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glorybox94
July 2nd 2016


1092 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

neighborhoods shits on this

NordicMindset
July 2nd 2016


25137 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Come to think of it, I can't think of any good songs about being happy.

LotusFlower
July 2nd 2016


12000 Comments


i liked the new blue october record and that was pretty damn happy.

claygurnz
July 2nd 2016


7790 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

'Neighbourhoods shits on this'



Jammed that yesterday after hearing this and I totally agree. I actually love that album.

onionbubs
July 2nd 2016


23796 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

wow this made me like neighborhoods more

DirEnRefused
July 2nd 2016


3665 Comments


"Come to think of it, I can't think of any good songs about being happy."

There's a lot, I think just the human condition is more inclined to praise and see depth in sad stuff. It's the same with pretty much all art, so many great poems about life being inspiring and beautiful that people don't care about because they're not a holocaust analogy.

decisions
July 2nd 2016


1246 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

This album totally made me appreciate Neighborhoods a bit more. I always thought it was great, but it just kind reminds me how unique Blink used to sound.



@STDandALK3



As a drummer myself, I honestly feel that Travis underperforms on this album. He certainly underperforms relative to his own standard. There are many songs on the record where he never really does anything that interesting. Take Sober for example. On any other Blink record that pre-chorus would be filled with some cool, melodic part that Travis likes to write when taking a break from standard, snare-drum led beats. But on here all we get are two bass drums and hand claps that are way louder and clearer than any drum besides the snare on the entire album thanks to Feldmann. There are many moments on the album where I feel he held himself back, it's not bad, but it's less than I would expect from him. Sorry if you think that that opinion is somehow incomprehensible unless it comes from some Tom DeLonge fandom. As I stated in my review, I was happy to see him go as, despite me liking the majority of the music he's made, he didn't seem to want to do this anymore and was holding the band back. But his departure didn't really amount to anything positive it seems.



Also, I'd say that (and this is something I could've gotten across better in my review), when he does add more complicated stuff to the songs, I don't feel like they feel like they belong all that well. What's shocking is that they're more out of place than his parts on Neighborhoods, which is weird considering how that album was recorded.

theNateman
July 2nd 2016


3809 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

Yeah even Travis sucks on here

SB129
July 2nd 2016


350 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Basically everything about this sucks. Maybe 4 decent songs. The songwriting is laughably bad. Mark needs to take a good, long look in the mirror and think about the atrocity that he, Travis and Matt just created that they are trying to pass as a Blink album. Actually, they all need to. Matt is better than this. Mark and Travis apparently are not, but they have all sunk very low.

glorybox94
July 2nd 2016


1092 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

artistically blink is done.

voltairesangryglove
July 2nd 2016


700 Comments


this is audio diarrhea. can't give this flaming garbage barge a low enough score.

STDandALK3
July 2nd 2016


51 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Fair enough Decisions....Different strokes for different... For the record, "Sober" was also collaborated with one of the guys from Fall Out Boy and Evanescence hence its outrageous mainstream popiness. i just don't think this album deserves as much hate on here as its getting. It is #1 in 28 countries currently. My opinion, I've heard better but I have def heard worst. This album isn't horrible.

voltairesangryglove
July 2nd 2016


700 Comments


It is #1 in 28 countries currently

because that's the mark of quality!

Satellite
July 2nd 2016


26539 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

this chugs shit even by blink standards. only made it through a few songs but i'm certain there isn't a score low enough for this feculence.



disappointed in you, skibs.

Snake.
July 2nd 2016


25598 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

skiba hasn't been very good since 2005

decisions
July 2nd 2016


1246 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

He hasn't really matched up to the Asian Man stuff, but My Shame is True was good enough for me to still consider him (and the Trio) a great musician, and so, hearing his work on this record blows.

Satellite
July 2nd 2016


26539 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

agony & irony was tits

MrGarland
July 2nd 2016


215 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0 | Sound Off

I listened through 'Neighborhoods' again today and I almost broke out in tears. I used to consider that album a grand mistake, but now I'm quite certain it's a classic when I compare it to this.



The album had a certain attempt to revisit the Blink we once knew and loved, and that's what makes me appreciate it. I'm still baffled that they butchered what could have been a fantastic collaboration of musicians. I'm most disappointed in Mark, though. The guy is no more than a twitter fiend now. I could strangle the guy with an extension cord.

TheSpirit
Emeritus
July 2nd 2016


30304 Comments


The hyperbole in this thread is suffocating

Satellite
July 2nd 2016


26539 Comments

Album Rating: 1.5

yeah it makes me want to set myself on fire



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