I found 3 artists who love Relient K, and we did a short EP that released today to celebrate the 10th anniversary!

hear me out, I’ve been wondering this since high school. in Bee Your Man, at exactly 0:19 a man yells something in the background. I swear to GOD it sounds like one episode of the Beverly Hillbillies where they’re all square dancing or something and Jed Clampett yells, “Make way, Sonny!”

Is anyone able to prove me right or wrong? I just need closure. I’ve looked it up everywhere and can’t find it. I know it’s a long shot, but it really sounds EXACTLY alike. is there any chance at all they sampled that audio clip from the show?

As the heading says. I've finally finished the last album of my pop-punk/power pop music project, under the name Colourful Sevens. I hope it's alright to post and promote the album here - I'm just an independent musician not signed to a label, and I'm not looking to make any money really.

It was listening to Relient K's Forget and Not Slow Down that pushed me to give this album its overall structure and musical design, inspiring how most of the songs turned out and helping me realise that acoustic guitars & pianos can fit with pop-punk aesthetics and instrumentation.

It's a very long concept album with a plot, characters, and themes I've tried to touch on, mostly to do with the internet and social media. And very much like Forget and Not Slow Down, it ends up tracking a journey of failure and emotional difficulty but ultimately self-discovery.

Perhaps the biggest inspiration comes in the final track, however, which began life as a 12-minute piano piece divided into two. While the song was being written, I wanted to capture the feeling of 'This Is the End / If You Want It' above anything else. You'll see what I mean if you listen.

Hopefully you do listen and, if you do, I hope you enjoy it.

I’ve been listening to Relient K for as long as I can remember (Christian household stuff, you know). Now I’m 29 and have expanded my horizons in my musical taste, but Relient K remains one of my very favorite bands.

I know I’m way late to the party on this, but as an adult I’ve developed a great appreciation for Forget and Not Slow Down as an album.

I’ve traditionally been a fan of really high energy pop punk music with cool guitar riffs since and love playing that kind of stuff (for example Dumpweed by blink-182 is one of my favorite songs😂). And don’t get me wrong, this album has some sick riffs, but I definitely under appreciated the album when it initially was released.

Recently I’ve been listening to the album pretty heavily. And even though it’s not some crazy high energy album from start to finish akin to what I usually like in this genre, I’ve really come to love it, and have had it on repeat for the last couple months.

Thiessen really shows off his incredible lyrical abilities and there are so many subtleties in the lyrics of this album that be easily missed upon first listen. And of course the way that the album flows together makes it such a pleasant listening experience.

There are very few albums that I genuinely listen to with no skips and this is definitely one of them. I think another thing that has me connected to a lot of the lyrics is the fact that I’m going through a breakup of a 5 year distance relationship. And when I‘m feeling the impact of that situation, I turn on my Bose soundbar and blast the album and it brings me a lot of peace (as dumb as that sounds).

Not an album that has a lot of their biggest “hits”, but I love pretty much every song on the album (especially I Don’t Need a Soul and Sahara).

The depth of Thiessen‘s lyrical genius really shines here, and I’ve developed a whole new appreciation for the album and the depth of the subject matter in each track.

The new album is great but I want to hear more from Relient k

looking for a photo of a poster/flyer/ad from the 2005 Be My Valentour tour. The supporting bands were Mae and Name Taken. this was my first concert and im hoping someone has at least a photo of something. I was at The Meridian in Houston, Tx.

After listening to switcfoots album yesterday night and tonight, I had a stunning realization that Matt Thiessen helped be a guest vocalist on the song (butterfly effect) which my jaw dropped and got all excited, possibly them seeing skillet (possibly, idk if they are connected)and switchfoot coming out with a new album will inspire them to give it one last shot (possibly a return to the pop-punk genre) what do you guys think?

Came in at 46 minute mark. Was not expecting it at all lol

The entire album is incredible - highly recommend it.

While I knew they dated a few years before One of the Boys, I didn't realize two of the songs he co-wrote were released under the "Katy Perry" name.

• "A Cup of Coffee" – One of the Boys (2008)
• "Dressin’ Up" – Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection (2012) 

Looks like fun. Maybe RK will try it sometime.

Snagged a couple of copies of Switchfoot's new album Forever Now! at today's Bro Am in Encinitas, and much to my delight, I discovered Matt Thiessen credited ​in the album liner notes!

This album is criminally under rated and not talked about it enough. I feel like it just kinda snuck in there between FSASYA and FANSD. But wow it’s pretty much got everything Relient K has to offer. I would say it’s in my top 3 albums either way MMHMM and FANSD.

AFF - Air For Free

RK - Relient K

Have you guys heard AFF is the quintessential album of RK? like it's the most RK album. Hope that makes sense.

If this is true, what to you makes it the most RK album?

To me when I listen to this album I just think it's so AFF y'know?? Like I can't really picture any of the songs being on any other album. It's so unique and fits perfectly within in RK's progression of art.

Anyways, idk I love talking about RK so I wanna hear some of your thoughts.

What do you think is their hardest sounding song, like most rock, or just hits hard y'know? For me it's a toss up between devastation and reform, I need you, and Sahara, all those with the drums and guitar riffs are just peak.

What do you think?

Mmmm, delicious! 🥁 🥁