Under the Boards

Background

On March 20, 2007, the band revealed that their next album would be titled Under the Boards, and would be released in the fall. In April and May, the band went a co-headlining tour with Say Anything. Following this, the band began recording Under the Boards. By this point, all of the songs were written and had been demoed.

Composition and recording

A post on the Punknews.org music website said of the album and its relationship to the band's previous album, Sound the Alarm and subsequent album, Daybreak:

The band is co-producing the 13 songs with Marc Hudson and Eric Stenman at their studio in northern California. Under The Boards continues a story about self-discovery that began with last year's Sound the Alarm and will conclude with a third album, Daybreak, to be released next year. Says frontman Chris Conley: "Sound The Alarm is an expression of discontent. Under the Boards is reflection and remorse. Daybreak is acceptance." Conley notes that parts of the album are darker than Sound the Alarm as it is the transitional chapter of the trilogy ("like The Empire Strikes Back"), but adds, "It's going to be an interesting listen. There are a lot of different moods in these songs." Says Soloway, "'Woe', is the heaviest song we've ever written and two of the songs, 'Get Fucked Up' and 'Can't Stay The Same', might be the most poppy tunes we've ever done.

Several of the album's tracks were written as far back as 2003, immediately after the In Reverie sessions. The song "Woe", for example, was the first song Conley wrote after the completion of In Reverie.

Release

On September 7, "Get Fucked Up" was posted on the group's Myspace profile. In October, the group went on an acoustic tour, alongside Single File and Dr Manhattan. Under the Boards was released on October 30 through Vagrant. The album features a DVD, which documents the creation of the album. "Can't Stay the Same" was released to radio on November 6. Between late March and early May 2008, the group toured as part of the Bamboozle Roadshow.

Reception

The album charted at number 119 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Christopher Conley, all songs written by Saves the Day.

1. "Under the Boards" – 3:15
2. "Radio" – 2:13
3. "Can't Stay the Same" – 2:48
4. "Get Fucked Up" – 3:03
5. "When I'm Not There" – 2:46
6. "Lonely Nights" – 3:05
7. "Bye Bye Baby" – 2:36
8. "Stay" – 3:25
9. "Getaway" – 2:46
10. "Because You Are No Other" – 1:59
11. "Kaleidoscope" – 3:18
12. "Woe" – 3:05
13. "Turning Over in My Tomb" – 3:26