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| Wunder Years - Pitstops on the Road Less Traveled |
Northern California's fastest rising melodic punk, emo, indie rock heros.
Put some rock in your pants.
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Go Kid Go
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25% |
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Hopeless Romantic
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17% |
| 3 |
Somewhere In The Middle Of The Pacific
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8% |
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Full Circle
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17% |
| 5 |
Where The Sidewalk Begins
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8% |
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Vacations/seperations
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0% |
| 7 |
Difference
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0% |
| 8 |
Backstab
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0% |
| 9 |
Just What I Needed
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0% |
| 10 |
Superbowl Sunday
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25% |
| 11 |
The Electric Shoes
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0% |
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| 9/23/2006 by Vincent from Plaisir, France |
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| Pfff, I don't even know how to start this review. This album is one of the biggest step forward i've made in my musical life. One of the five most sincere and urgent albums i've heard in my life, really. Full of hope, will, fury, strenght. Yes, strenght: this album is an forty minutes long anthem for those who think they are weak. It's a place where the so-called weak can become strong. Sounds pretentious? Listen to the record, first. "There is a road at the edge of town; can you hear it call your name?". Brian Moss, the singer/lead guitarist of TWY but also Hanalei, The Ghost and Trust Foundation, is one of the punk-rock genius of our generation, and almost no one has ever hear of him. Lame. They all miss something that can change lives. Really. |
| 1/3/2006 by Alex from Long Beach, CA |
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| My..God... Brian Moss has officially clawed his way up to god along with Brendan Kelly. I bought this cd around the same time i got into Hanalei and a while after i was in love with The Ghost, so included in this review I will include reviews for "This Pen is a Weapon" and "We Are All Natural Disasters" First and Foremost...
The Wunder Years: This CD is instantly enthralling. Go Kid Go: The song that made me give this album more and more listens. Real emotion is portrayed, and the chorus is catchy and smart. A bit cliche but the Broadways influence is evident in the end of the song. The Hopeless Romantic: A hard hitting punk song. In my opinion the most easily dismissable song. A good song to latch onto as you grow into this album. Somewhere in the Middle: The song starts with an uncharacteristic grunting, but bursts into familiar guitars. The song progresses into what will be a pillar in the album but not a shining star. The song is punctuated by the unexplained and nearly comical grunting and whining throughout. A good song. Full Circle: The best song i think. The Nautical Mile esque flair along with a softer Jawbreaker feeling helps this powerful song progress. It is much like the feeling one gets from the chorus of "Go Kid Go" but lasts for much longer and has a much more powerful Message. Where the Sidewalk Ends: Perhaps a nod to Shell Silverstein? In any case a song that defines The Wunder Years' style. The lyrics are powerful and accented by a catchy chorus. Vacations/Seperations: Were one to wonder what emo is apparent on this cd it would be this song. The song rarely picks up but has him singing with such brutal emotion, sing along is an almost tear jerking experience.THis song has a girl back up which would have been nice on other songs, but unfortunately is not. Difference: A punk song that, much like "The Hopeless Romantic" gets lost between excellent tracks. The song is well done but the lyrics are somewhat forgettable. Backstab: Another song to hear once and latch onto until your sense of The Wunder Years grows to that you appreciate the more deep songs. The song easily grabs you and pulls you in and out of the chorus. Just What I Needed: A Decent Cover, In my opinion the worst song on the album. Superbowl Sunday: A drawn out almost epic that charters the singers life. A very good if confusing and catchy song. picks up and lets anyone who loved lyrics like "Full Circle's" lyrics down. The Electric Shoes: Almost a ska song, reminiscing perhaps Alien Spy (Brian Moss' Ska Band!) Stars like a slow ska song but bursts into almost Suicide Machines Punk. OVER ALL: Absolutely Fantastic! For Fans Of: The Broadways, The Dillinger Four
