The Wonder Years stream "Thanks For The Ride" from 'No Closer To Heaven'
As the Wonder Years prepare to release their fifth studio album tomorrow, September 4, through Hopeless Records, the kings of pop-punk are giving us another taste of what's to come with “Thanks For The Ride.” Talking to SPIN, where the song premiered, frontman Dan “Soupy” Campbell discusses the idea behind the mournful single, written for a friend who had passed away. “I wanted to write a verse that imagined a realistic ‘if you had come out of the coma [scenario],'” he says. “It was the idea of us losing touch after college, and here you got married to some boy in California and have a baby on the way. I really like that idea of, ‘We probably still wouldn’t talk, but you would be happy and that would be enough.”
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You can stream “Thanks For The Ride” below and get your last-minute pre-orders in for No Closer To Heaven before its official release tomorrow. You can also catch the six-piece on tour this fall with Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs and You Blew It! The full run of dates can be found below.
Dates:
Oct 17 Webster Hall New York, NY
Oct 18 Webster Hall New York, NY
Oct 20 The Palladium Worcester, MA
Oct 22 Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH
Oct 23 The Fillmore Detroit, MI
Oct 24 Riviera Theatre Chicago, IL
Oct 25 First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
Oct 27 Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
Oct 28 Murray Theater Murray, UT
Oct 30 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
Oct 31 Showbox at the Market Seattle, WA
Nov 02 The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
Nov 03 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Nov 05 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
Nov 06 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA
Nov 07 Soma San Diego, CA
Nov 10 Alamo City Music Hall San Antonio, TX
Nov 11 House of Blues Houston, TX
Nov 12 House of Blues Dallas, TX
Nov 13 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
Nov 14 The Pageant St. Louis, MO
Nov 16 Cannery Ballroom Nashville, TN
Nov 18 The Ritz Ybor Tampa, FL
Nov 19 Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nov 20 House of Blues Orlando, FL
Nov 21 Masquerade Atlanta, GA
Nov 23 Amos Southend Charlotte, NC
Nov 24 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Nov 25 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Nov 27 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ
