The Wonder Years

No Closer to Heaven

I met Soupy at Warped Tour like 2 months before this album came out and fangirled to him about how The Greatest Generation was (at the time) my favorite album of all time and thanked him for making it. Upon hearing that, his face grew the biggest, brightest smile imaginable and said to me "I'll tell you what: September 4th, we're gonna top it."

When this album came out, I firmly believed it was the greatest album ever made. It was emotionally poignant and profound, without any of the ... read more

meh

Idk what I'm missing about this band or this record, but it is not it. I don't particularly care for the put-on gruff vocal style that comes in at various points throughout the record. The production and arrangements did nothing to catch my ear or hook me in. While it's not thoroughly awful, I don't think anyone's missing out on not checking out The Wonder Years, at least not by starting with this record.

An album about loss and their most emo-ish one, in accordance with the necessary excesses.