The Legacy pop-rock band, Mayday Parade have gifted fans with a brand new song “More Like A Crash” today. Last night the group premiered the track right here on Idobi Radio for the very first time courtesy of taking over our “Fresh At Five”. The band whose discography is often coined as an “emotion” all in its own right has returned with another pull-at-your-heart-strings banger. The track is super upbeat, and certainly drives with catchy guitars and sing-along vocals, but remains very much in tune with the intense feelings a classic Mayday Parade song invokes.
Guitarist, Alex Garcia shares on the new track: “‘More Like A Crash’ is about the chaos and pain of endings, especially regarding personal relationships. Despite how beautiful something could be at one time, often at its end there’s just bad feelings and a sense of being lost in the wreckage.”
After the release of the group’s seventh studio album, What It Means To Fall Apart released in 2021 via Rise Records, Mayday Parade decided it was time to explore releasing music independently. This new track is their first to come from this new endeavor. This is a space the band hasn’t fully existed in since their self-released debut EP, Tales Told By Dead Friends, which sold 50,000 copies without the support of a label.
“It’s extremely exciting and terrifying all at the same time” shares Drummer Jake Bundrick. “There’s obviously a lot more freedom and control,” adds Alex Garcia. That freedom, as Bassist Jeremy Lenzo explains it, will allow them to “release new music more consistently as opposed to dropping an album every couple of years. We’re going into this with the mindset that each song really needs to stand on its own.” Bundrick adds: “I wanted energy from this new batch that still felt angsty but had our emotional flair to them. It’s been a while since we’ve put out some uptempo songs and that was important to me.”
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Check out the music video for “More Like A Crash” here!
Check out all of Mayday Parade’s upcoming tour dates below! You can grab tickets here.
- May 18 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium *
- May 19 – Chattanooga, TN @ The Signal *
- May 20 – Birmingham, AL @ Avondale Brewing Company *
- May 21 – Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Music Festival
- May 23 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *
- May 24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Union Event Center *
- May 26 – Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium *
- May 27 – Tucson, AZ @ The Rialto Theatre *
- May 28 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment Center *
- May 30 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre *
- June 01 – Austin, TX @ ACL Live Moody Theater *
- June 02 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion *
- June 03 – Kansas City, OK @ The Midland Theatre *
- June 04 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom *
- June 06 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion *
- June 07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoor *
- June 09 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! *
- June 10 – Stroudsburg, PA @ Sherman Theater *
- June 11 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre *
- June 14 – Richmond, VA @ The National *
- June 16 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz *
- June 17 – North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues *
- June 22 – Mexico City, MEX @ Pepsi Center WTC *
- July 05 – Baltimore, MD @ Pier Six Pavilion #
- July 09 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway #
- July 12 – Cuyahoga Falls, OH @ Blossom Music Center #
- July 13 – Sterling Heights, MI @ Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill #
- July 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory #
- July 16 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island #
- July 18 – Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre #
- July 20 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre #
- July 21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place #
- July 22 – Jacksonville, FL @ Daily’s Place #
- July 23 – Tampa, FL @ Yuengling Center #
- July 25 – Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall #
- July 27 – Irving, TX @ The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory &
- July 29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theater &
- July 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Youtube Theater &
- Aug. 01 – San Diego, CA @ Gallagher Square at Petco Park &
- Aug. 02 – San Francisco, CA @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium &
- Aug. 04 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theater &
- Aug. 10 – Indianapolis, IN @ TCU Amphitheater $
- Aug. 13 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium $
- Aug. 15 – Hershey, PA @ Giant Center $
- Aug. 17 – Syracuse, NY @ St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater $
- Aug. 18 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena $
- Aug. 19 – Eau Claire, WI @ Reverb Fest
- Aug. 20 – Council Bluffs, IA @ Iowa Is For Lovers
- Sept. 08 – Baltimore, MD @ Maryland State Fair w/ All Time Low & Gym Class Heroes
- Sept. 10 – Pelham, TN @ Tennessee Is For Lovers
- Sept. 24 – Louisville, KY @ Louder Than Life Festival
- Oct. 08 – Sacramento, CA @ Aftershock Festival
- Oct. 27 – Manila, PHL @ New Frontier Theater
* = w/ All Time Low, Games We Play
# = w/ Yellowcard, Story Of The Year, This Wild Life
& = w/ Yellowcard, Anberlin, This Wild Life
$ = w/ Yellowcard, Story Of The Year, This Wild Life
