Blink 182: the return

[kuro808]

How you guys like the song?

Honestly, maturity makes their music now, okay, but the album always makes my decision better

[kuro808]

http://www.twitter.com/?d=6LBS4207

here's the album

[SomethingWild]

Hmmmm...... mixed feelings.

They matured --> music got heavier and depressing. 

The older stuff has the occasional serious song too, which was nice. On this album I'm missing the care-free happy stuff a bit. After all, that's what made them famous.

It's a pretty good album though. The songs themselves have a bit more substance as well. The question is; will I be listening to it a lot. We'll see.

[Tuffty]

They matured --> music got heavier and depressing. 

The older stuff has the occasional serious song too, which was nice. On this album I'm missing the care-free happy stuff a bit. After all, that's what made them famous.

It's a weird one this. Some people don't like bands straying away from what made them famous, but others hate it if they don't change at all despite the fact that they have clearly matured. The Red Hot Chilli Peppers for example, I've seen a few people who just can't understand why, at their ripe old age, they're still singing songs with lines like 'I put my lovin in your oven' and telling them to grow up.

[kuro808]

totally agree with both of the opinions, although for an album it seems like they might be ending it soon because of the themes

[SomethingWild]

Yeah, I think this will work out for the better in Blink 182's case. They've been through a lot and they are expressing it with this new sound.

When it comes to punk, I always find it sorta awkward to see bands not evolving. Middle-aged men still playing the same stuff like they did when they were young isn't quite right either.

For metal it's different:
- Metallica: matured/changed their sound over the years and a lot have people hate them for it.
- Slayer: have been playing the exact same stuff for 20 years and people still love them for it.

[13]

To be completely honest, the new album has not really captured my heart like blink-182 used to do...

I won't delete it though, since it's blink-182, but if I ever would play it, very soon I will play a former album instead.

[kuro808]

^ true but after combing through the album, some I just kept for palette