wtf I love blink-182 now
https://open.spotify.com/album/4wuYQ9hyF1EGmrtjMpgpE9
>>66071341
It's #1 on iTunes right now. Not that that means much, but you know
You mean it sucks cock
>>66071394
I'm pretty happy for them. It's nice to see mainstream pop-punk making a bit of a comeback between this and the recently announced Sum 41 album.
Pop-punk isn't anything ground breaking, but it's just some dumb fun.
An endearing band and an endearing genre.
>>66071476
>Pop-punk isn't anything ground breaking, but it's just some dumb fun.
Hip-hop is the same but nu-males on here act like its groundbreaking
>>66071490
Hip Hop is just what's popular right now.
Pop-punk was really something that encapsulated the feeling of being a teenager growing up in the mid to late 90s/early 2000s.
Not trying to sound pretentious at all here, but it was a special bubble of time that was unique and differentiated the mid to late 90s/early 2000s from other points in time.
>>66071738
I know, right? I've thought exactly the same.
I've been extremely glad to see bands like Blink, Good Charlotte and Billy Talent making new albums that all come out this July. Sum 41 follows a bit later, but still. Had some really vivid teenage flashbacks listening to their new material, made me feel good in a way I felt it physically, it was really surreal after all these years. Like genuine, physical happiness.
I just hope that we could see at least one wave of pop-punk going through to the mainstream again, the current trends quite honestly make me go all grumpy-old-man mode.
>>66072806
Same here bro, this is so cool that a lot of people on /mu/ seem to be having these feels. I'm 25 myself but I'm enjoying Blink right now more, its making me so happy
>>66072828
I didn't even think I was going to enjoy Blink anymore, but when I heard the first single with Skiba in the vocals I was instantly hooked. Now I'm just waiting for the local record stores to open their doors to see if they managed to get any copies of California for today. I had one reserved in one store, but they said California might be delayed due to some delivery problems from Germany's side.
At least there's the leak, but I kind of want to have the CD itself before I start listening through it more intensely.
tom delonge coming out with that shit about aliens was the perfect closing lid on being young during the late 90s/early 2000s. probably the last time i was actually truly happy. might have a more "refined" or whatever taste now but it doesn't account for how fucking miserable i/the world feels now.
>>66073025
I would have no problems giving away half of my remaining lifetime just to be able to feel the same way I did in high school, and have the same level of honest optimism and productivity. Listening to new Blink and GC made me remember all those times so vividly it sucks more than ever to see the current world and my life being what they are, pretty miserable.
>>66071490
Holy fuck Pitchfork got cucked hard, I legit cringed at this, jesus fucking christ
heres the full album https://u.pomf.is/cxqjhz.rar
@ExploitScripts
>>66072922
I didn't expect to like California but I can't help but like it.
It's just fun.
Bored To Death also had me hooked too.
>>66071738
>tfw born in 1995
>tfw when just too young to have enjoyed that bubble
>grew up and had adolescence in post 9/11 fuckery
>mature but still waiting on the good times
>>66074897
not that dude, but yeah me too.
I was born too late to be part of it but I still listen to all that pop-punk stuff anyway.
>>66073613
>Brohemian Rhapsody
>>66074897
i mean it if's any consolation noticing the immediate social contrast of post & pre 9/11 was kind of a preemptive "well looks like the western world had it's run". been downhill since.
>>66074897
>mfw born in 91
>tfw 10 years old when buying Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (their objectively best album) on release day, thus cementing it as my soundtrack my early to mid teen years
>tfw Malcolm in the Middle was airing around the same time with a GOAT pop-punk/pop-rock soundtrack
>tfw had the good times, and can look back on them fondly
The new album is okay but it feels really sterile and plastic at parts, but some songs are really good with most being at least enjoyable. Better than Neighborhoods and I like summer pop punk blink-182 way better than shitty trying too hard self-titled blink.
But what do I know, I think Alkaline Trio is one of the best >punk bands from the 90s and generally one of the best bands around
California is ok. Kind of bland. Nothing really sticks.
best Blink songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTld_Qi-Bk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn3nxYX5HdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6kfin-UeAQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT0g16_LQaQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WP6KuNHaPU
Overall the album is really good ..
