Toyko in April.

They are the ‘opening’ band on the All Time Low British dates and we join them in Liverpool tonight where quite frankly they are ‘on fire’. It’s been a while since I have seen the band (before their debut album), but back then they showed enormous potential and tonight they showed it for sure. The band simply own the stage and play as if it’s their show, the crowd reaction suggests that it won’t be long until it is…

They tell us that they will not be around for a while as they go into the studio to record a new album. They look and sound ready to return with a killer record that will most definitely take them up at least one level  and maybe more. But rest assured you are going to be hearing a lot more of these ‘young guns’ and I for one simply cannot wait. Jj

Yellowcard: Ryan Key – vocals, guitar Sean Mackin – violin, vocals Ryan Mendez – guitar, vocals Longineu Parsons III - drums Sean O’Donnell- bass, vocals

This is a great band. I like what they do and their output thus far has been great - the new track from forthcoming record certainly keeps their flame burning… BUT… tonight they are wrong band, wrong tour, wrong crowd… What this lot need tonight is a Black Veils, Fine Young Firecrackers, even the Blackout would have been more suited. Yellowcard would be great opening for Jimmy Eat World, for an audience 20+ but tonight they play to a mostly femal audience, mostly under 20 and nobody in the room wants to sleep with Yellowcard. The quiet between songs as we depart for the bar makes us think more than twice that they have finished, only to hear them start another song… Not wrong, just not right! Jj

After two-and-a-half years the music that provided a soundtrack for rebellious-yet-sensitive, coastal-dreaming pop-punk kids of the early 00’s is back. Yellowcard have put the break to rest with the announcement of a brand new record on a new label and tearing into life on the road again.

Returning to their pre-major label indie beginnings, Yellowcard have recently signed with Hopeless Records for their seventh studio album, the first since 2007’s Paper Walls. For round seven (and after 3 million records sold), Ryan Key (vocals/guitar) and original members Sean Mackin (violin) and Longineu (“LP”) Parsons (drums) continuing with Ryan Mendez (guitar) will be joined by longtime friend of the band Sean O’Donnell (bass), whose addition has been described as a “natural fit” for the current mindset and progression of the group.

“Hopeless seemed to be the right place for us; they were really interested in working with the band, very proactive, and had a lot of great ideas for us,” says frontman/guitarist Ryan Key. “They’re giving us the opportunity to do exactly what we want with it, and we’re thankful to have an established fanbase that is already interested in what we have to put out.”

“We have all been big fans of Yellowcard since their early days” adds Hopeless Records President Louis Posen. “Our team is having a great time working with the band and we are thrilled that there is going to be a new Yellowcard album soon. We know the fans want new music and we are honored and humbled that we get to play a part in helping such a great band write the next chapter in their career.”

Key said the writing process has been like picking up just where they left off, that they “feel like kids again, having fun and driving around listening to the music we just created, no words yet, just the music over and over again.” They will soon begin recording with their tried-and-true producer Neal Avron - “the sixth member of our band” - and are aiming for a spring release, enough time to take new material and the classic benchmarks out for a refresher.

“We’re talking about a ton of different ideas, and we’re itching to start as soon as possible,” Key said. “Ultimately, we want to make something the fans will love. What we love to do most, is look out from the stage and see people exploding with energy, and I think we keep that in mind while we are writing. We miss being out on the road playing for Yellowcard fans all around the world, and without their support we wouldn’t have a career.”