Ocean Avenue

Ocean Avenue is the sound of a young band flexing its imaginative muscle and emerging from behind the one-sound-fits-all sonic shadow of Green Day to produce a singularly distinctive collection of songs. Sure, the album's opening salvo 'Way Away' is straight out of the SoCal punk rock playbook, but by the shimmering intro to 'Only One' it's increasingly obvious that there's more on offer here than one-dimensional posturing. It's not that Yellowcard are any slouches in the sonic thrash department, as evidenced by the breathless rush of 'Twentythree'--it's just that they're not afraid to let their strong lyrics and musical smarts speak for them as much as their twentysomething stamina. This Asia exclusive includes a bonus AVCD that includes videos for 'Ocean Avenue', 'Only One', 'Walk Away' plus 2 live from the Electric Factory of 'Ocean Avenue' and 'Only One' with the audio AOL sessions of 'Empty Apartment' & 'View From Heaven' and 'Miles Apart' (live at the Electric Factory). EMI. 2005.