The Wonder Years - The Hum Goes On Forever (Sept 23rd 2022) Album • Page 16

Sister Cities is one of those albums for me that is almost too painful to revisit because of the contents, and how those so closely aligned to my life at the time. With that said, I thought it was easily their best work, but I am looking forward to this being more 'listenable', if that makes sense. I do love the closer on SS, though.

 

Apparently not. Not far off though

 

It's funny because while I loved it at the time, I feel like I can't really return to No Closer to Heaven. Has a few good songs, but not an album I want to play start to finish. Return to Sister Cities and Greatest Generation way more.

 

Man, this whole post made me cry haha

 

I will also be at the Allentown show. Can't wait for that one. Unfortunately they are too popular of a band to be selling the new record at the show, but hopefully they will play a bunch of the new songs.

 

The Wonder Years Go Where Pop-Punk Rarely Has: Parenthood

 

great read, some lyrical spoilers in there from other songs btw for anyone avoiding

 

You’re the Reason I Don’t Want the World to End sounds like it is going to destroy people. I am glad I got the hoodie with it's lyrics on it.

 

I never fully related to a TWY album theme, but this one is about to hit like a ton of bricks.

Also this article hits on something I really have a problem with in pop punk: I hate 30+ year old dudes who still write songs like they're 16. I can't listen to new NFG anymore for this reason.

 

I missed the original discography rank discussion, but:

Suburbia
Greatest Generation
Upsides
Sister Cities
No Closer to Heaven

 

Greatest Generation
Sister Cities
Suburbia
NCTH
Upsides

 

TGG
Suburbia
Sister Cities
Upsides
NCTH

 

SC
TGG
Suburbia
Upsides
NCTH

 

If we are ranking:

The Greatest Generation
No Closer To Heaven
Suburbia
The Upsides
Sister Cities

 

Favorite to least favorite:
TGG
NCTH
Suburbia
Sister Cities
The Upsides

Best to worst:
TGG
Sister Cities
NCTH
Suburbia
The Upsides

 

NCTH
Suburbia
Upsides
TGG
SC

 

Sister Cities
Suburbia
The Upsides
No Closer To Heaven
The Greatest Generation

 

Ordered Deluxe today. Wonder how they managed a Pitchfork feature. Kudos to management and PR.

 

I feel like this is the hardest band to rank albums for.

I don’t really visit Suburbia or The Upsides as much anymore, but their impact to my life at the time was nearly unprecedented. Only to be beat by TGG. I think NCTH could be my favorite, but then it’s also mixed terribly which sets it back. Sister Cities is fantastic but didn’t have the same impact as the big three.

Such a challenge lol

 

TGG
Suburbia
The Uspides
NCTH
Sister Cities

 

I think every time I rank them I change my answer lol

Favorite:
TGG
SC
Suburbia
Upsides
NCTH

Best:
SC
TGG
Suburbia
NCTH
Upsides

 

We all know Get Stoked On It is their best record, but I chose to leave it out of my ranking because it was too obvious.

 

Yep, this is it for me too.

 

Jamie Coletta putting in the absolute FINEST of work

 

Every album has uncannily resonated with where I've been in life when they've been released, and I don't think that's going to change with the new record. That's why I find it so hard to rank these records.

Just my favourite ever band.