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The Wonder Years Announce New Album

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  1. Melody Bot Jun 22, 2022
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    The Wonder Years will release The Hum Goes on Forever on September 2nd. Pre-orders are up.

    Track Listing

    1. Doors I Painted Shut
    2. Wyatt’s Song (Your Name)
    3. Oldest Daughter
    4. Cardinals II
    5. The Paris of Nowhere
    6. Summer Clothes
    7. Lost in the Lights
    8. Songs About Death
    9. Low Tide
    10. Laura & the Beehive
    11. Old Friends Like Lost Teeth
    12. You’re the Reason I Don’t Want the World to End

    Press Release

    "I don't want to die, at least not without you."
 
Those are the words that open up The Wonder Years' new album, The Hum Goes On Forever. It marks the next evolution of a band that’s never stopped growing, never stopped striving, never stopped searching for the truth and the heart of this dumb thing we call life.   

On every level, their seventh studio album finds The Wonder Years facing an onslaught of things outside of one's control. It's a scenario that's only further exasperated by the fact that it's also the first album they've made since vocalist Dan Campbell became a father. So when he sings those first lines, they shimmer with a little extra poignancy and potency. Between pre-vaccine pandemic logistics, anxiety, postpartum depression, inherited trauma, and a band searching for their deeper existential purpose, The Hum Goes On Forever was undoubtedly the most challenging record The Wonder Years has ever made.

Named for a poem in the booklet for their 2018 album Sister Cities, The Hum Goes On Forever is a self-referencing masterpiece, and it finds The Wonder Years at their absolute, unequivocal peak. It's a revealing representation of how the six members have all grown together as musicians; they know when to be restrained and when to explode, filling in space and emptiness as needed to create a record that mirrors the heart-torn urgency at its core.

New single "Wyatt's Song (Your Name)" is also out today––a song Campbell wrote for his oldest son, Wyatt. "It’s about the polarizing forces of love and anxiety that come with being a new parent—simultaneously being so overjoyed that they’re here, about the miraculous nature of their existence, but afraid of all the ways you could fail them," Dan explains. "It’s about raising children in a world that feels like it’s actively ending and how to make them feel safe and cared for despite that. It tries to breathe in the small, beautiful moments and exhale all of the invasive thoughts of despair."
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  2. bmir14 Jun 22, 2022
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    best of the bunch so far
     
  3. Bayside 182 Jun 22, 2022
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    I haven’t been able to get into this band much since greatest generation but Wyatt’s song is very solid (sounds a bit like an older song than many of their more recent ones)
     
  4. Rawrz Jun 22, 2022
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    Cardinals II. That is all.
     
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  6. ALT/MSC/FAN Jun 22, 2022
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    It's chaos. Be kind. Prestigious

    I think the record's out 9/23?
     
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  7. fredwordsmith Jun 22, 2022
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    Boy, I hope they nail it.
     
  8. kelseyleigh Jun 22, 2022
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    Excited for this album.
     
  9. MattNCheeze Jun 22, 2022
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    Having fond memories of when Local Man premiered on AP and this shit crashed faster than the stock market rn.
     
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  10. Jason Tate Jun 22, 2022
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    newsletter is back Staff Member

    Press release says 2nd:

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    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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  11. kelseyleigh Jun 22, 2022
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    RIYL: The Wonder Years
     
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  12. bcapps Jun 22, 2022
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  13. bcapps Jun 22, 2022
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    3/3 on singles for this album so far. Could not get into Sister Cities, but these tracks have all been fantastic and pulled me right back in. I have a feeling I'm really going to enjoy this album. Great album art, too
     
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  15. CMilliken Jun 22, 2022
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    Was here to say this! Can’t wait to hear this one.
     
  16. Rustash Jun 22, 2022
    Rustash

    Thing-doer

    Great title, great art, great singles so far, and I'm loving all the references to past songs. It really seems like a return to form after Sister Cities (which I didn't dislike, but it was definitely a different direction for them).
     
  17. BigMouth Jun 22, 2022
    BigMouth

    new EP out now! Supporter

    So excited for this, but it is definitely coming out on the 23rd.
     
  18. huntercrunch Jun 22, 2022
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    Regular

    The new sound they went for with the last album really didn't do anything for me, but all of the singles from this album have been killing it. This might be my favorite. Great hook.
     
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  19. AlwaysEvolving21 Jun 22, 2022
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    Damn! Thats already right around the corner.
     
  20. AAstra Jun 22, 2022
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    Didn’t matter to me either way, but for some reason, I was anticipating Threadbare to show up here.

    Stoked on the new songs. Seeing them in September so will be cool to hear some new stuff.
     
  21. Punkrocker Jun 22, 2022
    Punkrocker

    Wiping brings down the rainforest

    I'm also in the sister cities didn't quite do it for me camp. The greatest generation is peak wonder years for me. Cardinals was part great part just ok... I look forward to hearing this one in full.
     
  22. parkerxcore Jun 23, 2022
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    It's gooood much better than SC
     
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  24. Damien Davies Jun 23, 2022
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    Love this new song, feels like a return to form.
     
  25. fredwordsmith Jun 23, 2022
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    Passes the “windows down” test with flying fucking colors.
     
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  26. Neon Light Jun 25, 2022
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    rage and love

    Do you mean the album “No Closer to Heaven” or the song “Cardinals”?
     
  27. Punkrocker Jul 3, 2022
    Punkrocker

    Wiping brings down the rainforest

    Whoops yes, I meant the album No Closer to Heaven... But Brothers & Cardinals are some of my favorites from it.