Awesome Underground ★ Music Review: THE WONDER YEARS: RIOT FEST 2016 ♫ MUSIC REVIEW

The Wonder Years is an American pop punk band from Lansdale, Pennsylvania that formed in July 2005. Since their conception, they have released five full-length albums, two EPs, and several splits/compilations. The group is currently signed to Hopeless Records. Their name originates from a paper that lead vocalist, Dan 'Soupy' Campbell, read that was written by one of his after-school educators titled "The Wonder Years. Band Members Include: Matt Brasch (guitar, backing vocals), Dan "Soupy" Campbell (lead vocals), Casey Cavaliere (guitar, backing vocals), Mike Kennedy (drums, percussion), Josh Martin (bass guitar, backing vocals), Nick Steinborn (guitars, keyboards, piano, backing vocals)

Majestic pop punk. I say majestic because it's a little more than pop punk

No Closer to Heaven
This album has an actual intro track. That is magnificent.

I spent the greater part of my day immersed in this album and there were hints of so many different artists that stood out to me. But the most important thing was that this band was able to take so many elements and attributes that are present in a slew of other bands and bring them together in their own, original and glorious sound. My favorite person to discuss music with pointed out that they sound similar to Taking Back Sunday, and at first, I agreed, with the revision of "Pre-"Happiness Is"" But the more I listened, the less of TBS I heard, and the more I heard bits of influences from other bands, such as:
I noticed that the lead vocalist sounds a lot like the lead vocalist from Stereo Fuse in several moments, but not all of the time. And also, the more I listened to this band, the more I realized that they are so much more than pop punk. There's definitely a lot of pop punk in there, but I also hear some post-rock and alternative sprinkled in there.

My favorite track on this album is "I Don't Like Who I Was Then"

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