blink-182 - One More Time… (October 20, 2023) • Page 83

23 hours to go. Y’all are getting me hyped I need to hear Blink Wave so badly

 

I just got a shipping notification for my Spotify variant.

 

Again, haven’t listened to this, but a thought occurred to me earlier when watching the Zane interview that I didn’t really get to form before… all of this happened

When reflecting on BCR, Tom mentions how he’s learned that he doesn’t need a second outlet to experiment with things - that he can try anything with Blink because he doesn’t see them as strictly inside a box anymore. I honestly think there’s something to be said about the way he really took to Turnstile a couple years back for the way he’s adopted this new outlook. That’s how they’ve been for a long time, and received overwhelming praise for that ambition with Glow On. And I know younger bands inspire older bands all the time, nothing new there. But if I’m right, then it’s really fucking cool how heavy of a hand Tom had in them blowing up, while they in turn had much do with this fire under his ass. When Glow On came out there was all this talk around here about how it’d be a record that would make kids pick up guitars, it’s wild to think that Tom may have also somewhat been under that umbrella and now we have this

 

That might be my favorite sequencing moment, tbh. The intro acoustic guitar from "One More Time" has the same Box Car Racer sound as "Terrified", but then OMT takes it elsewhere.

 

Not to dampen or downplay any of Tom's ambitions, but I'm really hoping that he calls it a day with Angels And Airwaves in the near future, or even makes them a 'here and there' band, who plays a festival or show from time to time with low commitment, making it an occasional hobby.

Based on this album, and what we love about it so far after a few hours with it, we don't need 2 sides of Tom's songwriting. We just need him to be honest, creative and having fun, while not trying to think about what he "should be", and just be what he is. Sometimes it won't work, but if we get output like today, it'll be awesome a lot of the time.

He can get all of that with blink, and as much as I love AVA and have some awesome memories associated there, it might be time.

 

Bad news sound so much like a new found glory hook, I LOVE IT. Had a friend point it out and now I hear it every time.

 

I second that.While I enjoyed the Seattle show a ton (big Turnstile fan too) and it was an amazing performance, the trip up there was miserable. First time ever driving in downtown Seattle and I horribly misjudged traffic. Got there right when Turnstile started. Had no idea the parking garage was going to be $75. Then the person with me had work in the morning, so we drove all the way back and got in at 3AM. Would much prefer a 20 min drive to Moda with a $20 garage, and I get home in 25 min.

I've thought about this a lot.

 

Oh yeah, Seattle traffic makes Portland traffic seem like nothing. The only time I’ve seen Blink was on the reunion tour with Weezer up in Auburn, which was even worse. We barely got in by the time Taking Back Sunday played and sat in two hours of traffic that began around Fort Lewis to do so. Ended up leaving before Blink finished so we could avoid the two hour parking lot traffic jam. Didn’t get back to Portland until 3AM, which was rough haha

 

Blink Wave is goated, no debate

 

"Fuck Face" makes me feel like I should be sitting in front of an N64 shredding the warehouse on Tony Hawk Pro Skater.

 

I hope he is taking screenshots of this moment.

 

As a person with an evergrowing playlist called Kickflip Candy that is specifically meant for music that makes me feel exactly like this, this post makes me very excited lol

 

Anthem Part 3 is a great opener!

 

Terrified is so good! I also seem to like Fell in Love a lot more than most on here haha.

 

Ah fuck a clogged ear I hit play anyway. Feels silly hearing some Tom guitar leads sound mushy due to it but I guess this will make for a good story for a first listen years later.

Anthem Pt 3 is easily one of the best songs they've ever done. The way it just keeps evolving. Never expected to hear something this urgent from them ever again. When Mark comes back with his shouted higher pitched vocals, I got chills. I loved Neighborhoods but this track already surpasses all the first reunion material.

 

On Edging now and this is easily my least favourite so far and I still like it. I remember thinking this was a solid comeback single but was hoping for much better from the album and I'm glad it delivered!

 

Fell In Love is very AVA but in a less... sanitized way than what ended up on the first reunion stuff, if that makes sense? Tom wasn't singing like that at all back then, the difference is night and day.

 

Holy shit Terrified rips. Didn't know they still had something post-hardcore-ish (mixed with Tom's signature spaciness here and there) in them? That song is fucking huge

Also hey I recognize the drums in the bridge! Hello old instagram snippets

 

the more classic pop punk leaning stuff is usually my least favourite parts of blink albums but Bad News is like the best version of that.

 

Oh wow When We Were Young's bridge (Always' bridge vibe) with that high pitched synth. Travis learned a lot from Jerry Finn and John Feldmann.

edit: Not forgetting about Aaron Rubin, just haven't looked up if he's done that one too.

 

You Don't Know What You've Got... you know, after years of Tom's reuse of riffs and chord progressions being a meme, I'm happy to finally hear new Blink material with him on which I can't accurately predict what comes next.

Goes to show this album wouldn't have been possible not only if the first reunion hadn't happened, but if he hadn't met Ilan Rubin and the latter wouldn't have made him change it up songwriting wise.

 

Blink Wave is them finally building on Always but make it 2023. Those synths!!

 

How’s the audio quality of the leak?
Could anyone hit me up with a link please?

 

The irony of Tom meeting Ilan is that Travis was Ilan’s drum teacher lol