The Wonder Years first released this album, named Suburbia, I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing, in 2011, and this is one of the last from the first batch of pressings. Every color except black was gone, so that's what I had to order. The album, taking inspiration from Allen Ginsberg's poem "America", is a telling recount of the group's hometown of Lansdale, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philly. They tell stories of homeless men being beaten to death under benches in Philadelphia's Memorial Park, and give a 101 course on anecdotal remembrance of the geographical locations Logan Circle and Logan Square. It's a pop-punk marathon, and with this, their third LP, The Wonder Years have claimed the gold medal. Both Suburbia and their sophomore release The Upsides are modern pop-punk masterpieces.
Music aside, the artwork is also amazing. It really does convey the emotions that are in the lyrics: "I spent this year as a ghost and I'm not sure what I'm looking for."
