The Wonder Years Released New Album 2015 titled "No Closer To Heaven"

Pop punk music in the modern era has grown by bringing up a lot of bands that offers a new color in their music, and one of them is "The Wonder Years". The band that became one of the pioneers Realist Pop Punk music has released a new album titled "No Closer To Heaven" on 4 September 2015 via Hopeless Records. "No Closer To Heaven" is the fifth album after the previous album "The Greatest Generation" which was released in 2013 was able to achieve success and get a lot of praise from music critics. The Wonder Years has become one of the band whose name started to be discussed Since its emergence in the third album entitled "Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing". This time by bringing a new album titled "No Closer To Heaven", The Wonder Years made it into the Billboard Top Albums charts at position nine. Additionally, "No Closer To Heaven" also entered at number 12 Billboard Top 200 and ranks first for Current Alternative Albums and Vinyl LP Albums charts. This is a remarkable achievement for The Wonder Years.

"No Closer To Heaven" consists of 13 songs and a process of this album done since the beginning of the year is in March and April 2015. The album was produced by Steve Evetts and recorded in The Omen Room. As we all know that Steve Evetts is a producer who has handled many bands like Story of the Year, Sepultura, The Dilinger Escape Plan and others. for the making of this album cover art, The Wonder Years entrust Michael Cortada. The process of making the album "No Closer To Heaven" is not easy, especially in terms of writing the album. To overcome these problems, the vocalist Dan Campbell had to consult with his fellow musicians and to the end he managed to write most of the material for this album. Regarding the material in the album "No Closer To Heaven", Dan Campbell said that the album is the theme of grief when we lose someone we love. The theme used was more fresh than the previous albums. On this album they are able to explore deeper emotional to create harmony every existing instruments so as to produce the dynamics of good music to be enjoyed. Every song on this album is filled with very personal lyric that describes the despair, sadness, regret and certainly is the realist in accordance with the type of music they have is Realist Pop Punk. The lyrics were written by a reality in their daily lives. By paying attention to the lyrics in every song on this album, we can enjoy this album as a whole.

Brothers & is the opening track on the album. Brothers & is an instrumental track with a slow tempo with the accompaniment of a vocal group that managed to make it appear as if a counterpoint to the next song. The song was also able to provide an overview of the entire contents of the album. This song then continues to the second song titled Cardinals. You could say that the Cardinals is a continuation of part of the song Brothers & because both of these songs have a message that is inseparable. Cardinals is a song that tells of regret that we can see into the lyrics were so emotional. The music video for the song has also been released. Video Cardinals directed by Kevin Slack and played by members of The Wonder Years. This video tells Dan Campbell ran while carrying drummer Mike Kennedy who was unconscious with down the road. Until finally the ambulance seen in front. but more approachable, the ambulance getting away and Dan Campbell finally decided to stop in his tracks. Furthermore, there is a song called Cigarettes & Saints which tells of sadness and this is depicted in a music video that picked up the story of a woman who wrote a suicide note. Then there is Thanks For The Rides which is an upbeat song to tell about the reality of life is indeed ironic. The song was inspired by the concern Dan Campbell to an old friend who had died. and I Do not Like Who I Was Then is a song that I liked in this album because this song has the lyrics are very emotional in musicality built by The Wonder Years. That some of the songs on the new album The Wonder Years. For a full list of songs from the album "No Closer To Heaven" you can see below:

·      Brothers &

·      Cardinals

·      A Song For Patsy Cline

·      I Don't Like Who I Was Then

·      Cigarettes & Saints

·      The Bluest Things On Earth

·      A Song For Ernest Hemingway

·      Thanks For The Ride

·      Stained Glass Ceilings (Feat. Jason Aalon Butler)

·      I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave

·      You In January

·      Palm Reader

·      No Closer To Heaven

hopefully a band whose members Dan Campbell (vocals), Matt Brashc (guitars), Casey Cavaliere (guitars), Josh Martin (bass), Nick Steinborn (keyboards) and Mike Kennedy (drums) will continue to be a band that is at the forefront in raising the back pop punk music in the world with its own characteristics.

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