Editing Yellowcard (section)

===''Lights and Sounds'' (2005–2006)===
[[File:Yellowcard 2.jpg|right|thumb|Key and Parsons performing with Yellowcard on the ''Lights and Sounds'' tour in 2006]]
After almost two years of touring, Yellowcard took a few months off at the beginning of 2005. Ryan Key and Peter Mosely moved to New York City to write the songs for the group's next album. The rest of the band remained in Los Angeles. The band regrouped in LA in the spring and began pre-production for the follow-up to ''[[Ocean Avenue (album)|Ocean Avenue]]'' in March. Recording and production was finished in September, and advertising began for the album. The band had originally announced that the album was expected for August 2005, but production and other delays pushed the release date back several months.

In the months following, many problems had arisen between the bandmates, with Key stating, "The fame went to our heads."{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} After months of increasing tension stemming from Ben Harper's increased involvement with his indie label Takeover Records, Harper was removed from Yellowcard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1513142/yellowcard-confirm-what-fans-already-knew-ben-harper-is-out/|title=Yellowcard Confirm What Fans Already Knew: Ben Harper Is Out|publisher=MTV|access-date=2016-11-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701201853/http://www.mtv.com/news/1513142/yellowcard-confirm-what-fans-already-knew-ben-harper-is-out/|archive-date=2017-07-01}}</ref><ref>[http://www.punkbands.com/news/6374/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090701092453/http://www.punkbands.com/news/6374/|date=July 1, 2009}}</ref> He was replaced by Ryan Mendez from the band Staring Back.

''[[Lights and Sounds]]'' was finally released on January 24, 2006. A loose concept album, the theme centers around Yellowcard's negative feelings towards Los Angeles. Prior to the release of ''Lights and Sounds'' Ryan Key said that this ambitious album would probably alienate a large portion of the group's fan base, and that he was "100 percent okay with that."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535200/yellowcard-think-twice-about-ambitious-lp.jhtml |title=Yellowcard on Ambitious Lights and Sounds: 'We All Went A Bit Too Far' – |publisher=Mtv.com |date=2006-06-27 |access-date=2011-11-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026035451/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1535200/yellowcard-think-twice-about-ambitious-lp.jhtml |archive-date=2012-10-26 }}</ref> 20 songs were recorded for the album, 14 of which are on the CD, plus a [[B-side]] available on import versions, CD singles, and at the [[iTunes Store]], called "Three Flights Down". The opening track, "Three Flights Up", was the first instrumental track on a Yellowcard album since "Interlewd" on the band's first album, ''Midget Tossing''. Those two and "Convocation" from their 2014 release, ''[[Lift a Sail]]'', are the only instrumental tracks the band has released on an album.

The title track, "[[Lights and Sounds (song)|Lights and Sounds]]", was the first single, released a week before the album. It peaked at No. 4 on the ''Billboard'' [[Hot Modern Rock Tracks]]. It is also featured on the video games ''[[Burnout Revenge]]'' and ''[[Guitar Hero: Modern Hits]]''. In its first week of release, the album sold just over 90,000 copies, but it only went on to receive gold status. High first week sales are most likely the result of high anticipation of the album, as it was the follow-up to the highly successful ''Ocean Avenue''; low total sales backup Key's statement about the album being very ambitious and different in sound from ''Ocean Avenue''. On May 6, 2006, the second and final single and video of the album, "[[Rough Landing, Holly]]", was released. The single was not as well received as the first, and after its first week of release, it quickly dropped on the charts.

In May 2006, Ryan Key had surgery on his vocal chords after having problems with his singing. He had started having problems in December 2005. He was mute for a week and could not sing for more than a month. Yellowcard, after canceling some shows and receiving some time off from touring, joined the Virgin Mega Tour for the summer of 2006.