The Wonder Years - Sister Cities (April 6, 2018) Album • Page 142

The closer is the most emotional a song has made me in ages.

 

did not like NCTH, really like this

i still think i like TGG more but this is quite good so far

 

GOD I forgot how men are so self-assured in their opinions being universal truths that they will say "this is mediocre and bad" instead of "I don't like it" about subjects that are admittedly harmless

 

definitely something i do a lot but i always hope that know that if i say something it's my opinion lol

i don't speak universal truths

or do i

 

I think I'll need a bit of time with this album to decide if I like it better than Suburbia/TGG (I can't make out a favourite because they're such different moods/sounds to me).
NCTH was pretty immediate, I wanted to like it better so bad but it just never did it.
Plus there's the fact I never listen to it because of the mixing just plain hurting my head, but there's some of my favourite TWY songs in there (Don't Like Who, NCTH, Hemingway, and I've grown very fond of Palm Reader Alt version). But for this album I already know it's going to be a very strong contender for #1.

 

I can't get over how much I love this on first listen

 

Yeah, I’m at the point where I’m pretty confident this will be my favorite in a month or so. I’ll always have a place for The Upsides, Suburbia, and TGG, but man this is such a clear step above those.

Like a lot of people, there’s 3-4 songs I really love off NCTH but the rest of it doesn’t do it for me/actively annoys me.

 

I have had a pretty complicated relationship with the band for the last 3-4 years. I don't remember listening to NCTH, but I recall shitting on the band a lot then hearing what the album was about and reading the lyrics. Even if you don't fuck with the music, it's a pretty powerful, personal album. I'm surprised at all the hate from people who probably like them a lot more than I do. Even being the asshole that I was, I remember speaking positively about the lyrical content of the album.

 

Who's gonna be at the Philly show on this tour cuz I'm going now

 

Isn’t he Four Year Strong’s tour manager? What did he do?

 

Please boycott Pure Noise Records and take this situation seriously!

 

I'm enjoying this more than I thought that I would. Will probably return to it.

 

He's a scumbag who defended a rapist and threatened people who attempted to speak out

 

Idk where I stand with this band’s discography anymore. When Subrubia came out it was immensely important to me, I got into them during that cycle and that and The Upsides were always in rotation and were like defining albums for me as I was graduating high school. TGG came out and, to me, THAT album felt like a band that was taking half measures in terms of growth. There were moments I really loved on that record (There, There remains one of their best songs), but it loses me almost entirely in the back half. When NCTH came out I wasn’t expecting much from it but ended up really liking it and thinking it was their best yet, despite production issues, but I had a feeling they had better in them still. I haven’t re-visited their discography much at all since around NCTH came out and I’ve grown further and further away from their music.

That said, I think this is a really good album and probably their best yet. Not every song is totally resonating with me yet, and idk if they all will, but that’s p much entirely due to my tastes growing away from some of the characteristics of this music. It’s without a doubt chock full of very well-written songs and I’m impressed at some of the things they go for and manage to pull off. This was a band that, early in their career, I remember very clearly expressing that they would probably never evolve past pop punk. I’m glad that they ultimately decided to though.

 

This album is everything I've wanted this band to do.
I love how fun and light It Must Get Lonely is. How heavy Ghosts of Right Now sounds. How painful Flowers Where Your Face Should Be is. How anthemic The Ocean Grew Hands To Hold Me is.
Truly blown away.

 

Just listened to Pyramids Of Salt again. Sooooooo hype.

 

Finally had the chance to sit down and listen to this intently with lyrics and The Ocean... just fucked my shit up. The whole thing did to a degree, but good lord.

 

For those who have to book, have you sat down with it for a listen yet? Does it enhance the album that much more? Waiting for mine is gunna kill me

 

The Ghosts of Right Now has given me consistent goosebumps each time I hear the bridge.

 

Really glad a lot of you are enjoying this a lot

 

Pretty sure the leak is full quality, at least for an mp3 (it's V0, but that's essentially 320kbps with reduced bit rate in the "less complex" sections).

 

The Wonder Years: No Cities To Love
idk if this article has already been discussed, but reading it while listening to the album really made it all come together for me.

 

Fantastic article. Thanks for sharing.

 

Screw all of you. I'm going to exercise my adult card and hold off from listening until this drops officially.

 

Bit rate isn’t the only thing that matters, the software used to rip the cd and encode the mp3’s also has an effect. iTunes for example is notorious for making crappy mp3’s even at higher bit rates.