Los Angeles sux but yeah.
The rest sounds a bit like TOYPAJ and (overproduced) Dude Ranch
>Reposting from the leak thread
John Feldmann is a titanic piece of shit and is probably the main reason why this album sucks ass. From overproducing it, to using melodyne and compressed vocals to telling the members to just write down whatever first comes into their mind. It seems that Blink has never recovered from Jerry Finn's death and I doubt if they ever will.
The main argument from the defenders of this album is "B-but Blink has always sounded pop haha.", and that's absolutely true. But if you honestly think that old Blink sounds like this then you're delusional. Even though it has been repeated a hundred times, this really does sound like a garbage modern pop-punk band like All Time Low or 5 Seconds of Summer. The lyrics are generic as fuck, the guitar riffs and bass lines are uninspired, and Los Angeles is a clear rip off of Centuries by Fall Out Boy.
The only "good" songs are : Cynical, She's Out of Her Mind, Los Angeles (even though it's a rip off), Kings of the Weekend, Teenage Satellites and Left Alone.
The rest range from bad to decent. Seriously, fuck John Feldmann because he is the main reason why this album is ass. Fucking hell, a few of the songs even sound like Goldfinger.
2.5/5
Oh and: Neighborhoods>DED>California
Am I alone in this opinion? I think the new album is terrible. There isn't a single song I found I can listen to for more than a minute.
I used to be a HUGE Blink fan in high school days and would listen to Enema of the State and Take Off Your Pants and Jacket on loop listening to it 3x-4x times over in one sitting.
I don't know where the turning point was when I stopped liking their new music.
Probably around 2003 when the album 'Blink-182' came out--- I feel like their quality took a nosedive and they never recovered from it.
I feel the same way about Greenday.
>>66071551
Without that tattoo she would be still pretty
I realized after ages that the logo in that pic is a condom
will someone just share a mega link yet? geez
>>66074897
>born in 96
>tfw the pop punk I listened to in high school was the newer shit that's just full of self pity and sadness
>no good times in sight
>tfw my family was super strict and I only got exposed to good music my senior year of HS
>listening to it only makes me feel sad
Fucking why.
Just listened to california
only dogs eating dogs is worse than this
They should be called +44
>>66071341
ITs pretty damn good.
Personally glad that hack Tom delonge left. That guy is so fucking worthless.
Super cringey. Sounds like All Time Low or 5SOS songs sung by 40 year olds. They're now influenced by the shitty bands they influenced over the last 2 decades. Worst choruses of any album. Los Angeles sounds like a collaboration of P.O.D. and Fall Out Boy made for an NBA halftime performance. Who cares about Tom, I expected more out of Skiba.
>>66079115
Dogs eating dogs was fuckin great boi
this is really terrible...
>>66071476
this
>>66077422
you only liked blink because you were a teenager and now you only like that music because of the nostalgia you have for it.
You don't actually like their old stuff because this is basically more of the same.
>>66077422
>tfw didnt even like blink when I was in highscool
pretty alright
>>66079115
+44 is Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, Shane Gallagher & Craig Fairbaugh have some respect you hypocrite
>>66079517
you could stop spamming your buzzword-stuffed opinion in every thread.
nobody cares.
>>66080154
kek
>>66073601
>browses /pol/ once
>>66080154
>>>66079517
>you could stop spamming your buzzword-stuffed opinion in every thread.
>nobody cares.
Fag
>>66077422
Nope, this album is boring and their attempt at trying to make every single song catchy just comes off as lazy and makes it really hard to remember a single song.
Aside from the singles they teased, this entire album was forgettable.
>>66080437
>literally came out today
>forgettable
that doesn't make any sense.
blink-182 wanna be mr. bungle so bad
>>66080455
As in, after I finished it, I couldn't name at least ONE track where I did a double take to check out the name of the song because it stood out.
Aside from the teasers which I had already heard
>>66080520
sounds like a personal problem.
besides, music is meant to be played over and over again. It's not a movie.
