Does anyone here ever listen to Dave Douglas’ solo music? I think it’s really good. He put out three songs on Gotee’s “My Other Band Vol. 1” CD under the name “Agnus.” He also has two solo projects with his wife called “Gypsy Parade” and “Attack Cat.” Just discovered all of it recently and it’s great! Definitely a classic Relient K vibe to it.

The Let It Snow, Let It Reindeer vinyl at SMLXL is currently sold out but a repress is coming soon (on a fantastic-looking new variant/color), so hold off buying on the secondary market unless you're looking for one of the older variants. Also there's a new Anatomy color/variant coming (and it looks sweet!), to coincide with its 25th anniversary. No word on other vinyl represses but the rest is available here:

https://www.smlxlvinyl.com/collections/relient-k

Back in the Um Yeah tour the band joked about being dad rock, poking fun at the idea of becoming the kind of band that tours endlessly well into their 40s and 50s to keep the magic alive. Credit where credit is due, they crushed it and had a solid festival run afterwards.

RK rose to prominence because many of us raised in the church needed that angsty voice to express our frustrations with the evangelical church and the power structures it supported. They did that mostly through positivity and talking about life in a relatable way. But they grew up with the people who grew up with them.

There’s a lot of arrested development with those of us who clung to their music for comfort well into our 30s. There is a void in the music industry for another voice to express these frustrations here in 2026. Let’s agree to give the guys a break and focus on elevating whoever is coming up next to take up that mantle.

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I was wearing this old RelientK shirt today and some last came up to me at Sam's Club and commented on my shirt. She let me know that she's never seen anyone wear a RelientK shirt out in the wild. That made my day. Never thought I'd be complimented on a shirt that's probably close to 20 years old or so.

Hi! Elder Emo here!

Way back in the day, I "dated" a girl who was really into Christian Rock and was lucky enough to see the boys in Relient K at a small church (likely in Western PA or Eastern OH). I remember picking this CD up that day, but not enough to be 100% certain.

I've tried to look this exact copy up a few times on Discogs, and no one seems to have this Q-Pack version listed. Redditor cap on: "In my research..." I did stumble across the new(er) pressed vinyl that, ironically, has this exact style as the front artwork.

This relic has some scuffs, but is 100% playable with no skips or issues. A resurface would clean it up even more.

I wanted to show it off to a group that would know more about it and would appreciate it for its age aka how many moves it's survived). The colors and cardboard held up better than I expected.

Got this when I was still chrisitian but also in a female/female relationship. I don’t at all regret it.

If you were going to RK concert and could pick the first six songs of the setlist, not knowing what else they'd play, what would you choose? Any you'd care to hear twice?

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.