Tales Told by Dead Friends

Tales Told by Dead Friends is the debut EP from Tallahassee band Mayday Parade. It was originally released without the support of a record label, but has since been re-released by Fearless Records. To support the album, the band followed the Warped Tour and sold copies to people standing in line.^[6] The EP sold over 20,000 copies to date.^[6]

Track listing

• All lyrics written by Jason Lancaster unless noted; all music written by Mayday Parade.

Personnel

• Derek Sanders – lead vocals, keyboards
• Jason Lancaster - lead vocals, guitar, lyrics
• Alex Garcia – lead guitar
• Brooks Betts – rhythm guitar
• Jeremy Lenzo – bass guitar
• Jake Bundrick – drums, percussion

Song notes

• "When I Get Home, You're So Dead" is the only song from this EP to be re-recorded for their debut album, A Lesson in Romantics.
• "Your Song" was later re-recorded acoustically for the band's EP Valdosta, with Jake Bundrick taking over Jason Lancaster's vocal parts.
• "Three Cheers for Five Years" was also re-recorded acoustically, but for Punk Goes Acoustic 2. It was later released as a bonus track for A Lesson in Romantics.

References

1. ^ "Mayday Parade". Allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p818546. Retrieved 2011-09-16. 
2. ^ Pascarella, Tony. "Mayday Parade - Tales Told By Dead Friends EP". AbsolutePunk.net. http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=184036. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r931716
4. ^ Apar, Corey. "Tales Told by Dead Friends". AllMusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r931716. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
5. ^ "Mayday Parade Tales Told By Dead Friends". Sputnikmusic. http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/10098/Mayday-Parade-Tales-Told-By-Dead-Friends. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "Mayday Parade at Fearless Records". Fearless Records. http://www.fearlessrecords.com/viewband.php?band_id=31#self.