“…fast-paced, catchy punk rock.”- BrooklynVegan
Stream the “Your Wedding and a Funeral” Here
Santa Barbara, CA’s Versus The World will release their Cameron Webb-produced album “The Bastards Live Forever” 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.
“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.”
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.
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,
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