Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade formed in Tallahassee in 2005 and became a key band in the emotional, piano-tinged side of 2000s pop punk and emo. Tales Told by Dead Friends and A Lesson in Romantics established the template: dual-vocal tension, dramatic breakup writing, bright guitar movement, and choruses that turn melodrama into communal release. After lineup changes, the band continued with Anywhere but Here, the self-titled album, Monsters in the Closet, Black Lines, Sunnyland, What It Means to Fall Apart, and later material that kept the focus on melody while allowing more adult reflection into the lyrics. Derek Sanders's voice gives the catalog its emotional center, but the band's strength is arrangement: acoustic passages, piano lines, fast punk drums, and full-band climaxes are used to make romantic disappointment feel cinematic without losing scene-rooted directness. Mayday Parade are not heavy in a metal sense, but they fit the punk and emo scope through guitar-driven urgency, emotionally exposed vocals, and a history tied to Warped Tour-era alternative rock. Their best songs remain built for crowd singing.
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Mayday Parade Discography
6 tracks
- 1 Just Say You're Not Into It 4:21
- 2 When I Get Home, You're So Dead 3:30
- 3 One Man Drinking Games 4:39
- 4 Your Song 3:57
- 5 Three Cheers For Five Years 5:39
- 6 The Last Something That Meant Anything 4:54
12 tracks
- 1 Jamie All Over 3:36
- 2 Black Cat 3:23
- 3 When I Get Home You're So Dead 3:13
- 4 Jersey 3:29
- 5 If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask 4:04
- 6 Miserable At Best 5:16
- 7 Walk On Water Or Drown 3:30
- 8 Ocean And Atlantic 3:30
- 9 I'd Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About 4:01
- 10 Take This To Heart 4:08
- 11 Champagne's For Celebrating (I'll Have A Martini) 3:56
- 12 You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds 4:36
2 tracks
- 1 Jamie All Over 3:36
- 2 Miserable At Best 5:16
11 tracks
- 1 Kids in Love 3:36
- 2 Anywhere but Here 3:10
- 3 The Silence 3:35
- 4 Still Breathing 3:52
- 5 Bruised and Scarred 3:23
- 6 If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? 3:38
- 7 Save Your Heart 3:42
- 8 Get Up 3:01
- 9 Center of Attention 2:59
- 10 I Swear This Time I Mean It 4:01
- 11 The End 3:37
13 tracks
- 1 Kids in Love 3:36
- 2 Anywhere but Here 3:10
- 3 The Silence 3:35
- 4 Still Breathing 3:52
- 5 Bruised and Scarred 3:23
- 6 If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet? 3:38
- 7 Save Your Heart 3:42
- 8 Get Up 3:01
- 9 Center of Attention 2:59
- 10 I Swear This Time I Mean It 4:01
- 11 The End 3:37
- 12 So Far Away 4:37
- 13 The Memory 4:10
6 tracks
- 1 Amber Lynn - EP Version 3:53
- 2 Jamie All Over - EP Version 4:03
- 3 Kids in Love - EP Version 3:48
- 4 Your Song - EP Version 4:09
- 5 Bruised and Scarred - EP Version 3:22
- 6 Terrible Things - EP Version 3:58
12 tracks
- 1 Oh Well, Oh Well 4:49
- 2 No Heroes Allowed 3:34
- 3 When You See My Friends 3:34
- 4 You're Dead Wrong 3:59
- 5 Priceless 3:18
- 6 Stay 3:34
- 7 Call Me Hopeless, Not Romantic 3:29
- 8 A Shot Across the Bow 3:45
- 9 Everything's an Illusion 3:27
