Only 1300 minutes though... poor form

There is a Christmas song by Relient K that I’m looking for that I remember referencing dogs, specifically a bone. It’s an original by them.

My family keeps telling me that I’m thinking of “Christmas is going to the dogs” by the eels. This is not the song. Please, someone help me. I’ve been looking on Google and Spotify for hours

I don't want to come off as rude or anything but I don't understand why people keep coming here and talking about "evidence" or "clues" of whether RK is active or not. It's like saying that a running faucet is "evidence" of the water being turned on.

2 years ago they went on a tour, this year and last year they played a handful of shows. Last year they recorded music together. A few months ago they said it was likely that they'd release more music next year. This is all information that they themselves have promoted on their Instagram and other social medias

I get that we're all just hungry for new music and shows from them. I know I am! But for like 3 years running now, every few months they get online and say "hi here's what we're doing" and yet we still get posts in here acting like it takes some sort of arcane knowledge to divine. Can't help but feel like Taylor Swift and Twenty One Pilots have poisoned everyone's brains to be looking for "clues" and "lore" where there aren't any

Beyond that, I'm just not sure what information is supposed to be gleaned by asking if they're "active" or not. If you want to know whether they have shows coming up, just ask that. Or better yet, take a quick scroll through their Insta or website.

Idk...tell me if you think I'm being unreasonable I guess. I'm just not really sure what we're doing here.

I'm not sure if this is a well-known fact, but some band called "Rookie of the Year" released an album in early October of this year. A track on the album, "Fast Car" has Relient K and Matt Thiessen mentioned as a featured artist. So, if the live stream wasn't enough, then this is just some more evidence that Relient K is still active.

If you want, here's the link on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/6RhEJsKdJfv6J532Mf9ru5?si=82a07f1528b04732

I discovered Relient K in middle school, and they helped me through a very depressing point in high school. They are consistently in my top 5 artists on Spotify wrapped. I listen to them everyday. 🥰

I only ever see people talk about "Be My Escape" but never any of their other songs and albums. I'm glad I found this subreddit and I'm surrounded by people who are fans like me. 🥹

What is your absolute favorite Relient K song? Mine is a toss up between Empty House, Life After Death and Taxes, I so Hate Consequences, and There Was No Thief.

She got me this as an early Christmas present and it sounds so good!

it seems bold to talk about it in a song

https://www.smlxlvinyl.com/products/relient-k-let-it-snow-baby-let-it-reindeer-2-lp-vinyl

I'm looking for a live performance of "It's Christmas Time in North America" by rK. I remember seeing it online a few times over the years and am wondering if anyone can point me toward that direction. Only luck so far is broken Reddit/Dropbox links. Thanks!

So there was this animated series called "Happy Tree Friends", it was a bunch of short videos of cute animated animals who get into accidents and die in absurdly gory ways. I could swear up and down that Relient K had some sort of video that was similar, but when I tried to search for it today, all I found were the Woodland Forest 'O Holy Nightmare' and the "Sleigh Ride" video (somewhat similar animation style but no gore).

Did I completely make this memory up? Was there some other band who did it maybe? Help me out

sometimes its just a great idea for the soul to rebel.

thats what punk is about. soul rebellion.

This is just a fan theory I've had for a long while and wanted to bring up to others in the fandom.

On the bridge of "Maintain Consciousness" Matt says, "No one can possibly listen to this more than 4 reps, it's just monotonous. We're losing interest."

Then on the very next track "This Week The Trend" there is, what I always felt to be, a double outro of that guitar riff. It goes on 4 EXTRA reps before resolving to a finish.

It's like Matt, always the clever one, was putting to the test his sentiment from the previous song.

Thoughts? Silly, I know... but fans are good at wild speculation!

The one on the bottom is the original 2009 edition, the middle one is the SMLXL repress, and the top is the 15 year anniversary edition (which doesn’t have the title or band name on it)

I feel like I see a lot of love for certain tracks but not so much for others

It looks even better in person. I'm so happy to own this piece of history.

"We control the chaos

in the back of our minds

our problems seem so small

but they grow on us

like gravity

but gravity still makes us fall."

The one all the way to the left is the original 2004 version, the rest are the 10th anniversary edition with various colors, and the 20th anniversary has a blue spine with MMHMM 2x!

I have my honest opinion and I’m trying not to spoil, but I would like to hear the communities review as well.

i love them all collapsible lung and self title just don't always hit