SADurdays Episode 58 (8/2/25) special guests Jason Vena & Kaylan Cloyd (Acceptance)

My guests on the show this week are Jason Vena and Kaylan Cloyd of the band Acceptance. We’ll be chatting about the band’s influences, what it was like for them navigating major label releases, and much more. And in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the album, the band is releasing a reimagined version of their quintessential album, Phantoms, called Phantoms/Twenty, recorded by original producer, Aaron Sprinkle, amid the band’s reunion and milestone anniversary. And while the band did redo their parts, this isn’t just any standard re-recording. To give new context to its profound and lasting legacy, Acceptance enlisted a wide range of artists across various genres, many of whom were inspired by the band. There are those who were already close to Acceptance including Stephen Christian of Anberlin who will also be on the show next week, Memphis May Fire’s Matty Mullins, Boys Like Girls frontman Martin Johnson, The Maine’s John O’Callaghan, Jenna McDougall from Tonight Alive and Hevenshe, All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth, State Champs vocalist Derek DiScanio as well as Teddy Swims who has publicly shared that the band inspired and admitted the first song he learned how to play on guitar was an Acceptance track. Thanks to the fellas for chatting about one of my favorite albums ever made.