Philadelphia’s The Wonder Years return full force today with the release of their new song, ‘Oldest Daughter.’ They kicked 2022 off with a near-entirely sold-out headlining tour, one that found them celebrating two of their most beloved records: 2010’s The Upsides and 2011’s Suburbia, I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing.
On another discography standout album, 2013’s The Greatest Generation, vocalist Dan Campbell sings of alcoholism and the “bitter and vitriolic” trappings of the east coast winter in a song called ‘Madelyn.’ Nearly a decade later, ‘Oldest Daughter‘ picks up where that song left off. The energy here is much different but the ending remains unfortunately the same.
“It’s about coming to the understanding that you can’t save everyone,”Dan explains. “There are going to be people you love who will destroy themselves no matter how badly you want them to stop.”