The Wonder Years chief Dan Campbell is bringing his folk-punk challenge Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties again for a new album. In Lieu of Flowers, due out on April 12 by way of Hopeless Records, continues the story of Campbell’s alter ego Aaron West, established on 2014’s We Don’t Have Each Other and 2019’s Routine Maintenance. Here’s extra from the press launch:
The new album picks up the place Routine Maintenance left off, ranging from the solo excursions that Dan went on shortly after its launch — onstage, he talked about leaving the band to look after his grieving sister Catherine and nephew Colin, however that solo touring felt like shit. The band quickly bought again collectively — as documented on their Live From Asbury Park album recorded over the course of two December 2019 exhibits.
In the interceding years, Aaron is compelled to lastly are likely to the wounds he’s ignored for over a decade, and that brings us to In Lieu of Flowers.
It’s a triumphant type of melancholy that colours this whole report as Aaron learns that issues don’t go away simply since you ignore them. Its message is pushed house due to the 16-piece band that helped deliver it to life with guitar, accordion, keys, banjo, pedal metal, trumpets, trombone, saxophone, cello, and violin.
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The first single is the anthemic, country-tinged title observe, which makes use of that 16-piece band to nice impact. Watch the accompanying video under.
Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties will have fun the launch of In Lieu of Flowers at Asbury Park’s Asbury Lanes on April 11, which can be with Lake Saint Daniel and Never Better Baby. Tickets are on sale now, and for individuals who can’t make it in individual, it’ll additionally stream dwell.
In Lieu of Flowers tracklist
1. “Smoking Rooms”
2. “Roman Candles”
3. “Paying Bills at the End of the World”
4. “Monogahela Park”
5. “Alone at St. Luke’s”
6. “Whiplash”
7. “Spitting in the Wind”
8. “I’m an Albatross”
9. “Runnin’ Out of Excuses”
10. “In Lieu of Flowers”
11. “Dead Leaves”
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