Sweet

As they celebrate a remarkable 20 years as a band in 2025, Mayday Parade release perhaps their most aspirational sort yet: Sweet, Sad, Sugar, a three-part album showcasing their prolific, emotionally resonant songwriting. The first entry is Sweet. Across its eight songs, Sweet succinctly showcases just how far Mayday Parade has come in those years: The trademark sound that’s transformed them from genre newcomers to torchbearers for a new generation is still there, but fans will also nd the band continuing to nudge the edges of their sound outward, whether they’re stomping through reactive alt-rock, crafting wryly sardonic pop-punk, standing up shimmering arena rock, or melding muscular, grungy guitars with electro-pop sweetness. Recorded with longtime producers Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, Sweet, Sad, Sugar marks Mayday Parade’s first album since 2021’s What It Means To Fall Apart as well as the band’s first self-released collection.