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Roosevelt is great.

Yellowcard was my favorite band behind blink back in high school. Put on some of their tunes the other day on Spotify. I forgot how good they were. Wish I got a chance to see em live.

The production was the first thing that stood out to me on my first listen. Been bumping it in my car the whole week. I love Don't Take The Money, All My Heroes, and Let's Get Married. I think his first album was a little better, but this album was still great.

Anybody here ever heard of Bleachers? John Hughes-lite, indie synth pop. He's the drummer of fun. and as worked with notable pop artists such as Taylor Swift and Tegan and Sara. His first album was a pop masterpiece Imo, and his new album is also very good. Here's the lead single:

I think DED, replaced with some more well thought out bridges, would of been a perfect step in direction for where I wanted blink-182 to continue to go. It is a great EP and one of my favorite blink releases. I think WIWY/Disaster were a great combination of Tom's U2 influences infused with the energy of blink. I think the title track sounds a lot like +44. Boxing Day is the worse song on the EP and was still a really good song. PLG is one of my all time favorite blink songs and I don't mind the rap. Would of loved a follow up record to the EP to see where they would of taken their sound next, but oh well.

Woah buddy lol, never said Skiba's smooth tone is why I enjoy blink, I was just noting an observation. I totally agree with you that what made blink special was the unique contrast between Tom's more tenor voice and Mark's baritone range and I also agree a big reason why I am not the biggest fan of the Skiba-era is that sometimes on the first listen of songs I cannot tell if it is Mark or Matt singing certain parts.

One thing Skiba does have on Tom is how smooth is voice can be at sometimes. I don't think Tom would sound as good on an acoustic track in the vein of Bored to Death acoustic like Skiba does. Him and Mark sound great on it.

Song is for sure a grower, I dig it. Was actually singing it in my head at work today. Really dig the harmonies, especially in the outro.

Without flow in mind and tried to get something from every blink album/EP barring Cali. Carousel Dammit Going Away To College What's My Age Again Adam's Song Roller Coaster Everytime I Look For You Feeling This I Miss You Violence Asthenia Always All of This The Adventure Sirens Chapter 13 There Is Cat Like Thief Ghost on the Dance Floor Disaster Pretty Little Girl

I gotta disagree, the one thing the Cali era has one the post-reunion era is the bridges are actually...bridges, rather than just a repeat of the intro or the chorus without the lyrics. The bridges on Self Titled are fantastic though. - Mark's part in Feeling This - Eerie spoken word within the Violence bridge - Mark's yelling part in Stockholm Syndrome - The energetic guitars in Asthenia and Always - RUN RUN RUN HOLY LET ME OUT Damn, even the bridges on TOYPAJ are fantastic too. Anthem Pt 2, Online Songs, Give Me One Good Reason. Different strokes for different folks I suppose.

I am trying to give this song more listens to see the hype in it, and I am still not seeing it...but, it is a pretty good song. I don't think Skiba sounds any better or worse than he does in other songs such as Misery or Left Alone. Really dig Mark's hook in the chorus though.

Oh no I totally agree. I'm sure the accolade though itself is still something they are very proud of, especially since it was their first. And also agreed on the 2nd part. California isn't even up to NBHDs or DEDs for me.

I'm sure it is in the novelty of it being fresh. I wonder how this record will age for them in their eyes. It got nominated for a Grammy so I am sure they will always be proud of it.

Overall, the Deluxe is sort of meh for me. I personally think the peak of Disc 1, which for me happens to be the first two songs, are the whole peak of the California era. I don't even remember what some of the songs off the Deluxe sound like after a couple listens they were that forgettable to me. I don't try to compare Skiba-Feldman blink to Tom-blink, so it is hard to be dissatisfied with the product if your expectations are at rock bottom. The album has some good songs like Misery or Good Old Days, but nothing that made me go "Wow I want to listen to that again!" I really don't like that they reused the same riff between 5 or 6 songs on Discs 1 and 2. blink-182 will always have a special place in my heart and I will always check to see what the band is up to but they outgrew the "My Favorite Band" label a long time ago along with pop punk in general. I think songs like Cynical, Bored to Death, TOTTM really capture the Pre-Cali blink vibe despite Skiba in the band, and that is why I enjoy those songs. More tunes like those, and yes, I'd love to see a +44 meets AK3 experiment on the next record. OH and also, why do the jokes songs have the badass riffs?! If they used those riffs in actual full songs, I think they would be absolute gems.

Nothing special but I really dig the "It's a long way back.." etc placement in the song. I haven't heard the Simple Plan song everyone was comparing it to but I think this song was better than quite a few Cali tracks.