Yesterday, the boys in The Wonder Years release the second track off their upcoming album Suburbia I have Given You All and Now I'm Nothing exclusively on AltPress.com
Song can be heard HERE. Pleasant surprise with slightly different sound.
The album drops June 14.
Showing posts with label The Wonder Years. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Wonder Years. Show all posts
Friday, June 3, 2011
Friday, February 4, 2011
The Wonder Years finish new album
After a year of going through the writing process and two months of studio recordings and updates, the The Wonder Years have announced today they have finished their album. This album will be the third full-length released by the band and the first album released on their new label, Hopeless Records, which they joined late last year.
The information on the new album was released Wednesday from a Twitter post by lead singer, Dan “Soupy” Campbell’s account (@headabovewater), saying: “My voice is totally gone. We have to be at the airport to go to Kerrang tour in five hours but I think we just finished a record.” This news couldn’t come at a better time as they finished the recording in time for their European Kerrang Tour with Good Charlotte and Four Year Strong.
The band has posted this record will be split into 13 parts which are supposed to be 13 pieces to a chronological journey that has taken place from November 2009 to November 2010. The record, according to Campbell, does not stray far musically from their sophomore album, The Upsides. In January 2010, The Upsides landed at #5 on Billboard Alternative album chart.
As The Upsides was an upbeat and positive album, Campbell claims,“Lyrically, I think at first people will be a little confused, because it’s not as overwhelmingly positive. Upsides was a record dealing with depression and social anxiety and seasonal affective disorder, and so it was kind of a record about beating that sadness. Whereas this is a record where all of the parts that seem negative, I think, are outside of me. I’m talking about negative things, but it’s not in my own head anymore—it’s problems I’m seeing with the world.”
The band has not released a working title or a release date yet. European fans can catch them on tour from Feb. 4 - Feb. 18, or American fans can catch them this summer as they make the full trek on the Vans Warped Tour.
Check out an interview with Soupy from last years tour with Four Year Strong HERE
To see this article on http://www.livemusicguide.com/ click HERE
The information on the new album was released Wednesday from a Twitter post by lead singer, Dan “Soupy” Campbell’s account (@headabovewater), saying: “My voice is totally gone. We have to be at the airport to go to Kerrang tour in five hours but I think we just finished a record.” This news couldn’t come at a better time as they finished the recording in time for their European Kerrang Tour with Good Charlotte and Four Year Strong.
The band has posted this record will be split into 13 parts which are supposed to be 13 pieces to a chronological journey that has taken place from November 2009 to November 2010. The record, according to Campbell, does not stray far musically from their sophomore album, The Upsides. In January 2010, The Upsides landed at #5 on Billboard Alternative album chart.
As The Upsides was an upbeat and positive album, Campbell claims,“Lyrically, I think at first people will be a little confused, because it’s not as overwhelmingly positive. Upsides was a record dealing with depression and social anxiety and seasonal affective disorder, and so it was kind of a record about beating that sadness. Whereas this is a record where all of the parts that seem negative, I think, are outside of me. I’m talking about negative things, but it’s not in my own head anymore—it’s problems I’m seeing with the world.”
The band has not released a working title or a release date yet. European fans can catch them on tour from Feb. 4 - Feb. 18, or American fans can catch them this summer as they make the full trek on the Vans Warped Tour.
Check out an interview with Soupy from last years tour with Four Year Strong HERE
To see this article on http://www.livemusicguide.com/ click HERE
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Vans Warped Tour Lineup starting to take shape
Sixteen bands have been announced. As of now.
Vans Warped Tour, what some say to be the hottest North American travelling music festival, has slowly began announcing bands that have committed to Summer 2011's tour. According to vanswarpedtour.com, new bands will be announced each Wednesday until the main stage bands will be announcemed on March 26th.
Bands that have joined the lineup so far include:
Big D and the Kids Table
Dance Gavin Dance
The Dangerous Summer
Enter Shikari
Every Avenue
Family Force Five
Go Radio
Grieves With Brudo
Lucero
Miss May I
Of Mice and Men
We Came As Romans
Winds of Plague
Woe Is Me
The Wonder Years TWY interview with MSE Concert Review
The Word Alive
The tour kicks off June 24 is Dallas, Texas. Make sure you check DATES to find a venue near you. I can personally testify, for what is to be about a $30 ticket, you will have your self over 10 hours of music, fun, and memories that you can share with your friends. As someone who has attended 8 Warped Tour dates, you do not want to miss out on this summer experience.
More updates to come on band additions weekly.
Last years coverage of San Diego's stop.