- 10 I'd Rather Make Mistakes Than Nothing at All 3:45
- 11 Without the Bitter the Sweet Isn't as Sweet 3:32
- 12 Happy Endings Are Stories That Haven't Ended Yet 4:38
14 tracks
- 1 Oh Well, Oh Well 4:49
- 2 No Heroes Allowed 3:34
- 3 When You See My Friends 3:34
- 4 You're Dead Wrong 3:59
- 5 Priceless 3:18
- 6 Stay 3:34
- 7 Call Me Hopeless, Not Romantic 3:29
- 8 A Shot Across the Bow 3:45
- 9 Everything's an Illusion 3:27
- 10 I'd Rather Make Mistakes Than Nothing at All 3:45
- 11 Without the Bitter the Sweet Isn't as Sweet 3:32
- 12 Happy Endings Are Stories That Haven't Ended Yet 4:38
- 13 When You See My Friends - Acoustic 3:25
- 14 Oh Well, Oh Well - Acoustic 4:43
1 track
- 1 When You See My Friends 3:34
1 track
- 1 Oh Well, Oh Well 4:49
12 tracks
- 1 Ghosts 4:42
- 2 Girls 3:22
- 3 Last Night For A Table Of Two 3:39
- 4 12 Through 15 4:58
- 5 The Torment Of Existence Weighed Against The Horror Of Nonbeing 4:04
- 6 Even Robots Need Blankets 3:24
- 7 Repent And Repeat 2:54
- 8 Demons 3:30
- 9 Sorry, Not Sorry 3:25
- 10 Nothing You Can Live Without, Nothing You Can Do About 3:55
- 11 Hold Onto Me 3:15
- 12 Angels 4:14
15 tracks
- 1 Ghosts 4:42
- 2 Girls 3:22
- 3 Last Night For A Table Of Two 3:39
- 4 12 Through 15 4:58
- 5 The Torment Of Existence Weighed Against The Horror Of Nonbeing 4:04
- 6 Even Robots Need Blankets 3:24
- 7 Repent And Repeat 2:54
- 8 Demons 3:30
- 9 Sorry, Not Sorry 3:25
- 10 Nothing You Can Live Without, Nothing You Can Do About 3:55
- 11 Hold Onto Me 3:15
- 12 Angels 4:13
- 13 Hear The Sound 4:01
- 14 Stuck In Remission 3:22
- 15 Worth A Thousand Words 3:42
12 tracks
- 1 One Of Them Will Destroy The Other 3:10
- 2 Just Out Of Reach 3:43
- 3 Hollow 3:12
- 4 Letting Go 3:50
- 5 Let's Be Honest 3:51
- 6 Keep In Mind, Transmogrification Is A New Technology 5:27
- 7 Narrow 3:07
- 8 Underneath The Tide 2:51
- 9 All On Me 4:15
- 10 Until You're Big Enough 3:15
- 11 Look Up And See Infinity, Look Down And See Nothing 2:51
- 12 One Of Us 4:27
7 tracks
- 1 Just Say You're Not Into It - Commentary 0:27
- 2 When I Get Home, You're So Dead - Commentary 0:30
- 3 One Man Drinking Games - Commentary 1:00
- 4 Your Song - Commentary 1:12
- 5 Three Cheers For Five Years - Commentary 0:55
- 6 The Last Something That Meant Anything - Commentary 0:32
- 7 The Problem With The Big Picture Is That It's Hard To See - Commentary 0:24
7 tracks
- 1 Just Say You're Not Into It 4:21
- 2 When I Get Home, You're So Dead 3:32
- 3 One Man Drinking Games 4:39
- 4 Your Song 3:55
- 5 Three Cheers For Five Years 5:42
- 6 The Last Something That Meant Anything 4:51
- 7 The Problem With The Big Picture Is That It's Hard To See 3:48
18 tracks
- 1 Jamie All Over 3:36
- 2 Black Cat 3:23
- 3 When I Get Home You're So Dead 3:13
- 4 Jersey 3:29
- 5 If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask 4:04
- 6 Miserable At Best 5:16
- 7 Walk On Water Or Drown 3:30
- 8 Ocean And Atlantic 3:30
- 9 I'd Hate To Be You When People Find Out What This Song Is About 4:01
- 10 Take This To Heart 4:08
- 11 Champagne's For Celebrating (I'll Have A Martini) 3:56
- 12 You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds 4:36
- 13 Coming Back With Winter - Demo Version 3:49
