The Wonder Years Band • Page 9

Almost added Came Out Swinging and/or Cul de Sac

 

devil in my bloodstream
dismantling summer
and now i'm nothing
me vs. the highway
scared & sorry

 

top 5 outside the top 5 just because i felt bad leaving these out

There There
The Bastards The Vultures The Wolves
Woke Up Older
Coffee Eyes
Washington Square Park

 

While probably not their best, the 5 that resonate the most with me are:

Cul-de-sacs
I Don't Like Who I Was Then
The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves
Woke Up Older
Local Man Ruins Everything

 

Cigarettes and Saints
I won't say the Lord's Prayer
Sell out my funeral
There, there
And now I'm nothing

Bloodstream and cul de sac are up there, as well as a few from upsides (if nothing else but for the nostalgia)

 

There, There
Came Out Swinging
I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral
Me Vs The Highway
The Devil In My Bloodstream

 

Surprised at the lack of Scared & Sorry.

 

I got scared & I'm sorry
Cul de sac
Chaser
Don't let me cave in
Woke up older

 

Me vs the Highway
Me vs the Highway
Me vs the Highway
Me vs the Highway
Me vs the Highway

 

I always kind of forget me vs the highway exists, then fall back in love with it every couple months.

 

I don't know that I've ever heard that song.

 

I think it was off a hopeless summer comp and then they threw it on the suburbia deluxe edition.

 

Man, I remember when that split with Stay Ahead Of The Weather streamed on Absolutepunk and Thomas wrote this awesome retrospective article on The Wonder Years. I was in a music class and my friend Sarah always sat beside me, she went to the bathroom (in reality i think she was going to make out with some guy) and I used her laptop without her permission to stream Me Vs The Highway and read the article. I managed to sneak one headphone under my hoodie so I could listen without the professor noticing. I was absolutely blown away by that bridge.

 

Their cover of anchor from iioi may crack my top ten in all honesty

 

The bridge from Salinger still gives me chills, aside from the shitty lyrics in the rest of the song.

 

Honestly, same. The cover IIOI did of DLMCI still brings me to tears, too.

 

Really cool that Laura Stevenson is touring with them in the UK. Hope that happens in the US at some point.

 

I still think Suburbia is one of the best releases this genre has had, and likely ever will have.

 

Completely agree. To see the impact this record still has on myself and many others is just so insanely cool to see. It's going to be a staple for a very, very long time.

 

There, There
Came Out Swinging
Raindance in Traffic
Devil in My Bloodstream
Don't Let Me Cave In

 

And Now I'm Nothing
Came Out Swinging
There There
Cigarettes & Saints
The Bluest Things On Earth (this is probably an unpopular opinion)

'Funeral' in the context of its album is one of my favorite twy songs. However, on its own it doesn't have the same emotional impact.

 

Bluest Things doesn't hit my top 5, but I totally see why it would hit someone else's. That song is a banger.

 

Totally. I love how Soupy starts singing right off the bat, and the dueling guitars during the solo. When I first heard it I dismissed it for sounding 'too pop punk', but with time I realized there was much more to it.

 

Cigarettes and Saints
Bluest Things on Earth
Brothers & / Cardinals (If I had to pick just one, Cardinals)
Devil in my Bloodstream
Don't Let Me Cave In

Honorable Mention: Coffee Eyes

I really don't understand all of the hate for NCTH. I think it is a career-defining album. It's perfect to me and my favorite album of all-time. I can still play it all the way through without issue today. It has been in my car's CD player since I bought it last year. And I love Suburbia / TGG. TGG is a very close second for me.

Still waiting for that Fall tour announcement...

 

5. Hoodie Weather
4. There, There
3. Washington Square Park
2. Don't Let Me Cave In
1. I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral

I wanted to fit something from No Closer To Heaven but I have too close connection to the first 3 albums (starting with The Upsides of course).