The Ghost: This Pen is a Weapon Broken Ears/Poison Hearts: Much like opening a casket the beginning of the song creaks into powerful drums then into distubring guitar. Brian belts out the lyrics like hes being strangled and the song leaves a lasting impression. Further it addreses topics like political corruption with a poetic flair that needs decoding to fully comprehend. Exorcism in the Key of A Minor: The Song starts with a whispered verse and aches along to a well thought out chorus, until the guitars carry you into a hushed heartbeat (by the bass) where the silence is then slit with screams of "This is an exorcism!" and jolts you awake from the near dream like state of the preceding music. Mad Max was an Amateur: This song is reminiscent of the bands difficulties in touring, yet can be read not unlike a memoir for someone who has crossed cast and varied lands and seen adventure. The song has a endearing chorus that leads into a calm yet hurried verse. Banished and Loving it: The straightest 'punk' song in that it comes out of the gate with a relatively catchy verse accompanied by the intricate guitar work. The song pulls you through its verses until forcing you to stare at yourself critcally and consider your situation. ...and Now for My Dissapearing Act: This is the slowest and most melodic song on the album. the song has thousands of layers that bring it into a melancholy anthem that truly reflects desperation and ones own self doubt. The song is accented with a choir like chanting and is carried by strummed guitar throughout. The Skin We Shed Has Stories to Tell: This Song is quite the converse of the former. The song again starts like "Banished..." but then comes into its own with an odd robot esque voice regailing the story of children and a desperate plight. The song ends addresing the world and how one can overcome all with kindness. The finale will stick n your mind. A Letter From God: This song is a quick and hurried song that accuses and breaks one from the begining to end. The song speeds through the verse and chorus's until the bridge that will take you into a world far away from what was baraging you earlier. Modern Restless: A call to arms to reinvent the punk scene and end the commercialization brought about by things like Warped Tour. The song instantly demands attention and carries through to the unforunately short end. We Shall Persist: the iron of this is amazing as the band has since ended but is a dramatic and slow emotional instrumental song that will haunt your thoughts for weeks. OVER ALL: the single most groundbreaking and underappreciated album of all time. For Fans Of: ?????? good music.
Hanalei: We Are All Natural Disasters Action Drum: The most well thought out and well rhymed song on the album. The song uses repetition of words to bring about its subtle and appropriate tone. The song is truly excellent and incorporates synth well with guitars and drums. Beacon In The Distance: Letters to a love one perhaps? almost parallel to "Mad Max..." this song delicately and depressingly tells the tale of missing a love while being far away. The song has an acoustic folk feel that is interrupted by an appropriate and catchy chorus. Josh and Sarahs Belated Wedding Present: Beutifully mastered (as you can se by the clip) song that mixes the synth and drums excellently. The only song reminscent of "Action Drum" and reads liek beutiful poetry or a man serenading his wife. Perhaps the most acceptable and catchy song throughout the album. Smart Means Sick: A song I honestly did not listen to as much as the others. The song is a memoir of perhaps his childhood crushes and his time on vaation. It also chronicles his perhaps lazy afternoons and drunken nights. Ashby Ashes: A deliate song that brings in smooth instruments and tells a tale of his complete exhasution with much of the world. The song addresses soulfully ones life, much like "A Letter From God..." Hopeful Hands: A very loveable song as it has an endearing chorus and verse and brungs the cd out of the two song slump. The chorus almost bringsin Ghost emotion but does it with smooth finesse. Another acoustic yet beautiful song. Better Days: A song im told is reminiscent of older folk singers as he tells with a happy guitar and maraca of his dreams of living far away and all the peace that accompanies it. This is Going to Be the Best Summer Ever: Perhaps the best song as it mixes both folk and synth music in a song that is easily related to and catchy enough to remeber and sing it for days. Anza Ninety Three: In my opinion the simile was too obvious and could have been better used but still is a decent song. It is melancholy in its ways as it relates heart break but is by far not the strongest song on the album. Derailment at Six Flags: