The Wonder Years Suburbia: I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing |
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 | Tracklist:
1. Came Out Swinging
2. Woke Up Older
3. Local Man Ruins Everything
4. Suburbia
5. My Life as a Pigeon
6. Summers in PA
7. I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer
8. Coffee Eyes
9. I've Given You All
10. Don't Let Me Cave In
11. You Made Me Want to be a Saint
12. Hoodie Weather
13. And Now I'm Nothing
| Ranking: #19 for 2011 | |
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| Summary: Suburbia, stop pushing. I know what I'm doing. |
6 of 8 thought this review was well written
The Wonder Years have released their newest full length, Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing. This album is absolutely fantastic from start to finish, although there is a song or two that aren't as good as the rest in my opinion. The opening song Came Out Swinging sets the mood as Soupy belts "Moved all my *** to my parents basement, and out of our old apartment, and I know things change, but I'm not sure when" and so begins Suburbia. Came Out Swinging is an amazing opener, probably one of the best I've heard. The next two songs, Woke Up Older and Local Man Ruins Everything, keep the pace going with fast guitars and incredible drumming by Mike Kennedy. The Wonder Years have some of the best and most honest lyrics, and these two tracks prove it. Also, fans of The Upsides will notice that references to that album begin to pop up. I wont write them here, because its better to find them yourself. But they're really nice homages to their previous album
I feel I should've mentioned the fact that this album is a concept album, inspired by Ginsberg's own America. The three songs Suburbia, I've Given You All, and And Now I'm Nothing, serve as "settings" while the rest of the album functions as a timeline for the band and when the songs were written. Suburbia is the first of these to show up, as Soupy sings about his small suburbia town and the events that happened there.
The album takes a semi-breather with I Won't Recite The Lords Prayer. I can understand what Soupy is trying to say in this song. Getting bullied or scared into believing is never a good thing, nor is being ignorant and blindly believing either. I like this song, its pretty catchy and has a good message to boot. After this, Coffee Eyes kicks in. This bass and drum driven track was one of the initial three tracks to be released before the album came out ( The others being Local Man and Don't Let Me Cave In). As Soupy and the boys belt " There's always been a table for me there" I can't help but sing along. My favorite song on the album, Don't Let Me Cave In, begins with "You drove me all the way up here, cause you could tell that I was a mess, I wasn't gonna make it to dinner, I shouldn't be calling again, you drove me all the way back" then the whole band kicks it into overdrive.
As the album starts to wind down, were treated to a lightning fast homage to a friend that passed away in the form of You Made Me Want To Be A Saint. This is probably my least favorite song on the album, but its still a good song and a good tribute to a dear friend. Hoodie Weather is a great song as well, with a great beat and fantastic lyrics. The closer for the album, And Now I'm Nothing, brings everything full circle as it references the previous songs before it, and gives a real good sense of closure. As Soupy sings "I'll put my life back together in silence while writing songs on Molly's guitar, and Suburbia stop pushing, I know what I'm doing". The song comes to a close with " I know we've got miles to go but, I'm putting my shoulder to the wheel".
And that's Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing. A great album from start to finish that I would absolutely recommend to anybody.
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Album Rating: 3.5 | Sound Off
hmm i was waiting for someone to post a review, i really think the whole intro is a bit unnecessary and from there it's pretty much a reworked version of the review on absolutepunk.
Digging: Every Time I Die - Ex Lives Digging: Every Time I Die - Ex Lives | | | Album Rating: 3.5
How have you been waiting forever for this album when their last one came out just last year? Come on now.
Digging: Animal Collective - Honeycomb/Gotham Digging: Animal Collective - Honeycomb/Gotham | | | Album Rating: 4.5
Yea its pretty rough, but its my first and hopefully not my last. I know The Upsides came out last year, but I've been looking forward to this album since last December haha. Just seemed like forever to me.
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I appreciate the critiques, and I apologize for it being so poor. I'm no professional, just a new user sharing his opinions on an album he enjoys. I'll delete it, or one of you moderators can. I'll keep reading up and hopefully write a much better review in the future.
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Yeah, this needs a lot of work.
The album is just fantastic, though.
Digging: Kate Miller-Heidke - Nightflight | | | Album Rating: 4
Finally, a review for this. I didn't read it, but it sounds like people aren't liking it (the review that is).
Digging: Challenges - We Ruined The Neighborhood | | | Album Rating: 4
This is pretty good, but I still prefer the Upsides.
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No waaaaaaaay
Digging: Propagandhi - Supporting Caste Digging: Propagandhi - Supporting Caste | | | Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
I've already said this, but as far as pop-punk goes, I have a feeling in 10 years this will mean what Dude Ranch means to me now, that is if I still listen to pop-punk at 27.
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The amount of ass-kicking this album does is second to none. Love TWY.
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I've never really been into these guys, but I'll probably give this a listen with an open mind
Digging: You Blew It! - Grow Up, Dude Digging: You Blew It! - Grow Up, Dude
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where the fuck can i download this. link plz
| | | Album Rating: 4.5
Buy it. Its worth every penny. Amazon and Itunes even have some special deals and a bonus track. These guys deserve the money.
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not the biggest pop punk fan unless its anthemic as fuck, and the handful of vids I youTubed from this fit the bill.
Digging: Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction
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Listened to this once and it was amazing  track 1 and the track with a blast beat are the best.... because it has a blast beat
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i bought this today
it sounds like millencolin
Digging: Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials Digging: Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials
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How does this have such a high rating when it's as formulaic as it is?
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the transitions and intricacies maybe
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Or just the basic song structure... cause if you get really quiet at the end then get REALLY LOUD it makes it that much more intense so why not just do it on every song
A single useage of dynamics makes the songs sooo good
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This is probably a 3.5 for me, but I've never been a fan of pop-punk.
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