The stampede has concluded. And we find ourselves with a limited quantity of some merch items we were selling on tour. So we offer them to you here, while they last. Stand tall against the rhinoceroses!
Tour Merch!
Sep 4th, 2025 by Tim
Initial Album Reviews
Aug 2nd, 2025 by Tim
Wonderlick Goes to War came out on Friday. We could not be more pleased with the initial reception:
Hit Harmony Haven goes into detail on every song, quite incisively. They conclude that the album “doesn’t scream. It doesn’t beg. It stands its ground. It understands that the personal is political, and that pop songs can be Trojan horses for truth. In a world where apathy is easy and rage is cheap, Wonderlick offers something far more valuable: clarity, compassion, and a damn good hook.”
Apricot Magazine says it’s our “most urgent, musically rich, and emotionally potent statement yet,” and adds that “it’s a layered exploration of inner turmoil, collective memory, fragile hope, and the brutal machinery of modern life.”
And Jonathan Widran writes that the album is a “crafty and cool, insanely infectious, incisively sociopolitical musical commentary on human nature.”
Lots of single reviews!
Jul 1st, 2025 by Tim
The first two singles from Wonderlick Goes to War have been getting a lot of very nice reviews. Here are links to all the ones we could find:
“Niagara Falls, 1969”
* Beats Per Minute, who premiered the lyric video, calls it, “a jangling art pop wonder.” Full review.
* The Sounds Won’t Stop describe it as “vivacious and addictive.” Full review.
* Radio Castor says it has “evocative lyrics and a catchy rhythm.” Full review.
* Music Crowns says it’s “fun and catchy.” Full review.
* Analogue Trash call it “a rousing indie-rock banger.” Full review.
* The Concert Chronicles, in a very long and somewhat gushing review, say it’s “a song that feels as vast and intricate as the natural wonder it references.” Full review.
* Rotate praises it as “catchy and clever.” Full review.
* Tunes Around says it’s “thoughtful and punchy.” Full review.
* Rockola Indie finds it “fun, danceable and informative.” Full review.
* Rock Ear insists, “It could be part of any programming grid of any radio station in the world and it would go down very well.” Full review.
* Cosmonaut Radio says (if Google Translate can be believed): “Its captivating implementation of Indie Rock nuances is splendid at all times and is handled with an exciting authenticity.” Full review.
* Bored City writes, “We’ve had this song on repeat. It’s catchy, it’s vibrant, and it puts me in a good mood every time you play it.” Full review.
* Iggy Magazine says the song, “confirms Wonderlick’s talent for combining depth and accessibility, delivering a song that’s both elegant and poignant..” Full review.
“Rhinoceros”
* The Big Takeover, who premiered the lyric video, like the way “a shimmering pop sheen coats more resonant rock and roll riffs.” Full review.
* Zillions Magazine says, “It’s indie rock with backbone, dense with enough metaphor to pick apart on repeat listens, but immediately accessible due to the band’s intuitive chemistry and clear-eyed lyrics.” Full review.
* Power Popaholic says, “The lead vocal is almost a warble, but the duo makes the song work with it’s harmonies and a very straight forward guitar line that reminds me of REM. Full review.
* Expansion Radial say, “the track builds steadily and leaves you breathless by the end.” Full review.
* R+ say, “Rhinoceros portrays how fascism (or any totalitarian ideology) gradually transforms ordinary people into accomplices of authoritarian systems. The song warns of the dangerous moment when humanity, empathy, and critical thinking become exceptional or even dangerous acts, offering a necessary musical warning for our times. Full review.
* Music For All says “Rhinoceros” is “More than a song, it is a sensorial experience – where instrumental climax and social criticism merge into an inescapable chorus, proving that intelligent rock still knows how to be blunt without losing its cathartic power.” Full review.
2025 Tour Dates
May 22nd, 2025 by Tim
New shows added! Including two in Montana! The battle begins in August!
We currently have these skirmishes planned across the country:
More dates will be added in the coming weeks. While many of the house concerts are private events, hosts often allow a few area fans to join the fun, so if you want to attend one just shoot an email to wonderlickHQ@gmail.com, and we’ll connect you to the host.
Tickets are available to purchase for the following shows at the links below:
8/3 Flagstaff, AZ Orpheum Theater
8/5 Kansas City, MO miniBar
8/11 Baltimore, MD (Free House Concert)
8/12 Washington, DC Potomac Chocolate Shop
8/14 Philadelphia, PA (House Concert)
8/17 Hastings-on-Hudson, NY Upstream Gallery
8/21 Columbus, OH Natalie’s (Free Happy Hour Show!)
