The Academy Is... Podcast!! William Beckett on the Comeback Fans Wanted!
The Joe Vulpis Podcast
Joe Vulpis
4.9 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
William Beckett of The Academy Is... joins the podcast to talk about the band's long-awaited comeback, the emo era that shaped a generation, and what's next for their return. From Warped Tour memories to new music and unfinished stories, this is a deep dive fans won't want to miss.
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| 0:39.3 | a girl in an afternoon one afternoon yeah yeah did it feel special too in that moment it did it did |
| 0:46.1 | nearly 20 years since your last album as the academy is yes did you think the band would ever release |
| 0:52.2 | new music as a full album at one point no for sure i didn't think that band would ever release new music as a full album? |
| 0:55.0 | At one point no, for sure I didn't think that we would. |
| 0:58.0 | That was, you know, when the band ended and we kind of went our separate ways, |
| 1:04.0 | I continued on to do some writing and release a couple solo records and do some touring solo, |
| 1:10.0 | which for me was really good from |
| 1:13.1 | like a soul standpoint. Then after that, COVID hit, and we slowly started to reconnect. |
| 1:20.7 | Mike, our guitar player, who I write with in the band, he sent me some demos and some just new demos, you know, no stakes, just, hey, man, |
| 1:32.4 | like, check this out. |
| 1:33.6 | And I was like, holy shit. |
| 1:35.1 | Like, we're really on to something here. |
| 1:37.4 | Like, this is, this is really exciting to me, you know? |
| 1:43.1 | So at that point, I mean, I hadn't really been writing much at all |
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