Under the Boards is the sixth studio album by American indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band Saves the Day

Saves the Day

Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....

, released on October 30, 2007. A post on music website Punknews.org

Punknews.org

Punknews.org is a website founded by Aubin Paul which launched in 1999. The website publishes music news and album reviews relating to punk rock, hardcore punk, ska, indie rock and heavy metal...

 stated of the album and its relationship to the band's previous album, Sound the Alarm

Sound the Alarm

Sound the Alarm is the fifth studio album by the New Jersey emo band Saves the Day. It was released by Vagrant Records on April 11, 2006. It was produced by Steve Evetts who also produced Saves the Day's first two albums, Can't Slow Down and Through Being Cool...

and subsequent album, Daybreak

Daybreak (2009 album)

Daybreak is the seventh full-length studio album by American indie rock band Saves the Day. It is also their first album since Can't Slow Down without long-time guitarist David Soloway, and their first with guitarist Arun Bali and bass guitarist Rodrigo Palma. The album also contains short-lived...

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The band is co-producing the 13 songs with Marc Hudson and Eric Stenman

Eric Stenman

Eric Stenman is a music producer/engineer/mixer currently living in the Los Angeles area. Eric has recorded projects with artists including Saves The Day, M.I.A., Will Haven, Lovedrug, Senses Fail, Tokyo Police Club, Far, Ghostride, Forever The Sickest Kids, Dashboard Confessional, Thrice, and many...

 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

Chris Conley

Christopher Lane Conley is an American musician and songwriter/composer, and the lead-singer/rhythm guitarist in Saves the Day...

: "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's 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

In Reverie

-Unreleased tracks:There are three unreleased tracks that were recorded at the same time, but not released on the standard edition of the album: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom." The unreleased songs, however, could be downloaded for free on the band's homepage requiring only a legal...

sessions. The song "Woe," for example, was the first song Conley wrote after the completion of In Reverie. It ranked #119 on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

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