They have not, but seeing how outspoken they've been about prioritizing local business, BIPOC-run shops, etc., I feel pretty good that it's not going to Target and Nestle and OpenAI in their daily lives.
i agree with this, but i think there is room for this sentiment and "it is bozo behavior to sell a song to wwe and perform it for them" to coexist.
After they premiered the song originally Dan posted on IG something along the lines of “for the new followers it’s still free Palestine, etc” When people start questioning one of the biggest supporters of this stuff in the genre I think it’s going too far and I can’t imagine you’ve done more in your own lives for cause than they have
Saw them play New Lows in London earlier this year and it fucking ripped. More than anything, WWE are incredibly dumb (could end the sentence there), for not letting them play it live.
An upcoming project of some sort between Norman Brannon and Dan Campbell in the works. Assume it’s not music related since it’s his handwriting but still cool.
If pressed, probably mine too. I could argue that a few others are better, but nothing comes close to what Suburbia means to me.
Yeah, Suburbia is my favorite too. That CD hardly ever left my car that summer. I had just graduated high school and it was the soundtrack to that time in my life. Crazy its been 15 years.
i think when i was like 14 or 15 an older friend's boyfriend showed me something from GSOI or Won't Be Pathetic Forever that didn't grab me Don't Let Me Cave In was on a warped comp (2011? maybe) and that's what hooked me
Back when Came Out Swinging wasn't their biggest song, but simply the incredible opener on an album that was in itself an insane level up which would, in turn, be topped two years later. Happy 15th birthday Suburbia.
It's still funny to think back to the Suburbia record release show they didn't even play Came Out Swinging but I did get to see them play it for the first time at a random show in Grand Rapids a few months later
I remember preferring The Upsides for about a year. Then I realised my top like 7 TWY songs were from Suburbia.
will never forget the feeling I had hearing Local Man for the first time. TGG is the classic for me but Suburbia is the gloriously messy transition point where they're mid shedding skin and becoming truly special
Having a hard time processing this one. This album came out fifteen years ago, during the last week of my senior year of high school. I will never forget hearing these songs for the first time, the way that they felt when I was freshly 18 with all of the angst I've ever felt reaching their snot-nosed high-school melodramatic peak, staying late to read Thomas Nassiff talk about these songs an AP, or how much this band (and, specifically, this album) changed my life for the better.
Will always remember Banquet Records doing an offer during the release of a 3 pack - The Wonder Years - Suburbia, Fireworks - Gospel, and The Swellers - Good For Me. An amazing summer of music just in those 3 records. Went on to define my music taste for years afterwards.
me being about to turn 15 when this came out like moved all my shit out of our old apartment…so real…
Sometimes I wonder if a key part of TWY experience was growing up with them on those first 3 albums (after GSOI). The 18-24 month gaps between those albums mean you're checking in at distinct life stages for young adults. Suburbia also dropped in June right as school years were ending, college graduations were happening, etc. so it really feels hammers home for anybody who feels like they're still spinning their wheels