Emo Revival Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just got the press release and figured I'd put this here as a place holder. From the press release: Philadelphia, PA - March 6, 2013 - The Wonder Years will be releasing their new album, The Greatest Generation, via Hopeless Records on May 14th, 2013. The album was produced and engineered by Steve Evetts (Saves the Day, Lifetime, Every Time I Die), and mixed byMark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World, Blink-182, Motion City Soundtrack). The band will appear on the entire 2013 Vans Warped Tour Main Stage, as well as heading out on their Spring headliner tour with Fireworks, Hostage Calm, and Misser, kicking off on March 8th in Asbury Park, NJ. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit:www.TheWonderYearsBand.com. Consisting of Dan "Soupy" Campbell (lead singer), Casey Cavaliere (guitarist), Matt Brasch(guitarist), Nick Steinborn (keyboardist/guitarist), Joshua Martin (bassist), and Michael Kennedy (drummer), The Wonder Years are a band that started as something of a joke and grew to become recognized around the country, courtesy of a sloppy debut LP that flicked some sort of switch. Releasing The Upsides in January 2010, a complete departure from The Years' early work, was just the beginning of an ongoing avalanche of momentum that has led the Philadelphia sextet to the forefront of the pop-punk community. Engaging musicianship and intimate, instantly relatable lyricism made The Wonder Years a critical darling even before hordes of fans began to take notice. But it didn't take long for everyone to jump on board. Signing to Hopeless Records with their brand of "realist pop-punk" and re-releasing The Upsides with bonus tracks brought about new buzz, and the release of the sprawling, 13-track concept recordSuburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing in June of 2011 confirmed what many thought: The Wonder Years were for real. Playing shows in basements, backyards and VFW halls the country over in its early years, the band had a DIY mentality long before it broke through to a larger audience. "The idea was that, for a long time, no one wanted to work with The Wonder Years so we said fuck it, we'll do it ourselves,"Campbell says. "We didn't need anyone else. We weren't looking for charity. We were just going to cowboy up and fucking do it." The Wonder Years graced the cover of Alternative Press, played an entire summer on the Vans Warped Tour, and supported New Found Glory on the Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour to close out 2011. They opened 2012 in a huge way, with the Glamour Kills Tour, which Campbell called the band's"first big-boy headliner." Leading Polar Bear Club, Transit, The Story So Far, A Loss for Words, and Into It. Over It. across the country for six weeks of sold-out shows proved that The Wonder Years are still growing, still making new friends, and breaking new boundaries. Now, with the bands new release, The Greatest Generation, we will get to see what The Wonder Years have in store for us in 2013. The band tells us,"We know that this is unequivocally our strongest, most honest and most heartfelt work to date. We can't wait to show everyone what we have in store for this release." The Wonder Years will release The Greatest Generation via Hopeless Records on May 14th, 2013. For track listing and tour dates, see below. Track List: 1. There, There 2. Passing Through A Screen Door 3. We Could Die Like This 4. Dismantling Summer 5. The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves 6. The Devil in My Bloodstream 7. Teenage Parents 8. Chaser 9. An American Religion (FSF) 10. A Raindance In Traffic 11. Madelyn 12. Cul-de-sacs 13. I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral 12" Pressing info: Orange /300 (Banquet Records Exclusive) Blue /600 (OOP) Hot Topic Color /600 Red /3000 7" Pressing info: /300 Ghost /400 Pill Bottle /500 Birds /800 Bombs /1000 Devil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRareCreature Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I neeeeed this EmoVeganBoy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 in before everyone starts with the "I'm not digging the artwork" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamb117 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Stoked. Now let's speculate about anything we can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 in before everyone starts with the "I'm not digging the artwork" I gotta be honest, I dig it quite a bit, and am excited to see it full size when i get the LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chamb117 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 in before everyone starts with the "I'm not digging the artwork"Looks like James Heimer, the guy who did WBPF, who did it but I can't tell on my phone. Could've expected something offbeat.I wasn't aware the cover art affected the music so I don't know why people are complaining about it. I'm just glad there's not a fucking pigeon on the cover again. billya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 in before everyone starts with the "I'm not digging the artwork" I dig it as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veggiecorecords Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Really excited for this you guys! TheRareCreature 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searos Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 in before everyone starts with the "I'm digging the artwork" fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billya Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Just to clarify, I really hope that The Greatest Generation isn't the generation of high school kids with pop punk tank tops. TheMoosen, fireyred77, sjb2k1 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryemis Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Get stoked on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedlee Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 artwork sux Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock N Roll Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I gotta be honest, I dig it quite a bit, and am excited to see it full size when i get the LP Looks like James Heimer, the guy who did WBPF, who did it but I can't tell on my phone. Could've expected something offbeat. I wasn't aware the cover art affected the music so I don't know why people are complaining about it. I'm just glad there's not a fucking pigeon on the cover again. I like the artwork as well. Just seems like in every preorder thread that there is 2-3 pages filled with people saying how they hate the artwork haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnstiles Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 So stoked. coryemis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_jones Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 artwork sux i'm assuming this is in jest. nobody actually uses 'sux' seriously, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artlovesyou Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Looks like James Heimer, the guy who did WBPF, who did it but I can't tell on my phone. Could've expected something offbeat. I wasn't aware the cover art affected the music so I don't know why people are complaining about it. I'm just glad there's not a fucking pigeon on the cover again. Definitely Heimer. Digging the art as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostVillasBlues2K Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 So amped that Steve Evetts is engineering/producing this. I love his guitar tones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
putol Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Get stoked on it! coryemis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsostarich Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Really interested to see the variants for this. coryemis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic252 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Really like the artwork. I think I'm going to hold out on preodering until they post a song. Honestly though, I don't have much hope for this being incredible like their last 2 LPs coryemis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted March 6, 2013 Author Share Posted March 6, 2013 Added a higher quality/larger copy of the artwork to the OP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
californiaflow Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Stoked on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRareCreature Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Really like the artwork. I think I'm going to hold out on preodering until they post a song. Honestly though, I don't have much hope for this being incredible like their last 2 LPs Pretty sure you can't preorder it yet so I'll hold out with you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic252 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Pretty sure you can't preorder it yet so I'll hold out with you Yeah I know. I just meant that if preorders go up before a song, I'll probably hold out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostVillasBlues2K Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Really like the artwork. I think I'm going to hold out on preodering until they post a song. Honestly though, I don't have much hope for this being incredible like their last 2 LPs I'm confused by your skepticism. Band puts out two consecutive incredible records, third one is probably going to suck. veggiecorecords 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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