Mato Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Meet Me On The Roof has the same charm The Exploding Hearts had on me when I first got into them. I love that band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedundantIdiot Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Woke up early this morning like an excited child wanting to see their Christmas presents under the tree. OMG I freakin love this album! My early favourites are Meet Me on the Roof, Take the Money and Crawl and Grafitia. The wait was totally worth it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W_FInkThePlatypusHunter Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Anyone start catching the little nods to previous songs? “Well I heard it all before..I slammed my fingers in the door.” - Junkies On a High “well I heard it all before..So don’t knock down my door.” - When I Come Around The little “and it’s dangerous” on “Sugar Youth” in the same style as “and she’s dangerous” from “She’s a rebel”. “Life during wartime” in “Graffitia” could be a nod to Pinhead Gunpowder’s song “Life during Wartime”. Inb4 the person who says this is just Billie “running out of ideas”. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted February 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2020 I’m at my second listening of the official release. What a fucking great album, so good, so, so good. I genuinely, from the deep of my heart, love this. More clear and elaborated thoughts to follow, but these dudes are making me feel like a fucking teenager that wants to dance from dusk until dawn, and I love them so much for this. What an era. This is so bold, fucking fresh air in my lungs and ears. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Grohl Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Just now, W_FInkThePlatypusHunter said: Anyone start catching the little nods to previous songs? “Well I heard it all before..I slammed my fingers in the door.” - Junkies On a High “well I heard it all before..So don’t knock down my door.” - When I Come Around The little “and it’s dangerous” in the same style as “and she’s dangerous” from “She’s a rebel”. “Life during wartime” in “Graffitia” could be a nod to Pinhead Gunpowder’s song “Life during Wartime”. Inb4 the person who says this is just Billie “running out of ideas”. I did catch a few of those! I figured it kind of ties in with what they said about the album cover and kind of poking fun at their legacy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JardyOfSuburbia Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 You know it's a good album when Pitchfork gives it a 6.7. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzabillie Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I like it. It’s definitely different. The only bad thing is that the songs are way too short. The whole album is way too short. It does leave me wanting more. They’re such a tease. 😉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperlanterns22 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 This is how I stand currently: Best: Sugar youth, Graffitia, Stab you in the heart Good: Father of all, Take the money and crawl, Meh: oh yeah, Fire ready aim, Teenage Teenager, Junkies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 The production is something completely new from this band but, with all honesty, it was fucking time. I was missing something so deep and meaningful also in that side since 21CB. It’s bold also on this side and someone is not gonna appreciate some choices, but for fuck same thank you Butch, thank you Tchad. Fresh air. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JardyOfSuburbia Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 God I love Teenage Teenager. So fun to sing and bob along to that one. And I agree with others how this album feels like such a breath of fresh air. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Someone was complaining about the voice effect on “crawl” in TTMAC, but it’s one of my favorite things of that song now that I can actually fully hear it. Brilliant modern touch IMHO ❤️ That and then right after I get punched in the face by that truly beautiful masterpiece that is Graffitia, what a record ❤️ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W_FInkThePlatypusHunter Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Kinda interested on what Fantano will have to say about the album. He’s absolutely shit on the singles that have come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBum Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Lets bring your guys thoughts and reviews of the new album over into it's own thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Guardian review of the album https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/07/its-the-rawness-why-green-day-and-90s-punk-still-resonates-with-todays-young-music-fans?CMP=share_btn_tw ‘It’s the rawness’: why Green Day and 90s punk still resonates with today’s young music fans They are old enough to be their parents – but many teenage fans today find the lyrics and energy of 90s punk speaks more to them than today’s rock bands • Green Day: ‘Rock’n’roll helps you dance through the apocalypse’ As a young rock fan, 18-year-old Joe from Wiltshire feels little is on offer to him musically. “Today’s rock music hasn’t really hit the heights for me,” he says. “The energy isn’t captured as well, or it’s lyrically lacking.” That view was reinforced three years ago when he first heard his favourite band, Green Day. Minnesota-based Ravlin, 14, has a similar outlook – he loves the “rawness” of their music: “Most modern rock groups sound similar and low-energy.” Whatever one thinks of most modern rock groups, it’s undeniable that Green Day, along with certain other now-heritage bands, are still attracting new crowds. Blink-182 tour arenas and, according to their label, Sony, 49% of their regular streamers are under 30. Emo figureheads My Chemical Romance amassed hordes of teenage fans