Since the hiatus, nothing new has been played. No real teasers or anything but in my opinion, it was definitely worth the wait.
I was briefly skimming through blink's status and the comments they were receiving.. I definitely saw a lot of people who really liked the single, of course there were always going to be people who didn't like it but tbh, I really liked the single.
I felt it had elements of the old blink-182, Angels & Airwaves and Box Car Racer which for me is a really cool blend.
It seemed a tad heavier in my opinion, not a bad thing of course and it sounded more like a rock single than a punk single which I quite frankly, welcomed.
In some ways, I can see why people don't like the fact it comes across as something that AvA would release that would have something like 'feat. Mark Hoppus' or something but I also look at it as if this really was too Angels & Airwaves, I think Tom probably would have kept certain elements of it for AvA.
I guess when people say they don't like it because of the AvA element, I can see why but it's incredibly hard for me to agree with them because of my love for Angel & Airwaves makes it practically impossible to hate but aside from that, the facts are, it's not Angels & Airwaves.. It's blink-182, it'll be on the album and it's their latest single and I very much enjoyed the new track and can't wait to hear more new stuff and their whole album, in general.
Certain comments I simply can't stand are people who think it's not blink at all, because, well, it is. I don't know what some of these people are thinking, are they expecting them to release songs they've already released again? Some of these people speak like they're saying 'release Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'. These people make me think they're so stupid, they might actually be saying that and it's brutally painful to hear people say that because I think 'are you that stupid?'.
As for the electronic side that this song has, were people not expecting it? It comes back to them acting like they want previous albums to be released again. Tom uses electronics in Angels & Airwaves and there were certain electronic elements (such as keyboards) in +44's music and with Travis using electronics in his solo music and things, it's no real surprise this was added. Plus, so many bands do it these days which again is why I wasn't surprised.. So many bands start out with one sound where they stick too and don't explore other areas because for reasons that they chose, perhaps it was a money thing where they can't really afford to buy certain electronic gear or their genre doesn't particularly open up to that sort of thing and they want to stay true to the genre but you find as time goes on, band's do open up to adding some form of electronics/synthesizers, even deathcore bands such as Bring Me The Horizon, as they've grown, synths have been added, You Me At Six have added some synths, pretty much every band these days that are classed as 'big' and are featured a lot these days use it in some way or another.. Clearly people can't accept that.
Overall, in my opinion - rad song, can't wait to hear more, welcome back blink-182.
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