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I really don't like the opening lyric of Run Away but the rest of the songs great.

 

I’m going with... Pin the Grenade (first verse is still frustrating af), Run Away, The First Time, Hungover You, I Really Wish I Hated You

 

Love the song, hate the title haha

 

With the exception of Darkside the singles are the weakest thing here. That said I really enjoyed all the singles.

 

My faves:
The First Time
Darkside
Blame It On My Youth
Generational Divide
Run Away
Pin The Grenade
Ransom
On Some Emo Shit (wish it had a different title)

Least faves:
I Really Wish I Hated You
Hungover You

Still need to spend some more time with Remember To Forget Me

 

Me after my first listen:

 

I legitimately think that California is a mostly horrible record (especially the song writing, and the guitar work), and didn't think the band could release good and/or interesting music without Tom.

I was 100% wrong. I'm shocked at how good this record is. The diversity, production, overall songwriting is all terrific. Still not a huge fan of the singles, but there are at least 4-5 songs that deserve to be played live and will end up being top-tier Blink.

Amazing how wrong many of us were.

 

Pin The Grenade has the strongest, catchiest chorus from Mark I have heard in a long time.

And No Heart To Speak Of.... holy shit. Bangers.

 

I can’t believe that I’m into the transition between the outro of No Heart to Speak of and Ransom but here we are

 

Found a stream on a Facebook search that you don’t have to download!


The callbacks to older songs are a lot more subtle on this one. Pin The Grenade’s verses and drum part have a similar vibe to Kaleidoscope until the chorus explodes. Run away has a bit of the untitled interlude. I bet there’s a lot more peppered in there.

It’s too bad they lead with BIOMY. That and IRWIHY would have been really cool surprises had they not been released before the album drop. I don’t think they’re good expressions of the whole body of work. They’re more cool meandering left turns that fit surprisingly well in the context of the whole album.

This album is truly pulling the best from each member.

 

why is it frustrating?

 

First time chorus has some MH 4.11.2011 vibes as well. Radical to hear Neighborhoods impressions hidden in this record.

 

HEY

WAIT

PIN THE GRENADE

 

love the bass and Mark's background aaahs in the second verse of Pin the Grenade. can't wait to spend the next few days just picking up on little things like that that make me fall in love with the songs more

 

IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME
LIE TO MY FACE !

 

Bored To Death, Left Alone, and San Diego are some of my favorite Blink songs.

 

Listening now. The First Time fucking rules!

 

I feel like Mark took to heart comments from fans telling him to make a new +44 album. I’m so happy they made this.

 

Skiba does some cool stuff musically on this record that really surprised me. There are a few instances where you'd expect him/them to transition to another major chord in like a chorus, except he takes a left turn and plays a minor chord or some sort of dissonant chord and as a result makes that shit pop.

 

we need the lyrics

 

GL to these dudes trying to play Black Rain live.

 

Just finished my first listen. It’s fine.

Sadly, not a lot of the lyrics really grabbed my attention outside of a few random lines. Will need to listen more. But it’s good.

 

What did you search? Link?

 

Holy wow, Black Rain on good headphones is a fucking TRIP

 

Heaven is the most genuinely excited I’ve been about a new blink song in a long time.