The Wonder Years' new album, The Greatest Generation, has debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 charts with 19,673 units moved in first-week sales. For some perspective: The first time I interviewed the band, they were excitedly reporting first-week sales of The Upsides that came in at 1,852 units. Congratulations to the band, their management and Hopeless Records!

Mike Kennedy from The Wonder Years is selling the drum set that was used to track The Upsides. The auction will start at noon EST today and run for three days at this link.

In the replies, you can check out The Wonder Years performing an acoustic rendition of "There There" at the band's New Jersey in-store yesterday.

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Jump to the replies to watch The Wonder Years perform acoustic renditions of three songs from The Greatest Generation at an in-store appearance yesterday.

Watch The Wonder Years' acoustic performance of "Dismantling Summer" over at MTV Buzzworthy.

The Wonder Years' Dan Campbell recorded guest vocals for the new A Loss for Words album today.

May the fourteenth be with you, how's that for your puns?

Staff Reviews

The Wonder Years - The Greatest Generation (Thomas Nassiff)
Harry Fraud - High Tide (Jake Jenkins)
Dead Confederate - In the Marrow (Gregory Robson)
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Jason Blum - Radio Dial (Gregory Robson)
New American Farmers - Brand New Days (Gregory Robson)
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In the replies, you can watch video of The Wonder Years performing "Came Out Swinging" acoustically at yesterday's Soundcheck Hollywood in-store performance. Don't forget - the band's pop-up shop is happening this week in Philadelphia from the 14th to the 17th, so don't miss out.

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Stream The Wonder Years' new record The Greatest Generation in its entirety here. You can read some first impressions on the record from Jason and Drew, and Thomas' review should be live this week as well. Is this album meeting your expectations? Surpassing? Let us know in the comments. Remember, the record hits stores on May 14th and you can pre-order it via iTunes here.

The Wonder Years premiered a new song titled "The Devil In My Bloodstream" on Man Overboard's radio show last night. Take a listen here. The Greatest Generation drops one week from today.

You can read PureVolume's recent chat with The Wonder Years' frontman Dan Campbell here.

Watch The Wonder Years' new lyric video for "The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves" here.

The Wonder Years are releasing another new song, "The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves," this Thursday, May 2nd. Kerrang will premiere the track at 12 noon EST.

Michael Kennedy, drummer for The Wonder Years, is doing his first-ever 5K run for charity in Montgomery County, PA. "The Exercise Doesn't Suck 5K" will take place on June 2, and participation in the event is limited to only 30 people. Send an email if you're interested in participating. Kennedy said in a detailed statement, which you can read fully in the replies, that this is a test-run for hopefully bigger charity events in the future.

The Wonder Years are doing this thing where you can upload a video to Vimeo asking them a question. Then they will take your video and answer your question, and compile and bunch, and put them on the Internet. Learn more in the replies - and it's worth watching even if you're not interested, because the video is funny.

We told you last week about The Wonder Years' pop-up shop going on in Philadelphia during the release week for The Greatest Generation, and now the band has released tickets for each night. The tickets are free - you just have to print them out and bring them with you to the event. However, they are limited, and the final night (featuring an acoustic Wonder Years performance, meet-and-greet and signings) is almost "sold out." Head to the replies to see what's going down each night.

The Gunz Show spoke with Soupy of The Wonder Years in a detailed and in-depth interview regarding The Greatest Generation. You can listen to it here.

The Wonder Years will be playing in-store sessions during the release week of The Greatest Generation in California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Check out where and when in the replies.

The Wonder Years released a lyric video for "Dismantling Summer" and guess what it's in the replies! The Greatest Generation, May 14, Hopeless Records, etc.

Head here to check out "Dismantling Summer," the second song released from The Wonder Years' new record, The Greatest Generation. It's out May 14 via Hopeless Records. If you somehow missed it, we streamed the first track, "Passing Through A Screen Door," here. What do you think of the new track?

The Wonder Years have announced a pop-up shop with Glamour Kills. The pop-up shop will be open from May 14-17 at Stupid Easy Ideas Gallery in Philadelphia. It will feature acoustic performances by a host of different artists, signings, movies, food and limited edition collaborative items. There's an admat in the replies and The Greatest Generation is out May 14 via Hopeless.

The Wonder Years will be making another big announcement tomorrow, and they'll be streaming a new track titled "Dismantling Summer" on Monday.

You can pre-order The Wonder Years's upcoming album, The Greatest Generation, on iTunes as well as Amazon. It includes the lengths of each track, if that's something you're into.

The Wonder Years have announced four record release shows in 24 hours in support of The Greatest Generation. The band will play in Philadelphia at 6pm on May 10 with Modern Baseball, then in New York City at 12am on May 11 with A Loss for Words. Then comes Chicago at 10am on May 11 with Mixtapes and to close it out, Los Angeles at 6pm on May 11 with The Sheds. Tickets can be purchased here. The Greatest Generation graces our ears May 14 via Hopeless Records.

