Ocean Avenue Acoustic by Yellowcard

Ocean Avenue Acoustic is an acoustic reinterpretation by Yellowcard of their fourth album, Ocean Avenue (2003). It was released on August 13th, 2013 through Hopeless Records. It is the last recordings to feature founding drummer Longineu W. Parsons III. On May 3, 2013, the group responded to rumours in regards to an acoustic version of Ocean Avenue (2003), stating "We had a better plan to tell you, but its true". They also said that further information would follow. On June 3, the band formally announced the release of Ocean Avenue Acoustic, a record that contained acoustic versions of songs that appeared on Ocean Avenue. A trailer for the album was posted online later in the day. On July 23, the title-track was released as a single. Ocean Avenue Acoustic was made available for streaming via YouTube on August 6, before being released on August 13 through Hopeless Records. Following a series of festival shows, the band embarked on headlining US and Australian tours in September and October. These tours, which were supported by Geoff Rickly of Thursday, featured Ocean Avenue performed in its entirety acoustically, followed by an electric set of songs from their other records. Proceeding this, the group went on Warped Tour in Europe in November. In January and February 2014, the band went on a second leg of the Ocean Avenue Acoustic tour in the US, with support from What's Eating Gilbert. ℗ 2013 Hopeless Records, Inc.