Sean Mackin’s violin, which has always been what has set Yellowcard apart from the rest, opens up “For You, And Your Denial” in a solo that surely brought chills to thousands of fans as they heard the band’s first new song in four years. Guitars begin to crash down on top of the violin, making it a team effort, before Ryan Key’s vocals perfectly join the mix to help the scene realize what it’s been missing for the past four years.
 
Key has obviously had a lot pent up over the past few years, all to be let out now. Lyrically, the song is among the best the band has ever written. It’s an easily relatable track for both diehard fans and the mainstream as Key opens up about jealousy and encompassing nostalgia while singing, “And I have seen what holding on can take away // If it’s the past you love then that’s where you can stay.”
 
What everyone will clearly notice by the time the track finishes is that the song has an old school Yellowcard vibe, but it doesn’t sound recycled. That may be what makes When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes the album of the year for countless fans in 2011. Bits and pieces of it may remind many of “Ocean Avenue” or tracks off of Paper Walls, but this first taste is simply better than almost all of the material the band has released in its past. It’s just a matter of waiting to see what else Yellowcard has in store.
 
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