Among the preorder options for The Wonder Years' upcoming record, The Greatest Generation, are several packages that offer a few different 7"s. There are five different clear variants, and on the B-side of the vinyl is an emblem that represents one of the five recurring themes on the record - bombs, pill bottles, ghosts, devils and birds. One package includes all five 7"s while the other packages include a random 7" and you can see the pressing information for the different variants in the replies.

The pre-order bundles for The Wonder Years's upcoming album, The Greatest Generation, are live again. The initial red variant pressing of 1200 has been expanded to 3000. Also the bundles are back and have been fitted with the red variant as well, thus making the blue variant out of print.

You can watch the lyric video for The Wonder Years new song, "Passing Through a Screen Door," in the replies. If you missed the chat and interview yesterday, catch up!

The Wonder Years' new song, "Passing Through A Screen Door," is now available to purchase on iTunes for $1.29. If you liked our song stream, be sure to pick it up! Additionally, The Greatest Generation is up for vinyl preorder on Amazon.

Update: The chat is now over! Thanks so much to the band for hanging out for a couple hours and to all of you for sticking through our technical difficulties today. It means a lot to us, the band and Hopeless Records. Be sure to check back here for more TWY news as their album release cycle continues!



Welcome to The Greatest Monday. Today we are endlessly excited to share with you all the first song from The Wonder Years' upcoming album, The Greatest Generation. You can now stream "Passing Through A Screen Door" in the replies and check out a lengthy interview I did with frontman Dan Campbell as well. In addition, the record can now be preordered and "Screen Door" will be...

Just a friendly reminder that Monday at 3pm EST / noon PST, we will be debuting the first song from The Wonder Years' new record, The Greatest Generation. At 6pm EST / 3pm PST, the band will be in the exclusive thread to chat with fans as well. Paired with the song stream will be a lengthy interview I did with Dan Campbell, a tiny portion of which you can read below.

I posted up some thoughts after my first listen of The Wonder Years' new album, The Greatest Generation. Check back on Monday when we debut a song from the album and the band comes by to chat.

The Wonder Years will be putting out The Greatest Generation on May 14 via Hopeless Records. Today we're happy to share with you all that we'll be bringing you the first taste of that record right here on AP.net on Monday at 3 p.m. EST / noon PST. We'll have the first song stream from the album along with a lengthy interview I conducted with Dan Campbell. Additionally, The Wonder Years will be coming into that song stream thread at 6 p.m. EST / 3 p.m. PST for a full-on band chat to talk with everyone, so make sure you quit your job or whatever else you need to do in order to be on the Internet all day Monday.

The Wonder Years have released an album trailer for The Greatest Generation, which drops May 14 via Hopeless Records. In it, the band explains the meaning behind the album's title and talks a bit about the album writing and recording process. There's video of the guys in the studio and there's a new song clip in there, taken from the opening track "There, There." Check it out in the replies. Oh, and they've also updated their website.

The Wonder Years was forced to cancel tonight's show in Fargo, ND due to the weather.

Read my review of the Pawtucket, RI stop of The Wonder Years' current tour with Fireworks, Hostage Calm and Misser on March 9th here.

What kind of fool thinks love's a prison or a handicap? Only says goodbye.

Review

Jamaican Queens - Wormfood (Gregory Robson)

Show Reviews

The Wonder Years, Fireworks, Hostage Calm, Misser - Pawtucket, RI (Alex DiVincenzo)
SXSW Day 2: Thursday

Interviews

Olafur Arnalds (Gregory Robson)
Connor Zwetsch (Gregory Robson)
Within The Ruins Top 5 Stage Injuries (Christian Wagner)

Silverstein and The Wonder Years will be playing shows across Canada before jumping on the Warped Tour this June. Dates are in the replies.

Head to the replies to watch some footage from The Wonder Years' recent show in Pawtucket, RI with Fireworks, Hostage Calm and Misser. Keep an eye out for a review.

The Wonder Years will release their new album, The Greatest Generation, on May 14th via Hopeless Records. The artwork can be found in the replies.

Track Listing
01) There, There
02) Passing Through A Screen Door
03) We Could Die Like This
04) Dismantling Summer
05) The Bastards, The Vultures, The Wolves
06) The Devil in My Bloodstream
07) Teenage Parents
08) Chaser
09) An American Religion (FSF)
10) A Raindance In Traffic
11) Madelyn
12) Cul-de-sacs
13) I Just Want To Sell Out My Funeral

Today is The Wonder Years guitarist Matt Brasch's 27th birthday. Wish him a happy one in the replies.

The Wonder Years have finished recording its new album. Milkshakes for everyone!

Stream The Wonder Years' Sleeping on Trash: A Collection of Songs Recorded 2005-2010 here.

Along with Sleeping With Sirens and The Wonder Years being announced, Memphis May Fire, Handguns, Forever Came Calling, Mad Child and Kairo Kingdom have all been added to this year's Warped Tour.

The Wonder Years have announced that they'll be playing the entire Vans Warped Tour this year on the main stage.