Under the Boards

Infobox Album
Name = Under the Boards
Type = studio
Artist = Saves The Day


Released = October 30, 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock, emo
Length = 37:37
Label = Vagrant
Producer = Marc Hudson, Eric Stenman, Saves the Day
Reviews = *Absolutepunk.net 86% [http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=275039 Link]

*Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:j9fixzthldje link]
*Alternative Press Rating|3.5|5
*Punknews.org Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/6791 Link]
Last album = "Sound the Alarm"
(2006)
This album = "Under The Boards"
(2007)
Next album = "Daybreak"
(2008)

"Under the Boards" is the sixth studio album by American indie rock band Saves the Day, it was released on October 30, 2007. A post on music website Punknews.org stated the following about 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'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. [ [http://www.punknews.org/article/24221 "Saves The Day hits the studio, promises new albums in 2007, 2008."] Punknews.org. June 18, 2007.]

Several of the album's tracks were written as far back as 2003, right after the "In Reverie" sessions. [ [http://www.pop-zap.com/conversations/20071024/ "Under the Boards:A Conversation with Chris Conley of Saves the Day."] PopZap!Music. October 24, 2007.] The song "Woe," for example, was the first song Conley wrote after the completion of "In Reverie". It ranked #119 on the Billboard 200.Fact|date=November 2007

Track listing

# "Under the Boards" - 3:15
# "Radio" - 2:13
# "Can't Stay the Same" - 2:48
# "Get Fucked Up" - 3:03
# "When I'm Not There" - 2:46
# "Lonely Nights" - 3:05
# "Bye Bye Baby" - 2:36
# "Stay" - 3:25
# "Getaway" - 2:46
# "Because You Are No Other" - 1:59
# "Kaleidoscope" - 3:18
# "Woe" - 3:05
# "Turning Over in My Tomb" - 3:26

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