- 14 Black Cat - Demo Version 3:23
- 15 If You Wanted A Song Written About You, All You Had To Do Was Ask - Demo Version 3:56
- 16 Ocean And Atlantic - Demo Version 3:30
- 17 Champagne's For Celebrating (I'll Have A Martini) - Demo Version 3:54
- 18 You Be The Anchor That Keeps My Feet On The Ground, I'll Be The Wings That Keep Your Heart In The Clouds - Demo Version 4:45
13 tracks
- 1 Never Sure 3:54
- 2 It’s Hard To Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of Lightning 3:22
- 3 Piece Of Your Heart 3:39
- 4 Is Nowhere 3:51
- 5 Take My Breath Away 3:54
- 6 Stay The Same 3:20
- 7 How Do You Like Me Now 3:28
- 8 Where You Are 3:48
- 9 If I Were You 4:06
- 10 Satellite 4:03
- 11 Looks Red, Tastes Blue 4:13
- 12 Always Leaving 3:41
- 13 Sunnyland 3:53
1 track
- 1 I'm With You 4:04
1 track
- 1 New Years Project 3:54
2 tracks
- 1 It’s Hard To Be Religious When Certain People Are Never Incinerated By Bolts Of Lightning 3:29
- 2 Turn My Back 3:33
1 track
- 1 Take This To Heart - Acoustic 4:13
1 track
- 1 I'm With You - Acoustic - Live 3:58
3 tracks
- 1 First Train 3:34
- 2 Lighten Up Kid 3:38
- 3 I Can Only Hope 3:23
1 track
- 1 It Is What It Is 4:01
12 tracks
- 1 Kids Of Summer 3:39
- 2 Golden Days 4:09
- 3 Think Of You 3:55
- 4 If My Ghosts Don’t Play, I Don’t Play 4:07
- 5 Sideways 4:04
- 6 One For The Rocks And One For The Scary 4:03
- 7 Bad At Love 3:22
- 8 Notice 3:19
- 9 Heaven 2:33
- 10 Angels Die Too 3:53
- 11 You Not Me 3:35
- 12 I Can't Do This Anymore 3:40
4 tracks
- 1 First Train (Live) 3:45
- 2 Lighten Up Kid (Live) 3:50
- 3 I Can Only Hope (Live) 3:27
- 4 It Is What It Is (Live) 4:06
2 tracks
- 1 Thunder 4:23
- 2 Losing My Mind 3:52
1 track
- 1 No Heroes Allowed (Acoustic) 3:35
3 tracks
- 1 More Like A Crash 2:47
- 2 Got Me All Wrong 3:13
- 3 Miracle 2:59
1 track
- 1 Pretty Good To Feel Something 3:06
5 tracks
- 1 Jamie All Over - Lofi 3:37
- 2 Miserable At Best - Lofi 3:24
- 3 Jersey - Lofi 3:30
- 4 Terrible Things - Lofi 3:52
- 5 Oh Well, Oh Well - Lofi 3:37
8 tracks
- 1 It’s Not All Bad 4:01
- 2 Under My Sweater 3:38
- 3 Promises 4:23
- 4 I Miss The 90s 2:58
- 5 One Day At A Time 3:13
- 6 In Every Way, Shape or Form 3:27
- 7 Breakup Song 3:33
- 8 I Must Obey The Inscrutable Exhortations Of My Soul 3:28
8 tracks
- 1 By The Way 2:52
- 2 4,000 Days Plus The Ones I Don't Remember 3:52
- 3 Who's Laughing Now 3:18
- 4 This Personified 0:21
- 5 Who We Are 2:58
- 6 Natural 3:42
- 7 Towards You 3:41
- 8 Pretty Good To Feel Something 3:06
2 tracks
- 1 One Day At A Time 3:13
- 2 Under My Sweater 3:38
1 track
- 1 Under My Sweater 3:38
3 tracks
- 1 Towards You 3:41
- 2 By The Way 2:52
- 3 Pretty Good To Feel Something 3:06
2 tracks
- 1 By The Way 2:52
- 2 Pretty Good To Feel Something 3:06
10 tracks
- 1 Set Phasers To Bummed 1:03
- 2 Blame It On The Youth 3:11
- 3 Sweet Sad Sugar 3:44
- 4 Weekend Music 3:56
- 5 Lying To Myself 3:39
- 6 Two Hearts 3:20
- 7 Don’t Give Up On Me 2:54
- 8 Patriotism Of First Tiger Called Into Question 4:22
- 9 So The Story Goes 3:48
- 10 What Happens Next 4:42
2 tracks
- 1 Weekend Music 3:56
- 2 Blame It On The Youth 3:11
1 track
- 1 Blame It On The Youth 3:11
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