The Wonder Years' new album, The Greatest Generation, has debuted at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 charts with 19,673 units moved in first-week sales. For some perspective: The first time I interviewed the band, they were excitedly reporting first-week sales of The Upsides that came in at 1,852 units. Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing debuted two years ago with 8,100 first-week sales. Congratulations to the band, their management and Hopeless Records!

Hopeless Records is hinting at something Silverstein/When Broken Is Easily Fixed-related for May 20th.

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The Dangerous Summer have signed on to also release their fourth album via Hopeless Records.

Driver Friendly will release its new EP, Peaks + Valleys, on June 4th via Hopeless Records. You can pre-order it here and watch a trailer for it in the replies.

The Wonder Years are doing this thing where you can upload a video to Vimeo asking them a question. Then they will take your video and answer your question, and compile and bunch, and put them on the Internet. Learn more in the replies - and it's worth watching even if you're not interested, because the video is funny.

Air Dubai will release their new EP Warning on May 21st on Hopeless Records. Fans can pre-order it here. Tracklisting is below and album art is in the replies.

Track listing:
1. Warning
2. Soul & Body
3. All Day
4. Hit The Dark
5. Dance With The Devil

We told you last week about The Wonder Years' pop-up shop going on in Philadelphia during the release week for The Greatest Generation, and now the band has released tickets for each night. The tickets are free - you just have to print them out and bring them with you to the event. However, they are limited, and the final night (featuring an acoustic Wonder Years performance, meet-and-greet and signings) is almost "sold out." Head to the replies to see what's going down each night.

Hopeless Records / Sub City have announced several eBay auctions featuring memorabilia and records from Silverstein, All Time Low, The Dangerous Summer and The Wonder Years, with the profits generated going toward The One Fund Boston. Check out all the auction descriptions and links here.

The Wonder Years will be playing in-store sessions during the release week of The Greatest Generation in California, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Check out where and when in the replies.

The Wonder Years released a lyric video for "Dismantling Summer" and guess what it's in the replies! The Greatest Generation, May 14, Hopeless Records, etc.

Head here to check out "Dismantling Summer," the second song released from The Wonder Years' new record, The Greatest Generation. It's out May 14 via Hopeless Records. If you somehow missed it, we streamed the first track, "Passing Through A Screen Door," here. What do you think of the new track?

The Wonder Years have announced a pop-up shop with Glamour Kills. The pop-up shop will be open from May 14-17 at Stupid Easy Ideas Gallery in Philadelphia. It will feature acoustic performances by a host of different artists, signings, movies, food and limited edition collaborative items. There's an admat in the replies and The Greatest Generation is out May 14 via Hopeless.

The Wonder Years have announced four record release shows in 24 hours in support of The Greatest Generation. The band will play in Philadelphia at 6pm on May 10 with Modern Baseball, then in New York City at 12am on May 11 with A Loss for Words. Then comes Chicago at 10am on May 11 with Mixtapes and to close it out, Los Angeles at 6pm on May 11 with The Sheds. Tickets can be purchased here. The Greatest Generation graces our ears May 14 via Hopeless Records.

Among the preorder options for The Wonder Years' upcoming record, The Greatest Generation, are several packages that offer a few different 7"s. There are five different clear variants, and on the B-side of the vinyl is an emblem that represents one of the five recurring themes on the record - bombs, pill bottles, ghosts, devils and birds. One package includes all five 7"s while the other packages include a random 7" and you can see the pressing information for the different variants in the replies.

The Wonder Years' new song, "Passing Through A Screen Door," is now available to purchase on iTunes for $1.29. If you liked our song stream, be sure to pick it up! Additionally, The Greatest Generation is up for vinyl preorder on Amazon.

Update: The chat is now over! Thanks so much to the band for hanging out for a couple hours and to all of you for sticking through our technical difficulties today. It means a lot to us, the band and Hopeless Records. Be sure to check back here for more TWY news as their album release cycle continues!



Welcome to The Greatest Monday. Today we are endlessly excited to share with you all the first song from The Wonder Years' upcoming album, The Greatest Generation. You can now stream "Passing Through A Screen Door" in the replies and check out a lengthy interview I did with frontman Dan Campbell as well. In addition, the record can now be preordered and "Screen Door" will be...

The Wonder Years will be putting out The Greatest Generation on May 14 via Hopeless Records. Today we're happy to share with you all that we'll be bringing you the first taste of that record right here on AP.net on Monday at 3 p.m. EST / noon PST. We'll have the first song stream from the album along with a lengthy interview I conducted with Dan Campbell. Additionally, The Wonder Years will be coming into that song stream thread at 6 p.m. EST / 3 p.m. PST for a full-on band chat to talk with everyone, so make sure you quit your job or whatever else you need to do in order to be on the Internet all day Monday.