The title only leaves one guessing how his song which is seemingly about loving someone and a beautiful woman and reeling after a relationship relates to the death of over a dozen people. The song is very nice and romantic. John Hughes Ending: John Hughes directed 'Pretty in Pink' and the song almost feels like watching a romance between awkward teens. THe song is very strong and will grasp you and leave you engaged until the end. Eulogy: A bit folky in its guitar but depressing in that it uses old memories to remeber the innocence that once was. The song also tells of longing and desire. Very nostalgic and appropriate to end the album and start it over with the relatively fast "Action Drum". Over All: Depressed laptop folk with alcohol and love. Gives you a nice emotional fix without selling out for DEATH CAB (WHOOOOOOsuck) For Fans of: The Postal Service, Robert Nanna
Three Great Cd's that would be bst enjoyed TWY, to TG to H but can be loved based on your style. Again BRIAN MOSS IS GOD. i would pay to see him vs. BK in a fight. All great genre defying cds. |
| 4/27/2004 by Tim from Redding, CA |
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| I originally thought this was the worst thing I had ever heard (besides Coheed & Cambria) but actually started to like this more and more. The singer has a pretty raw voice and it sounds good on the album. I think I initially bought this album because of the cool album name. Anyhow, not a 3, but not a 4. It's a tweener. |
| 7/12/2003 by Kevin from Haddonfield, NJ |
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| god bless the wunder years. i love this cd and it still gets constant play. in the vein of rock and roll/emo/melodic punk and this cd is just a gem. it's got perfect production so it doesn't get tired at all. i am so glad i picked this up before it went out of stock. |
| 5/18/2003 by Ben from Palmer, AK |
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| i just got this, so it hasnt grown on me too much, so far i have given it a 4. the reason i didnt give it a 5 is cause some parts are tooo slow. otherwise this cd is rad. |
| 2/13/2003 by Ryan from Columbus, IN |
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| Check out Brian Moss in his youth. Not a great CD but pretty good. It is really cool to check out Brian in his younger years and to hear his new band The Ghost to hear how he has changed musically. Buy it if you have some extra dough. |
| 8/11/2002 by Tony from Ukiah, CA |
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| Ok this band is one of my all time favs... great lyrics, great sound great everything. Fast yet slow, I don't know what else to say but FUCKING GREAT>>>>>>.. so don't hesitate to by... oh and on a side note the bassist for the second release "function over fashion" has a band called "THE VELVET TEEN" check them out. This band has a sound to their own and most original band I've heard in a long time... keep the peace. word Tony |
| 2/17/2002 by David from Lemon Grove, CA |
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| The Wunder Years have unfortunetly broken up but their music lives on! This is their first and only full length album although they also released a split EP with Sorry About the Fire, and a solo EP entitled 'Function Over Fashion'. This is great punk rock/indie rock music comparable to Hot Water Music and American Steel. They definitely give their own twist to this/these genres. Most tracks here are very energetic and are a good mid-tempo, some a little slower, some faster. Great guitar work here that is original and catchy. Raw, heart-felt vocals that move between sweet, harmonious singing and emotional bloody screams, in a good way, like Matt Skiba from the Alkaline Trio. A good mix of sounds kinda like Berkeley punk mixed with Chicago rock n' roll. If you at all like the Lawrence Arms, definitly check these guys out. This is good shit! P.S. members of the Wunder Years are now in a band called 'The Ghost". |
| 11/5/2001 by Garrett from Houston, TX |
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| Its not often that you run into a band that combines incredible, intelligent, and poetic songwriting with powerful yet sensitive rock rythyms. The Wunder Years puts faith back in the english language's ability to eloquently express emotions. Although the Wunder Years may no longer be a band, I will look for songwriter Brian Moss in 'The Ghost'.
*I guess they sound like 88 Fingers Louie (vocals) and Horace Pinker (sound,style,whatever)
*Well... Buy the spring sucks comp if you want to hear them. ($1) You have a dollar |
| 5/5/2001 by Chris from Bountiful, UT |
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| This cd is alright, Its cool, but I would chose something different, but it is a very good cd, listen to it before buying |
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