Vans Warped Tour, what some say to be the hottest North American travelling music festival, has slowly began announcing bands that have committed to Summer 2011's tour. According to vanswarpedtour.com, new bands will be announced each Wednesday until the main stage bands will be announcemed on March 26th.
Bands that have joined the lineup so far include:
Big D and the Kids Table
Dance Gavin Dance
The Dangerous Summer
Enter Shikari
Every Avenue
Family Force Five
Go Radio
Grieves With Brudo
Lucero
Miss May I
Of Mice and Men
We Came As Romans
Winds of Plague
Woe Is Me
The Wonder Years TWY interview with MSE Concert Review
The Word Alive
The tour kicks off June 24 is Dallas, Texas. Make sure you check DATES to find a venue near you. I can personally testify, for what is to be about a $30 ticket, you will have your self over 10 hours of music, fun, and memories that you can share with your friends. As someone who has attended 8 Warped Tour dates, you do not want to miss out on this summer experience.
More updates to come on band additions weekly.
Last years coverage of San Diego's stop.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The Wonder Years interview
Interview with Soupy of The Wonder Years at SOMA in San Diego on 10-23-2010.
Check out the interview from YouTube here:
You can currently catch The Wonder Years on tour with Four Year Strong.
Check out the interview from YouTube here:
You can currently catch The Wonder Years on tour with Four Year Strong.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Four Year Strong, Comeback Kid andThe Wonder Years concert review
And the day finally came where I was able to go see The Wonder Years, a relatively new band to my music arsenal but quickly rising to one of my favorites overall.
As Matt (KCR Radio/Music Still Exists) and I got to the venue, SOMA in San Diego, we met up with The Wonder Years tour manager John and got set up with the lead singer, Soupy, in the bands van to do an interview (will be posted on YouTube later today). As we shot him some questions, had some technical difficulties, and talked about cheese steaks, I was impressed by how genuine of a guy he was and how much he really cared about people just by the short time we got to spend together.
As we headed into the venue, we caught the last of local band A Dull Science’s set. The shirtless punk trio we stoked to be playing on the bill as they sold the required 150 tickets to get on the lineup.
Next on was a new band to me, American Fang. This music they played I could only relate to that of the Transplants, with hard lyrics and same style, it made for an interesting 20 minute set.
The Wonder Years were next on the bill. The band came out strong with “Logan Circle” of their album The Upsides. The ripped through several tracks off that album as well as some from past albums, and taking time for Soupy to talk to the crowd. He really emphasized on the importance of this album in his life and how it was meant to be uplifting to the crowd. The band definitely caught the attention of the few hundred fans that were there. They closed out their set with Washington Square Park and My Friends Play in Bar Bands. The high energy and creativity on stage made this band a much watch and made me more of a fan through their excellent live performance.
Soupy of The Wonder Years
Comeback Kid came up next, and if you are afraid of contact, this band is not for you. The hardcore band brought their fast paced tempo their yelling lyrics and impressive guitar skills as the crowd responded with equal energy and even larger circle pits. It is quite a sight to see a bunch of kids running around in a circle listening to a band, but it seems to fit and I fully accept it. The band whipped up their 40 minute set with several new songs leaving the crowd stoked and ready for Four Year Strong.
Comeback Kid
As anticipated, Four Year Strong (Worcester, MA.) came out firing and played exceptional. Through the bands 60 minute set, they ripped through crowd favorites and invited the crowd to get amped as they responded throwing their hands in the air and having a great time with their hard core dancing. After getting to close to the dancers and getting a well placed kick to the groin, I moved back to enjoy the rest of the show from the back. Even from the back, I was able to enjoy the show and really made me appreciate what a show in a small venue is like. Seeing the full light show take place, seeing how excited the crowd was and viewing the whole band at once, truly amazing how great music is in everyone’s lives. Four Year Strong came out for an encore after their first part of their set to play one acoustic song and ended with the favorite, “Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die”.
Four Year Strong
Overall, really impressed with the show. The energy brought by the bands, the musicianship presented and the overall crowd led me to have an enjoyable night. If this show is coming through your area, make sure you attend, you won’t regret this show.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
The Wonder Years release new music video
The Wonder Years have released their new music video for their song "Melrose Diner", which came off their their album The Upsides, which was just re-released a few weeks ago on Hopeless Records.
The video begins with a 90 second introduction of the clash between wrestlers competing for the title and the girl. The remainder of the video depicts the story of how one wrestler, The Lone Wolf, needs to go through a string of competitors to face his archenemy, The Evil KRAAG, to win back his belt.