The Wonder Years have released an album trailer for The Greatest Generation, which drops May 14 via Hopeless Records. In it, the band explains the meaning behind the album's title and talks a bit about the album writing and recording process. There's video of the guys in the studio and there's a new song clip in there, taken from the opening track "There, There." Check it out in the replies. Oh, and they've also updated their website.

We've got an afternoon stream for you guys tonight in the form of All Time Low's cover of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colors." The song appears on Hopeless Records' Love Is Hopeless Compilation, which just came out today. Check out All Time Low's very pop-punk take on the song on their AP.net Profile or in the replies, and pick up the 10-track compilation (which also features We Are The In Crowd, Yellowcard and more) for $4.99 right here.

Hopeless Records' 2013 Love Is Hopeless compilation is now on iTunes.

Track Listing
01) All Time Low – True Colors (Cyndi Lauper cover)
02) We Are The In Crowd – Grenade (Bruno Mars cover)
03) The Used – Surrender
04) Air Dubai – Toxic (Britney Spears cover)
05) Divided By Friday – Locked Out Of Heaven (Bruno Mars cover)
06) For The Foxes – I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab For Cutie cover)
07) Yellowcard – Always Summer (Acoustic)
08) Anarbor – Useless
09) The Dangerous Summer – No One’s Gonna Need You More (Acoustic)
10) Driver Friendly – Lost Boys

Happy birthday to our very own Rohan Kohli, Soupy of The Wonder Years, and Ian at Hopeless Records.

Hopeless Records has signed Air Dubai. You can read the press release in the replies.

Hopeless Records will be announcing a new signing tomorrow. Any guesses?

Hopeless Records will release a digital EP entitled Hopeless for the Holidays on December 4th. Stream For the Foxes' contribution in the replies.

Track Listing
1. For The Foxes - The Only Thing That Glistens
2. Divided By Friday - All I Want For Christmas Is You
3. Anarbor - West Coast Christmas
4. Driver Friendly - X-Mas In Texas

Hopeless Records/Sub City will release Take Action Compilation Volume 11 on January 8. Pre-order it here. Proceeds from the album and tour benefit It Gets Better Project.

Track Listing
DISC 1
1. The Used - The Lonely*
2. We Came As Romans - Fair-weather*
3. AWOL Nation - Sail (Unlimited Gravity Remix)*
4. Bad Religion - Fuck You*
5. The Wonder Years - Local Man Ruins Everything (Nervous Energies)*
6. Mayday Parade - Oh Well, Oh Well
7. Falling in Reverse - The Drug In Me Is You
8. Enter Shikari - Warm Smiles Do Not Make You Welcome Here (Tek One Mix)*
9. Whitechapel - Animus
10. Periphery - Far Out (Instrumental)*
11. Sleeping With Sirens - James Dean & Audrey...

Hopeless Records has signed Driver Friendly. This is one of the best young bands out there and we're very excited for them and the label. You can read the press release in the replies.

Hopeless Records will be announcing a new signing tomorrow. Any guesses as to who it may be?

So I received a package from Hopeless Records this morning and in it was a bunch of swag from the bands on their roster. One of the items included was a LP of Yellowcard's new album Southern Air, which I've decided to give away today. How do you win this beautiful 12 inches of wax? It's simple: just like and follow us on our Facebook and Twitter pages (as well as Hopeless' Facebook and Twitter) and tell us what your favorite song is off Southern Air and why (either in this thread, on Twitter, or on Facebook). I'll pick a winner sometime tomorrow. Good luck!

All Time Low has re-signed to Hopeless Records for their new album, which will be out this fall.

Press Release

Hopeless Records is excited to announce the signing of All Time Low with their next album scheduled for release this fall! Produced by Mike Green (Paramore, Set Your Goals, The Matches) and mixed by Neal Avron (Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Fall Out Boy) the new album features guest appearances from Anthony Raneri of Bayside, Jason Vena of Acceptance & Cassadee Pope!

Composed of vocalist/ guitarist Alex Gaskarth, guitarist Jack Barakat, bassist Zack Merrick and drummer Rian Dawson, the Maryland based pop-punk band have gone from playing in a basement at Rian’s parents house to...

Update: Looks like Hopeless is the label behind ATL's new single release, which you can purchase here. Another sign pointing the band and label reuniting?

