YELLOWCARD Releases Highly Anticipated New Album Better Days Produced By Travis Barker Out Today October 10 Via Better Noise Music; “You Broke Me Too” Feat. Avril Lavigne Lyric Video Out Today
YELLOWCARD
RELEASES HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW ALBUM
BETTER DAYS PRODUCED BY TRAVIS BARKER
OUT TODAY OCTOBER 10, 2025
VIA BETTER NOISE MUSIC
STREAM/DOWNLOAD NEW ALBUM HERE
NEW LYRIC VIDEO FOR “YOU BROKE ME TOO” FEAT. AVRIL LAVIGNE
WATCH THE LYRIC VIDEO HERE
FIRST FULL FEATURE LENGTH ALBUM IN ALMOST A DECADE
DOWNLOAD COVER ART HERE
[Los Angeles, CA –October 10, 2025] — Alt rock favorites Yellowcard are celebrating the release of their new album in almost a decade Better Days out today, October 10th via Better Noise Music. The lead single and title track “Better Days” brought the band’s return back in a huge way, scoring them their first ever number one on alternative radio, twenty two years after their first radio appearance ending the longest wait for a first leader at the format. This highly anticipated album is executive produced by Travis Barker who also plays drums on every song. Listen to the album HERE.
The single “Better Days” is an unflinching reflection on gratitude, forgiveness, perspective, and purpose. Once ubiquitous on MTV and the Billboard Hot 100, the Vans Warped Tour veterans, whose first two albums produced double-platinum and gold title tracks, sound fully recharged and revitalized in 2025. William Ryan Key, Sean Mackin, Ryan Mendez, and Josh Portman have never sounded stronger.
The newest lyric video from the album for the song is called You Broke Me Too featuring Avril Lavigne. Of the song, Lavigne says, “My friend Travis Barker called me up to say he was producing the new Yellowcard album and I really liked what I heard. When he played me You Broke Me Too, I liked how it can be an anthem people can relate to when finding hope after a relationship.” Watch the video HERE.
Lead singer Ryan Key was thrilled to have Lavigne be part of this album and this single. He says of the collaboration, “As with so many unbelievable things happening for the band these days, having Avril Lavigne be part of our new music is incredible. Her vocal performance combined with the classic Yellowcard feel of this song is truly a sonic time machine.”
The band agreed that making a new album was pointless unless it was the best of their career. They refused to rush the process and for the first time gave themselves permission to ask for help. Ryan Mendez invited his long time friend Nick Long into the writing sessions and it was through Long that Barker became part of the project, coming on board to play drums and produce the whole album.
Barker says of the project, “Sometimes the world has a wild way of putting things into place. Neither of us had planned on working together, but once we got in the studio, the magic was undeniable. I had just finished the Blink album and was excited to dive into producing another record front to back. Working with Yellowcard was a pleasure, and seeing them land their first number one is incredible. I couldn’t be happier for them.”
“I started the record as one version of myself and came out the other side changed,” says front man Ryan Key who credits Barker with a significant impact on his personal and creative studio breakthroughs. “I went in knowing I needed help. I came out of it writing songs like I was 19 again.”
In addition to Barker and Lavigne the album also features Matt Skiba on a forthcoming song called Love Letters Lost.
While Yellowcard are in Las Vegas to play the When We Were Young Festival, you can also find the band at Zia Records (Eastern Ave location) for an Album In-Store Signing and at Punk Rock Museum for their Pop-Up Exhibit and Better Days Album Party – both on Friday, October 17th.
“Better Days” will be available as exclusive merch bundles on the Better Noise Music label store“
The band is rounding out their year by completing their hugely successful Maximum Fun Tour with A Day To Remember that concludes November 14th in their home state of Florida.
Formed in Jacksonville FL in 1997, Yellowcard became one of the most influential bands in the 2000’s alternative rock scene. Known for blending high energy pop punk with a signature violin twist, their 2003 breakthrough Ocean Avenue is certified Platinum with the title track now certified 2 times platinum. With over 4 million albums sold worldwide and over 1 billion streams, the band is poised for continued success on this new endeavor. After disbanding in 2017, Yellowcard reunited in 2022 entering into a new creative era and a year packed with a global tour to support it.
