No Closer To Heaven, the recently released new album from The Wonder Years has landed at #9 on the Billboard Top Albums, making this the band’s largest debut of their career. In addition, No Closer To Heaven secured the #1 spot for both the Current Alternative Albums and LP Vinyl Albums charts. The album is also #12 on the Billboard Top 200. In its first week, with streaming and sales, the album did a total of 22, 987, an incredible jump from the band’s last album, The Greatest Generation.
No Closer To Heaven also charted in the Top 50 in the United Kingdom and Canada.
The Wonder Years and Sub City donated one dollar of each pre-order sale to one of four charities, which raised almost $6,000 dollars to help benefit The Herren Project, Puppies Behind Bars, After-School All-Stars and Futures Without Violence.
No Closer To Heaven is available for purchase now on iTunes or on the band’s official website. Target has an exclusive version of the album, which includes two bonus tracks.
The 13-track album was recorded and produced by Steve Evetts and mixed by Phil Nicolo.
No Closer To Heaven Track Listing
- Brothers &
- Cardinals
- A Song For Patsy Cline
- I Don’t Like Who I Was Then
- Cigarettes & Saints
- The Bluest Things On Earth
- A Song For Ernest Hemingway
- Thanks For The Ride
- Stained Glass Ceilings (Featuring Jason Aalon Butler)
- I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave
- You In January
- Palm Reader
- No Closer To Heaven
The band has previously released two new songs and music videos for “Cardinals” and “Cigarettes & Saints”.
The Wonder Years will hit the road this fall with Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs & You Blew It!. The tour will kick off on October 17th at Webster Hall in New York City. TWY VIP Stripped Down Session bundle tickets and general tickets are on sale now. The full list of cities the tour will be hitting can be found below.
To purchase TWY VIP Tickets head to http://twy.soundrink.com.
The Wonder Years, Motion City Soundtrack, State Champs and You Blew It!
No Motion City Soundtrack
October 17th – Webster Hall – New York, NY
October 18th – Webster Hall – New York, NY
October 20th – The Palladium – Worcester, MA
October 21st – The Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, Ontario *
October 22nd – Agora Theatre – Cleveland, OH
October 23rd – The Fillmore – Detroit, MI
October 24th – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
October 25th – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN
October 27th – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
October 28th – Murray Theater – Salt Lake City, UT
October 30th – Knitting Factory Concert House – Spokane, WA
October 31st – Showbox at the Market – Seattle, WA
November 2nd – The Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
November 3rd – The Wiltern – Los Angeles, CA
November 5th –House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
November 6th – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
November 7th – SOMA – San Diego, CA
November 8th – The Marquee – Tempe, AZ
November 10th – Alamo City Music Hall – San Antonio, TX
November 11th – House Of Blues – Houston, TX
November 12th – House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
November 13th – The Blue Note – Columbia, MO
November 14th – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
November 16th – Cannery Ballroom – Nashville, TN
November 18th – The Ritz Ybor – Tampa, FL
November 19th – Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL
November 20th – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
November 21st – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
November 23rd – Amos’ Southend – Charlotte, NC
November 24th – Rams Head Live! – Baltimore, MD
November 25th – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
November 27th – Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