# VERSUS THE WORLD Release New Single “Your Wedding and a Funeral” Off ‘The Bastards Live Forever’ Out May 26

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- Published: 2023-04-03T15:01:36-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **Santa Barbara, CA’s Versus The World (Feat. Members of Lagwagon, Good Riddance) Release New Single “Your Wedding and a Funeral” Off The Upcoming Album “The Bastards Live Forever” Out May 26, 2023 **

#### **Produced By Cameron Webb (Motorhead, Sum 41, Megadeth)**

_“…fast-paced, catchy punk rock.”- _**_BrooklynVegan_**

[**Stream the “Your Wedding and a Funeral” Here**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=14907871.38268.1.3978d21f2c8e7b95d6716197c8e5304f)

Santa Barbara, CA’s **Versus The World** will release their **Cameron Webb**-produced
album **“[The Bastards Live Forever](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/01/santa-barbara-cas-versus-the-world-sign-with-sbam-records-announce-new-album-the-bastards-live-forever-out-may-25/)”**
on May 26 via SBÄM Records.

Today the band has released the new single **“Your Wedding And A Funeral”** now 
streaming here: [https://bfan.link/your-wedding-and-a-funeral](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=14907871.38269.1.2569e495a811a20d0d99122daeb67d9b).

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_“I can’t tell you how much work went into this collection of songs.I’d always been
taught that if what you were working on wasn’t (what you thought) was your best…
start over. Never put anything into the world that you were not absolutely sure 
of.”_, says singer Donald Ashley Spence.

“The Bastards Live Forever” consists of 11 songs crafted to perfection. VTW’s unique
style of melodic post-punk elevates every member’s skill from their other projects
including Chris Flippin of **Lagwagon**. Obviously Versus The World is not all about
musical craft but you can hear a passion and an urge to scream out deeply rooted
feelings in every syllable throughout the record.

_“Your Wedding and a Funeral” is a complex yet extremely melodic and rememberable
song, most likely in the musical context of mid-western emo and post-punk. It is
about lost love”,_ says Spence.

_“This song is kind of a confession. An admittance of guilt. It’s hard to look at
something that has been broken and say out loud that you’re the reason. It really
was therapeutic to write and it’s one of my favorite choruses on the record. There
are 2 versions of this song and when I go back and listen to the first rendition
I’m really stoked on the way it turned out.”_

Your Wedding and a Funeral

[⌊Your Wedding and a Funeral⌉⌊Your Wedding and a Funeral⌉
Watch this video on YouTube

**About Versus The World:** 
A post-punk unit from Santa Barbara, California featuring
members of Lagwagon and Good Riddance, Versus the World issued its eponymous debut
album in 2005 on Kung Fu Records. Drawing from their dense pedigree the band blends
elements of pop-punk, melodic post-hardcore and troubadour-style vocals by founding
frontman Donald Spence.

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Versus the World has toured extensively worldwide on subsequent releases Drink.Sing.
Live.Love (2012) and Homesick/Roadsick (2015) in support of bands such as No Use
for a Name, The Ataris, Lagwagon and MxPx. In 2021 the band teamed up with producer
Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth) to make ‘The Bastards Live Forever’ which is 
due out in May 2023 on SBÄM Records.

**Upcoming shows:** 
28.07. Berlin @ Wild At Heart 29.07. Hohenstaufen @ Vert Rock
w/ Urethane

01.08. Erfurt @ Tiko w/ Urethane 
03.08. Wermelskirchen @ AJZ w/ Authority Zero &
Cigar 05.08. Duffel, B @ Brakrock 06.08. Düsseldorf, D @ Pitcher w/ Diesel Boy 09.08.
Vienna, AUT @ Rhiz w/ Diesel Boy 10.08. Tolmin, SLO @ Punkrock Holiday 11.08. Bologna,
ITA @ Freakout 12.08. Rimini, ITA @ Bayfest -more tour dates tba  

A post-punk unit from Santa Barbara, California featuring members of Lagwagon and
Good Riddance, Versus the World issued their eponymous debut album in 2005 on Kung
Fu Records. Drawing from their dense pedigree the band blends elements of pop-punk,
melodic post-hardcore and troubadour-style vocals by founding frontman Donald Spence.
Versus the World has toured extensively worldwide on subsequent releases Drink.Sing.
Live.Love (2012) and Homesick/Roadsick (2015) in support of bands such as No Use
for a Name, The Ataris, Lagwagon and MxPx. In 2021 the band teamed up with producer
Cameron Webb (Motörhead, Megadeth) to make The Bastards Live Forever which is due
out in May 2023 on SBÄM Records.  

Listen to their other singles: [Roadsick/Roadsick](https://www.nyrdcast.com/2023/02/versus-the-world-release-roadsick-roadsick-off-upcoming-album-the-bastards-live-forever-out-may-26/),

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