THE WONDER YEARS Interview - "This is the best record I’ve ever been a part of making"
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Dan Campbell says "I get to take this pain & trauma that I have and refashion it into something useful for others" and that THE WONDER YEARS' new album, The Hum Goes on Forever, is "the best record I’ve ever been a part of making."
In this in-depth interview, Montreal Rocks talks with Dan about the record, what makes his band different and how "What makes a Wonder Years song a Wonder Years song is the six of us." He also tells us how Mark Hoppus of Blink 182 helped him.
The Wonder Years' highly-anticipated seventh studio album, The Hum Goes On Forever, finds the band facing an onslaught of things outside of their control; a scenario that's only further exasperated by the fact that it's also the first album they've made since Campbell became a father.
Between pre-vaccine pandemic logistics, anxiety, postpartum depression, inherited trauma, and a band searching for their deeper existential purpose, The Hum Goes On Forever was undoubtedly the most challenging record The Wonder Years has ever made. And while it may have taken them hell to get there, the resulting music speaks for itself.
Named for a poem in the booklet for their 2018 album Sister Cities, The Hum Goes On Forever is a self-referencing masterpiece, and it finds The Wonder Years at their absolute, unequivocal peak. It's a revealing representation of how the six members have all grown together as musicians; they know when to be restrained and when to explode, filling in space and emptiness as needed to create a record that mirrors the heart-torn urgency at its core.
September 16 - Riot Fest - Chicago, IL
Oct 22-29 - When We Were Young - Las Vegas, NV
WITH FIREWORKS + MACSEAL:
October 6 • Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA
October 8 • Main Street Armory - Rochester, NY
October 9 • Royal Oak Music Hall - Royal Oak, MI
October 13 • Irving Plaza - New York, NY
October 14 • Soundstage - Baltimore, MD
October 15 • Palladium - Worcester, MA
ABOUT THE WONDER YEARS
What The Wonder Years do so effortlessly is no small feat; over the course of the last 10+ years and six full-length albums, the Philadelphia-based band truly exists on their own island. One that, through poetic lyricism, ambient guitar swells, and Jimmy Eat World-levels of crashing momentum, has stood the test of time, surviving waves and influencing countless others to follow.
Loved this. So thoughtful to listen to and the interviewer was awesome at talking to (and listening to) Dan🤘
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Real pleasure chatting with Dan.
Dan is my hero. What a dude
This album will be one of the top of all time!!!
Dan's right. "You're the Reason I Don't Want the World to End" is special. It's what I would show, and have shown, to people who need an introduction to the Wonder Years. Great interview!
Cheers Dylan.
Soupy is the best. His lyrics are why I love the Wonder Years so much.
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Awesome interview, love hearing insight from Dan on his songwriting
27:45 I love how Dan told us to just give it a listen here. I don't think there's anything he could have said here that would have done a better job of explaining why it's the last song on the record compared to just listening to it yourself. It's already a great song on its own, and a great closer for an album, but for this album specifically? I think it was the most perfect way to close out this record.
I was at that town takeover - really cool experience
Thank you so much! I love this band SO much, but fireworks forever has the honors of being the first band I ever saw, with yellowcard and all time low. They are both fantastic and I am scrambling to ask my gf if we can get tickets even though it's in less than a week 😅
John Moreland and the mountain goats .
I love this man.
Really good interview. The connexion from the inferviewer was just off at some times. Was kind of hard go listen
The last song is PAIN. There are a few songs on there I cry to, totally.
I was so waiting for Dan to say that the song he would play for the person on the plane was "We Look Like Lightning", hah!
Does anyone know where to watch the documentary?
Don't think it's available online yet. They had cinema screenings last week.
@@MontrealRocks thank you!
It's on their UA-cam channel now :)
ua-cam.com/video/0vbqjuxjlWU/v-deo.html