BETTER DAYS TRACK LIST
1. Better Days
2. Take What You Want
3. Love Letters Lost (feat. Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio)
4. honestly i
5. You Broke Me Too (feat. Avril Lavigne)
6. City of Angels
7. Bedroom Posters
8. Skin Scraped
9. Barely Alive
10. Big Blue Eyes
About Yellowcard
Yellowcard meant it when they said goodbye. The lights dimmed on one of the most beloved pop-punk and alt-rock bands of the 2000s with intention and authenticity. Wrapping things up with a farewell tour, Yellowcard exited the “right” way, with grace, appreciation, and finality.
But the story wasn’t complete. Legacy cracked the door. Healing blew it wide open. Riding a resurgence that saw the global Ocean Avenue 20th anniversary tour featured in Forbes and a reconciliation that put all four members at peace with their legacy and each other, Yellowcard just made the most ambitious and emotionally resonant record of their career. Better Days, the band’s first album in nearly a decade, was produced by blink-182’s Travis Barker, who also played drums on every track.
Their first release with powerhouse label Better Noise Music, Better Days is Yellowcard’s testimony that healing is a process, growth is nonlinear, and sometimes the best chapter opens after the supposed ending. This isn’t just a return. It’s a reckoning. And this time, Yellowcard is ready.
Yellowcard is:
- William Ryan Key – Vocals/Guitar
- Sean Mackin – Violin
- Ryan Mendez – Guitar
- Josh Portman – Bass
SELECT DISCOGRAPHY
- Better Days (2025)
- Childhood Eyes EP (2023)
- Yellowcard (2016)
- Lift a Sail (2014)
- Southern Air (2012)
- When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes (2011)
- Paper Walls (2007)
- Lights and Sounds (2006)
- Ocean Avenue (2003)
Upcoming Tour Dates:
10/18/25 Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival
10/19/25 Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Festival
10/22/25 Ontario , CA @ Toyota Arena
10/23/25 San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square at Petco Park
10/25/25 Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
10/26/25 Albuquerque, NM @ Isleta Amphitheater
10/28/25 Colorado Springs, CO @ Broadmoor World Arena
10/29/25 Independence, MO @ Cable Dahmer Arena
10/31/25 Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
11/1/25 Bloomington, IL @ Grossinger Motors Arena
11/2/25 Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory
11/4/25 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
11/5/25 Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
11/6/25 Lexington, KY @ Rupp Arena
11/8/25 Manchester, NH @ SNHU Arena
11/9/25 Bridgeport, CT @ Total Mortgage Arena
11/11/25 North Charleston SC @ North Charleston Coliseum
11/13/25 Biloxi, MS @ Mississippi Coast Coliseum
11/14/25 Tallahassee, FL @ Donald L. Civic Center
11/15/25 Orlando, FL @ Warped Tour
11/18/25 Huntsville, AL @ Von Braun Arena
11/20/25 Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
11/21/25 Austin, TX @ Moody Center
11/22/25 Corpus Christi @TX @ AmericanBank
Watch a trailer for BETTER DAYS via THE NOISE Presents HERE
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About Better Noise Music:
BETTER NOISE MUSIC, the artist development company, is the premiere independent Record Label under BETTER NOISE ENTERTAINMENT, a content creation, and marketing company that produces music, books, films, documentaries, TV shows, theatrical productions, and tours. Better Noise Music founded in 2006 by music industry veteran and independent pioneer Allen Kovac, focuses on artist development and has grown into a music industry independent powerhouse, with a roster including Five Finger Death Punch, Sabaton, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Bad Wolves, Dirty Heads, The Rasmus, NOTHING MORE, The HU, From Ashes To New, Cory Marks, Eva Under Fire and The Funeral Portrait. The company operates a global marketing and distribution platform with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Miami, London, Berlin, Toronto, and Sydney. The label was named Billboard’s #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Label and #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint of 2024, after its history-making run of 5 consecutive years as the #1 Mainstream Rock Airplay Imprint (2018-2022).
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