The Wonder Years Have Announced A New EP

Following on from their beautiful Burst & Decay EP, Philly pop-punk favourites The Wonder Years have announced a second instalment of the acoustic series.

The seven-track EP will drop on February 14, 2020 (which is pretty apt) via Hopeless Records, with an acoustic reworking of We Look Like Lightning featuring guest vocals from Alex Maniak of Shortly available to hear now. While you're listening to that, pre-order Burst & Decay (Volume II) here.

“On the first Burst & Decay EP, we went in with a rough idea of re-envisioning a few old songs and walked out of the studio in love with the process," explains frontman Dan Campell. "We were able to breathe new life into songs that had become neglected over the years and give new dimensions to ones that we'd played endlessly.

"This time, we went in knowing exactly what we wanted to do: build new versions of old songs that subvert expectations but remain familiar," he continues. "We stretched our limits, we got to work with the insanely talented Little Kruta String Quartet, we had a legitimately good time in the studio and we made something we're very excited to share with you.”

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The full tracklist for Burst & Decay (Volume II) is as follows:

1. Washington Square Park
2. We Look Like Lightning
3. I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave
4. Passing Through A Screen Door
5. It Must Get Lonely
6. Cul-de-sac
7. Hoodie Weather

Listen to We Look Like Lightning below:

Catch The Wonder Years on tour in the U.S. with Free Throw, Spanish Love Songs and Pool Kids:

February 2020

20 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
21 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
22 New York, NY @ Webster Theater
23 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head
25 Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues
26 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
27 Nashville, TN @ Cowan
29 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

March 2020

1 Dallas, TX @ Canton
3 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
4 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
5 Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
6 Las Vegas, NV @ Fremont Country Club*
7 Los Angeles, CA @ Regent Theater
8 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10 Salt Lake, UT @ The Depot
11 Denver, CO @ Summit
13 St. Louis, MO @ Ready Room
14 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic
15 Chicago, IL @ Concord
16 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues
18 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
19 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
20 New Haven, CT @ Toads Place
21 Philadelphia, PA @ The Filmore

(* = No Pool Kids)

And see them in the UK at next year's awesome Slam Dunk Festival – along with this lot…

Slam Dunk North takes place on May 23, 2020 at Temple Newsam, Leeds, and Slam Dunk South rolls into Hatfield Park on May 24, 2020. Get your tickets now.