"The Upsides" is a record about hope. During the past year, The Wonder Years found themselves trudging through their early twenties alongside an army of downtrodden friends. It felt like sadness had become the status quo and that didn't sit well with the Philadelphia-based five piece. On a bike ride around the fountain at Logan Circle on the first day of spring, the idea struck that this constant state of defeat was no way to live and out of that, "The Upsides" was born.
The result is 12 tracks of overly honest pop punk that resonates with the band's past influences like Motion City Soundtrack, Saves the Day and The Starting Line, but also speaks to new influences like Thursday and even The Hold Steady. In writing "The Upsides," The Wonder Years have created a soundtrack for the hopeful. The band continually sings, "I'm not sad anymore" in the hopes that everyone still feeling the weight of the past year can soon sing along.
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