Lights and Sounds - Release and Promotion

Release and Promotion

In September 2005, the band announced the album's title and revealed that the title track, "Lights and Sounds", was confirmed to be the first single from the album, with a video shot in Van Nuys, California and a release date of November 15, 2005. Lights and Sounds was released worldwide on January 24, 2006, issued by the band's record label, Capitol Records.

"We've simply grown apart, personally and creatively, which can happen in any relationship. This change is hard for all of us, but Ben will always be our brother."

Violinist Sean Mackin on Ben Harper leaving Yellowcard

On October 24, 2005 the band began a tour in support of the album, during which they began playing at small venues at college arenas. The tour lasted for six weeks. The album's title track was included in the video game Burnout Revenge, as well as its spinoff Burnout Legends. The music video of "Lights and Sounds" was featured on a Verizon Wireless Vcast commercial around the time of the album's release. The song "City of Devils" was featured in the episode, "I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness", on the CW's One Tree Hill in October 2006. The song, "Rough Landing, Holly", was featured in the 2006 video game FlatOut 2.

In November 2005, it was announced that guitarist Ben Harper had parted ways with the band. Key explained that the band went through "a lot of the highest and lowest points" and that making an album "would be on the highest list, and losing a member would be on the lowest." He also added, "It's really been a long journey together, you know, so obviously, parting ways with Ben was a really unpleasant experience. It was either go on without him, or don't go on at all. And, at the core, we decided that we had something too great to let go of, and that we had to kind of make a last resort and move on without him." Harper was replaced by Ryan Mendez.

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