“Adding a new member, the band returns to (and builds on) its golden-age sound”
“It’s been 21 years since Blink-182 released their debut album ‘Cheshire Cat’. Now, six albums later and well into their forties, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker are starting over without founding member Tom DeLonge, who they called “disrespectful and ungrateful” during his departure from the band in early 2015. Blink fans were worried about what would happen after DeLexit, but the lads wasted no ti”
“Egos, public disputes and millions upon millions of records sold mean that the sun-kissed pop rock band Blink-182 now have more in common with Metallica in Some Kind of Monster than they do with the fun-loving skate punk band they once were. With Tom DeLonge seemingly gone to pursue aliens full-time, remaining members Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker teamed up with the Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba in a”
“Blink-182's seventh album wants to be a pop-punk eminence album, evidence humbly submitted that this aging pack of skater brats is still young, selectively dumb, and full of commiserating angst.”
