The Wonder Years' new album, Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing, features a Japanese bonus track, entitled Living Room Song. Dan Soupy Campbell has now explained the meaning of the song. Click the Read More… link to read the explanation.
Last year we were the runner up for B-side of the year. This year we took home the prize. Man, I guess we need to start re-evaluating which songs make the actual record, huh? That was a joke. I know you're always supposed to start acceptance speeches with jokes but in reality we're honored to take this home in a year with so many amazing records that produced so many awesome B-sides. This song was born out of all the doomsday shit I had been hearing between 2012 hype and even moreso the Harold Camping followers. When I heard all of the things that old delusional man was saying, the need to respond bubbled up in me but when I sat down to write lyrics, instead of something angry, all I got was a set of cynical lyrics about how I couldn't possibly believe any of this and the realization that, if something did happen to wipe out humanity, I'm happy with the life I've lead and the people I've surrounded myself with. I brought these lyrics to practice one day, Casey already had a perfect chord progression and in an hour, the song was written (actually in a living room too). We recorded it at Moonlight Studios outside Cincinnati on The Manscout Jamboree with Fireworks/Make Do and Mend/Living With Lions and the rest is AP Readers Poll History.   |