It looks like both All Time Low and Hopeless Records are teasing a big announcement tomorrow...speculation runs rampant.

Head to the replies to stream Hopeless Records' Another Hopeless Summer compilation.

Stream the acoustic version of The Dangerous Summer's "Siren" here. It comes from the Another Hopeless Summer compilation, out tomorrow and available on iTunes here for $3.

Today we have an exclusive stream of a brand-new Divided By Friday song called "Forget and Follow." The track comes from Hopeless Records' annual Another Hopeless Summer compilation, which is due out tomorrow. Check out the song on the band's AP.net Profile or in the replies, where you can also find the album art and tracklisting. The compilation is available on iTunes for $3.

The Hopeless Records chat was awesome. We posted some pictures from it up on Facebook. That's the kinda stuff that's worth a "like."

Starting at 5pm (PST) tonight, the staff from Hopeless Records will be hanging out and chatting in this thread. Come on in and see what it's like to work at one of the hottest labels today. Talk about their recent bands, how they find bands to sign, or just what a day in the life looks like for a Hopeless Record employee. I'm sure there's something ya wanna know.

All the label folk will be chatting with blue names. Have fun!

The chat is now over! Huge thank you to the label for doing this with us!

At 5pm (PST) tonight we'll have the fine folks from Hopeless Records here to chat on the website. It's definitely going to be a good time, and I wanted to make sure I got my "Thursday Discussion" topic up before it gets too close to the chat. With that in mind, I thought it made sense to pick my top 10 favorite Hopeless Records' releases. While I'm not expecting this one to be quite as giant as the Drive-Thru list, there are some ridiculously awesome albums in the Hopeless catalog.

If you haven't checked these ones out yet - I definitely recommend you do. I included links to streams where appropriate. Feel free to add in your own favorites as well. Oh, and don't forget to come...

Hey everyone, just a reminder that this Thursday at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST, a few members of the Hopeless Records team will be chatting with us here on AP.net. We'll have Ian Harrison, Natalie Schaffer and Melissa Becerra from the label's marketing department; Lizzy Welch, Jessie Schroeder and Erin Choi from operations; and Eric Tobin, who is the director of sales and handles A&R. It should be a pretty neat chance to get to talk to everyone on the inside of one of the bigger indie labels in the industry, and I'm told they will be taking pictures of themselves sitting on their computers and chatting with us at Hopeless HQ. If that doesn't convince you to hang out, then I don't know.

This Thursday at 8 p.m. EST / 5 p.m. PST, a few members of the Hopeless Records team will be chatting with us here on AP.net. We'll have Ian Harrison, Natalie Schaffer and Melissa Becerra from the label's marketing department; Lizzy Welch, Jessie Schroeder and Erin Choi from operations; and Eric Tobin, who is the director of sales and handles A&R. Basically it will be a unique chance to get some up-close-and-personal time with one of the more successful indie labels in our industry and ask them about how it works on the inside. You can ask questions to specific departments or about how they all interact, or ask them what the All Time Low guys smell like or how many of The Wonder Years...

For The Foxes will release a new EP, The Revolution, on April 24th via Hopeless Records.

Tay Jardine and Mike Ferri of We Are The In Crowd tweeted some pretty sarcastic comments that seem directed at their label. We've reached out to Hopeless Records for comment.

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We noticed today that a lot of Hopeless Records releases were absent from the Spotify database. After reaching out to the label, we can confirm they aren't anti-digital streaming; they merely made a switch in distribution partners, which has led to some gaps in Hopeless releases being available on certain platforms. The label has told us their music will be available again within a few days.

For Valentine's day, Hopeless Records is giving away their Love is Hopeless compilation.

Track Listing
1. “Sing For Me” – Yellowcard
2. “Exits and Entrances” – We Are The In Crowd
3. “Hoodie Weather” – The Wonder Years
4. “Sssnakepit” – Enter Shikari
5. “I Come Alive” – The Used
6. “Forget Your Heart” – Silverstein
7. “Siren” – The Dangerous Summer
8. “Face To Face” – Divided By Friday
9. “The Joyride” – There For Tomorrow
10. “Dead” – Samiam
11. “Let My Love” – Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets
12. “Useless” – Anarbor
13. “Some Things” – For The Foxes

The Used's new album Vulnerable will be out March 27th on Hopeless Records.

Enter Shikari will release their Hopeless Records debut A Flash Flood of Colour on January 10th, 2012. You can peep the track listing in the replies. You can also pre-order the record here.

AltPress is currently streaming the new Samiam album,Trips, here. The album will be released September 6th on Hopeless Records.

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