This video is very creative and fun to watch and can tell it was probably a blast for these guys to shoot. Kudos to you, The Wonder Years. Great new video!
You can check out the video here from THE WONDER YEARS WEBSITE.
The video begins with a 90 second introduction of the clash between wrestlers competing for the title and the girl. The remainder of the video depicts the story of how one wrestler, The Lone Wolf, needs to go through a string of competitors to face his archenemy, The Evil KRAAG, to win back his belt.
This video is very creative and fun to watch and can tell it was probably a blast for these guys to shoot. Kudos to you, The Wonder Years. Great new video!
You can check out the video here from THE WONDER YEARS WEBSITE.
from hopelessrecords.com
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Review- The Wonder Years re-release of 'The Upsides'
Today I was fortunate to get my hands on a digital copy of the The Wonder Years re-released album The Upsides featuring all original songs, plus 4 bonus tracks to book, giving this album 16 songs total, many of which were re-recorded. Copies of this album were released in stores TODAY! As someone who has little to no experience with this sextet from Philadelphia , beside my roommates band getting to play with them at a show in San Diego, I figured I would take a crack at this CD to see what this band has got.
This album, as stated in their second song "Logan Circle" reminds me the world's not such a shitty place. What an amazing new sound sound my ears have gotten to behold when I had sat down for an hour to take a listen to this band.
As I go through each song, I can't help but become addicted to the lyrics of each song. Every song sends a message to the listener and have great meaning you can take from each song. With the catchy drums, fun guitar riffs, and solid vocals, each song becomes a must have and a new addition to my iTunes.
Traveling down the list from track to track, I stumbled across what easily became my favorite song of the CD, Hey Thanks ft. Rachel Minton and Matt Belanger, which almost didn't make the record according to Dan "Soupy" Cambell. The song is a definite change from the pace of the record as it starts with a ukulele, rather than guitar and slowly builds up to include a trumpet in the second half of the song, and is just a fun song to sit and relax to.
The album opens and closes with the same message: "I'm not sad anymore, I'm just tired of this place". This lyric sums of the overall message of the album to find the upsides and life and try to keep positive. And it is hard not to listening to this great piece of work.
Worthy tracks to check out: My Last Semester, This Party Sucks, Washington Square Park
This album, as stated in their second song "Logan Circle" reminds me the world's not such a shitty place. What an amazing new sound sound my ears have gotten to behold when I had sat down for an hour to take a listen to this band.
As I go through each song, I can't help but become addicted to the lyrics of each song. Every song sends a message to the listener and have great meaning you can take from each song. With the catchy drums, fun guitar riffs, and solid vocals, each song becomes a must have and a new addition to my iTunes.
Traveling down the list from track to track, I stumbled across what easily became my favorite song of the CD, Hey Thanks ft. Rachel Minton and Matt Belanger, which almost didn't make the record according to Dan "Soupy" Cambell. The song is a definite change from the pace of the record as it starts with a ukulele, rather than guitar and slowly builds up to include a trumpet in the second half of the song, and is just a fun song to sit and relax to.
The album opens and closes with the same message: "I'm not sad anymore, I'm just tired of this place". This lyric sums of the overall message of the album to find the upsides and life and try to keep positive. And it is hard not to listening to this great piece of work.
Worthy tracks to check out: My Last Semester, This Party Sucks, Washington Square Park
Rating: 4/5
You can catch The Wonder Years this fall on a U.S. tour with Four Year Strong. The full tour schedule can be found RIGHT HERE!!!
Tracklisting
1. My Last Semester
2. Logan Circle
3. Everything I Own Fits In This Backpack
4. Dynamite Shovel
5. New Years With Carl Weathers
6. It’s Never Sunny In Philadelphia
7. Hostels & Brothels
8. Melrose Diner
9. This Party Sucks
10. Hey Thanks
11. Washington Square Park
12. All My Friends Are In Bar Bands
13. I Was Scared and I’m Sorry
14. Dynamite Shovel (Campfire Version)
15. Logan Circle : A New Hope
16. We Won’t Bury You
1. My Last Semester
2. Logan Circle
3. Everything I Own Fits In This Backpack
4. Dynamite Shovel
5. New Years With Carl Weathers
6. It’s Never Sunny In Philadelphia
7. Hostels & Brothels
8. Melrose Diner
9. This Party Sucks
10. Hey Thanks
11. Washington Square Park
12. All My Friends Are In Bar Bands
13. I Was Scared and I’m Sorry
14. Dynamite Shovel (Campfire Version)
15. Logan Circle : A New Hope
16. We Won’t Bury You
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)