8/23 Chicago, IL Blue Island Brewing
8/25 Billings, MT Craft Local
8/26 Butte, MT (House Concert in the birth city of Evel Knievel!)
8/27 Spokane, WA Zola (Free Happy Hour Show!)
8/28 Seattle, WA (Free House Concert)
8/29 Portland, OR Sub Rosa (it’s a literal sex dungeon!)
If you don’t see our show listed at the links above just yet, check back in a couple of days — some of these *just* got confirmed.
We’re also looking to fill in dates in the following locations, if you or someone you know would like to host one of these house concerts:
8/7: Birmingham/Jackson vicinity
8/30: Eugene, OR or Sacramento, CA
8/31: SF Bay Area
Wonderlick Goes to War!
May 13th, 2025 by Tim
We have a new album coming out on August 1st!
You can stream the lead track, and pre-order the whole thing on CD or as a digital download, right now at Bandcamp.
We’ll be touring across the USA in August to promote the release. If you’d like to host a Wonderlick house concert, let us know by writing to WonderlickHQ (it’s a gamil address, but we will not type out the whole thing here, in a vain effort to prevent spam.
Tour Merch!
Sep 21st, 2024 by Tim
Well, we’re back from our second run of house concerts, and we have a few T-Shirts left over!
If you’d like one for your very own, order below. We’ll probably throw in a Wonderlick sticker and/or coaster or two for free if you do:
Well, This is Embarrassing
Sep 21st, 2024 by Tim
We’ve released a new album, six videos and done two separate runs of house concerts so far this year, and we completely forgot we had a website during all of it!
Ooops.
Anyway, the album’s called Undisciplined, and it’s quite good, as you can hear for yourself at Bandcamp, or the streaming service of your choice. We’ll paste in the Bandcamp player below:
And then when we got back from our first run of house shows, we released a single with a non-album B-Side called “Forgive Yourself.” Here’s that tune:
And here are each of the videos. The first one was for Sob (Forever):
The next one we made was Otis Redding’s Disco Album:
The third video was for Let Id Out:
Then we made one for Muppet Legs using a lot of puppets. It’s probably the best one, honestly:
We were having so much fun we just kept going. For Lithuanian Ambulance Ride we stuck a GoPro camera on top of a remote controlled ambulance and ran over a lot of toys, including a Joe Strummer action figure:
And then finally Jay went nuts with an AI program for this creepy visualization of Thunderstorms and Fireflies:
And that’s been our year so far. We have some T-Shirts left over from the tour, so maybe we’ll do another post with links to grab those, if you’re interested. Oh, here’s the PR shot from Undisciplined, which is all about if and when to let your inner demons out:
And we might as well throw up a picture from a house concert, just to be compleatists. This was taken in Boston, by Jesse Vincent, we believe:
Art Lovers
Oct 9th, 2019 by Tim
We recorded a cover of Jonathan Richman’s “Vincent Van Gogh” last year, for a tribute LP that was supposed to come out last Record Store Day. Then the LP got postponed to November’s Black Friday version of RSD. And then we just learned today it’s been delayed yet again, till next April.
But we’re impatient, so we’re just putting it out now, along with a companion track we wrote and recorded the same day, about Tim’s favorite painter in the universe, Edvard Munch, and his greatest work, “Madonna.”
You can hear them for free below, or buy one or both on Bandcamp.
Super now available on all streaming services
Nov 11th, 2018 by Tim
Well, the app was fun while it lasted, but the company that released it got acquired by someone else, so now you have to content yourself with run-of-the-mill digital downloads (or you can stream it on your favorite on demand music service).
If you would like to possess the actual audio files yourself, a thing that some people including at least one member of Wonderlick still do, you can click the button below.
Wonderlick’s 3rd Album is a Free App
Jun 11th, 2015 by Tim
There are a couple of notable things about Wonderlick’s upcoming third LP, Super.
Notable thing #1: the band have turned themselves into action figures.
Notable thing #2: the band will be giving the album away for free, via the Super app. Because a concept album about superheroes deserves more than just some mp3s and a tiny jpeg.
The app is pretty cool, if we do say so ourselves: it comes with lyrics and liner notes and lots more photos of the action figures being heroic and will eventually include videos and other nifty things. We’re starting out with a teaser EP featuring five songs from the full album. Folks who install the app will have first access to the rest of the album when it comes out.
You can get the app free today from iTunes or Google Play, and it’ll let you hear the songs once per day. If you want to unlock unlimited streaming (and get mp3s of all the songs, to boot), you will have multiple options, many of which are also free, such as signing up for a free trial of Rhapsody.
Whatever option you choose, the band gets paid, even when you pay nothing.
Which is kind of super.
