Hopeless Records has added Philadelphia, PA’s The Wonder Years to its roster. The band had this to say about the move:

“Hopeless was the right choice for us. We’ve never been concerned with sounding like the other bands on a label. I mean, when we signed with No Sleep there were two other bands on the label. One sounded like Botch and the other sounded like Modest Mouse. For us, it’s more important that a label gets us and what we want to do and after a ton of meetings with Hopeless, we know that it’s the right home for us. The roster is small and so we know we won’t get lost in the mix. The staff members are hard working and super nice. We respect all of the charity work the label does and are excited to be a part of a label that has such an interest in helping people. Hopeless has an amazing back catalouge full of some of my all-time favorite records and we’re really honored to have the chance to even be mentioned in the same breath as some of their bands.”

The band released a full-length, The Upsides, earlier this year through No Sleep Records. They’ve also got a bunch of touring lined up through the next few months.
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A little birdy just told us that No Idea Records will be releasing a split 7″ featuring Lemuria and Cheap Girls this summer. No other details are available, but we’ll keep you posted as they come in.

Lemuria is certainly keeping busy, recently signing with Bridge Nine for their next full-length and gearing up for shows with New Found Glory and The Wonder Years, as well as a run of dates supporting Polar Bear Club. Cheap Girls are currently traversing the midwest and west coast with The Menzingers, and will release an acoustic version of their 2009 full-length My Roaring 20s.
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Boca Raton, FL’s Protagonist will be hitting the studio on June 1 with producer Stephen Egerton to record a new EP. Once out, it’ll follow up the band’s 2009 effort The Chronicle, which is expected to see a vinyl release later this year.

The band has also booked a few shows in the coming weeks.
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