[Bullet Music] The Wonder Years – Sister Cities (Album Review)

You’re probably reading this on a mobile phone; this probably means that the majority of your close family and friends are only a few seconds and several dial tones away. The entire world is resting in the palm of your hand, easily accessible regardless of the distance between yourself and those confined within. But, there remains distance all the same. In an age in which connection is easily-achievable, there is always distance. The Wonder Years‘ sixth LP, Sister Cities, is a record about distance. It is also (to a lesser extent) about family, about grief, about love, and about locales. The eleven tracks which comprise it are marked at eleven different points on a map that fits into your back pocket but extends to a canvas international in scope…