in the period after their 2013 breakup, who have all bought expensive tickets to their reunion shows this summer. Marie, a Londoner who runs a fan website, Green Day Inc, tells me the band still top “any rock or alternative playlists on Apple Music or Spotify; you read interviews with new artists like Twenty One Pilots or the 1975, and they always cite Green Day as their influences,” she says. She is always surprised at how young the fans who follow her page are. “Even as a 28-year-old, they make me feel so ancient.” Wyatt Wendels, host of the New Rock Show on radio station Planet Rock, thinks that compared with most artists of the genre, Green Day are still full of life and punky values. “But,” he says, “if anyone could give a definitive answer to how bands can continue to have a youthful audience, every band would be set for life.” Can we at least approximate that winning formula? It can’t just be these bands are simply better than modern acts whose members are closer to the age of their listeners. For Ian Winwood, author of Smash! Green Day, the Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the 90s Punk Explosion, these bands are from “a time when albums meant something. It’s difficult now for rock groups to build a body of work that can be used to keep a momentum going for years and years.” With 1994’s original teen-anthem-filled Dookie and 2004’s politically engaged American Idiot behind them, Green Day are a household brand whose T-shirts are sold by Asos and Sports Direct. Young fans I spoke to cared far less for Green Day releases of their own teens such as 2012’s albums Uno, Dos, and Tré – they preferred the crude, relatable Dookie and still-relevant American Idiot, the anti-conservative stance of which could have seen it released in 2020. Liam, 14, from Ontario, describes these albums as “pure gold” that represent Green Day, the band and brand. To the band’s credit, they have evolved for the interests and insecurities of each generation of punk-leaning teen. Dookie was for every outcast; American Idiot for the politically minded youth, and 2016’s Revolution Radio for those all too aware of social media’s omnipotence. The band share the minutiae of their lives online, and their cool children come as part of that package. Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker’s teenage daughter Alabama is an Instagram influencer, and his son Landon is a rapper; Billie Joe Armstrong’s son Joey is drummer in the band Swmrs, while another son, Jakob, records as Jakob Danger. When Billie Joe and Billie Eilish appeared in Rolling Stone together in October 2019, both with dark, dyed hair and pouts as identical as their names, it felt like a natural pairing. Green Day, then, may be the most relevant 90s rock artists still making new music. And even if that new music doesn’t always resonate, there will always be Dookie, when the band encapsulated the evergreen teen experience: masturbatory, irritable and struggling to figure out exactly who you will be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Staying true to their name lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Not sure if this dude is famous or what, but I remember lots of people were posting his trashing reviews of the singles. In the end he actually liked the record and gave a 3,5/5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunt Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said: Not sure if this dude is famous or what, but I remember lots of people were posting his trashing reviews of the singles. In the end he actually liked the record and gave a 3,5/5 John always does a pretty good job reviewing albums. His teeth are just fucked up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Im.a.basket.case Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Was anyone able to get their preordered digital download? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny smith Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/4/2020 at 10:17 PM, Sheenius said: So I saw some Youtube reviews from reviewers that heard the leak and so far every single person has drawn a parallel with Warning. Am I missing something here? I thought the only album since Warning that actually drew a major parallel to Warning was Uno. Didn’t even draw parallel with uni did it? Hahaha I’d say this record has a sonic tone of Foxboro and also the ¡dos! Album... but a lot better. Record just sounds like the New York dolls from the 70’s with a touch of billie-joes longshot album. A solid 8/10 for me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said: Guardian review of the album https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/07/its-the-rawness-why-green-day-and-90s-punk-still-resonates-with-todays-young-music-fans?CMP=share_btn_tw ‘It’s the rawness’: why Green Day and 90s punk still resonates with today’s young music fans Again another quite positive reception from a source that smashed the band in the recent past. Happy about this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefand11 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 anyone found the japan edition live bang bang track? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpelstiltskin2000 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Article in Spanish here from Cultura Ocio: And some pics from Japan: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanz25 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, HAPPY ROOTING UNICORN said: Again another quite positive reception from a source that smashed the band in the recent past. Happy about this. I'm not actually sure that's The Guardians official review, they seem to have two articles up but neither have a rating nor are they in the album reviews section. This piece is actually a better read than the one linked: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/07/green-day-rocknroll-helps-you-dance-through-the-apocalypse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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