Biography
This Wild Life, a California indie duo, moved away from their original plans for a full band and reshaped their emo and pop-punk approach into an acoustic style for the 2014 Epitaph debut Clouded. Co-singer/songwriters Kevin Jordan and Anthony Del Grosso advanced from D.I.Y. origins to become a label-backed festival draw, maintaining a steady drive toward artistic growth that carried them from electric beginnings through an acoustic phase and onward toward orchestral ideas.
Their collaboration started at a neighborhood music shop where they connected over the hardcore, punk, and screamo acts that shaped their teenage listening. The pair formed the first lineup of This Wild Life in 2010 as an electric-guitar quartet delivering upbeat pop-punk. Following modest local traction, Jordan and Del Grosso chose a new path, taking cues from the fervent acoustic emo of Dashboard Confessional’s Swiss Army Romance and re-forming as a duo centered on two acoustic guitars plus their vocal harmonies.
They kept writing within melodic pop-punk territory yet placed greater weight on compact, focused songwriting that reduced reliance on dense production. Their 2012 release Heart Flip mixed full-band tracks with the new acoustic material, though the stripped-down songs drew the strongest reactions inside and outside the punk scene. The duo then committed fully to an acoustic format, touring steadily to cultivate a grassroots audience before signing with Epitaph.
On Clouded they enlisted producer Aaron Marsh of Copeland, who expanded the acoustic songs with extra harmonies, strings, and other organic elements. After the album’s June 2014 release, they joined the Vans Warped Tour alongside Yellowcard and the Story So Far. Working again with Marsh, This Wild Life recorded Low Tides, released by Epitaph in late 2016 and marked by somewhat heavier arrangements than the debut.
For their third album, Jordan and Del Grosso agreed on a brighter, more energetic writing direction that resulted in 2018’s Petaluma and its lighter tone with hopeful themes.
Their collaboration started at a neighborhood music shop where they connected over the hardcore, punk, and screamo acts that shaped their teenage listening. The pair formed the first lineup of This Wild Life in 2010 as an electric-guitar quartet delivering upbeat pop-punk. Following modest local traction, Jordan and Del Grosso chose a new path, taking cues from the fervent acoustic emo of Dashboard Confessional’s Swiss Army Romance and re-forming as a duo centered on two acoustic guitars plus their vocal harmonies.
They kept writing within melodic pop-punk territory yet placed greater weight on compact, focused songwriting that reduced reliance on dense production. Their 2012 release Heart Flip mixed full-band tracks with the new acoustic material, though the stripped-down songs drew the strongest reactions inside and outside the punk scene. The duo then committed fully to an acoustic format, touring steadily to cultivate a grassroots audience before signing with Epitaph.
On Clouded they enlisted producer Aaron Marsh of Copeland, who expanded the acoustic songs with extra harmonies, strings, and other organic elements. After the album’s June 2014 release, they joined the Vans Warped Tour alongside Yellowcard and the Story So Far. Working again with Marsh, This Wild Life recorded Low Tides, released by Epitaph in late 2016 and marked by somewhat heavier arrangements than the debut.
For their third album, Jordan and Del Grosso agreed on a brighter, more energetic writing direction that resulted in 2018’s Petaluma and its lighter tone with hopeful themes.
Albums
Singles
History
2022
I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
2022
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
2021
I Don't Love You Like I Want To
2021
If It's Cool With You, I'm Cool With Being Through
2021
Still Wondering Why You Left Me Behind
2021
You Swore Your Love Would Burn
2021
Nothing Hurts Like Love For The First Time
2020
Wicked Game
2019
You Changed Everything
2019
Break Me
2017
Heart-Shaped Box
2017
Loose Ends
2016
Live
