One more time deluxe thread

[Bucko]

Hype mode well and truly engaged. Give us the date man 🥵

[Drama-Free Jan]

8 minutes ago, Ghent said:

This one sounds awesome

This is definitely the best one so far, besides Can't Go Back, for me.

They're having a little too much fun in the studio though.  Like, this is why they need a more 'unfun' producer, like a Jerry Finn.  They lack discipline because everyone eats everything up.  I'm not a Rick Rubin stan but I think that is a genius move for them.

They went from producing on their own last album (which was chill, but sloppy).  After hiring a pop pop-punk producer in Feldmann (it showed, and sucked), and Chainsmoker esque Songwriting teams thing.  And now back to the Chainsmoker esque Songwriting teams thing but + Tom this time.

Glory days are over.  Still down to take the stick out and have some decent fun though.  But I'm not gonna stan for this lazy uninspired shit.  It's just decent.  

[Ghent]

One More Time (Cali Deluxe Version)

[Drama-Free Jan]

5 minutes ago, Chewy030 said:

Everyone everywhere giving me BCR vibes 

How about some originality for a change?  Do they still have it in them?  I think they do, they just want to make this a lifestyle thing.  Tour, sell big, make decent/good songs, make a fortune.  I love the positivity they have right now, but man do I crave an authentic Tom/Mark/Blink cut.

Damn I sound like Diddy right now. 

[mahtmd]

None of the clips wow me but I’ve only listened to each once. I don’t want to overplay them. But I’m definitely more hyped now! 
 

I am surprised Can’t Go Back isn’t teased here. But I guess we’ve already heard a version of it. 

[Frank Woods]

Not gonna hear them, as I did with the singles before the release of OMT.

But I still listened to Can't Go Back, and don't know if the Untitled vibe of the song fits well with the OMT era: what if it has been written for the next record?

[Chewy030]

I still think releasing it as a deluxe is silly, just give us a 5 song EP and call it a day. No reason to release a year old album again at this point. 

[Champ182]

2 minutes ago, Chewy030 said:

I still think releasing it as a deluxe is silly, just give us a 5 song EP and call it a day. No reason to release a year old album again at this point. 

...especially when they already basically did the deluxe edition when they released it with the 2 b-sides

[Chewy030]

Just now, Champ182 said:

...especially when they already basically did the deluxe edition when they released it with the 2 b-sides

lol exactly! 

[Knapppers]

34 minutes ago, Ghent said:

This sounds very much like Cali era blink with Tom instead of Skiba (which is an upgrade obviously)

This is how I felt too. They're not bad but not great either. How I thought the original OMT album was gonna sound like. 

[thongrider]

3 minutes ago, Chewy030 said:

I still think releasing it as a deluxe is silly, just give us a 5 song EP and call it a day. No reason to release a year old album again at this point. 

That's not gonna make money for the man.

[stupidtallhotgirl]

5 minutes ago, Chewy030 said:

I still think releasing it as a deluxe is silly, just give us a 5 song EP and call it a day. No reason to release a year old album again at this point. 

Consequences of Taylor Swift releasing a new fart variant every month. 

 

Love her music but lol

[Monkey Chips]

I'm really excited for the full songs to come out (and the other songs that weren't teased) in the deluxe version later this month. As I learned with the Dance With Me snippet in the Blink Stalls, I can't actually judge how the songs will be, but I do want to point out some thoughts I had while listening to these snippets (and I'm actually gonna go back over and replay them as I write my thoughts out.

1) No Fun - Cool song, honestly sounds like a song that could have been on Tom's Lifeform's album, but also it has that classic blink-182 flair with the instrumentals of the bass and guitar (after Tom's vocal intro (for this clip at least I assume it's an intro)) Like I said, both the vocal intro and the vocal bit after the classic blink-182 instrumental breakdown give me some AvA Lifetime vibes.

2) All In My head - Pretty cool song, sounds like a fun pop punk tune... Not sure what to make of it though (at least until we get the full version)

3) Everyone Everywhere - Yeah this is a mix of BCR and AvA (Again Lifeforms AvA) which is really cool. I can't tell if that is Tom singing with a deeper voice like he did in "Losing My Mind"/the bridge for "More Than You Know" or Mark singing or even a combination of them both with a synth doing a neat effect.

4) Take Me In - Wow, Tom's part feels like it could be a Bowling For Soup song (and I mean that in a complimentary way because I was a BFS fan) Mark's part... I hate to say it kind of sounds like it might have outside songwriters influence. Other than that I'll have to wait for the full version of the song to fully judge.

[Champ182]

28 minutes ago, Monkey Chips said:

Mark's part... I hate to say it kind of sounds like it might have outside songwriters influence.

No doubt. We're all Blink connoisseurs here, that melody came from somewhere else for sure. It might as well be AI-created for modern pop streaming playlists.

[thecurseofchris]

33 minutes ago, Chewy030 said:

I still think releasing it as a deluxe is silly, just give us a 5 song EP and call it a day. No reason to release a year old album again at this point. 

Probably going for the Grammy nom.

[Drama-Free Jan]

50 minutes ago, Champ182 said:

...especially when they already basically did the deluxe edition when they released it with the 2 b-sides

*C-sides

[Ghent]

32 minutes ago, thecurseofchris said:

Probably going for the Grammy nom.

They didn't get nominated for OMT, I don't think releasing a Deluxe changes anything there

[fran.182]

Sounds like they are back to the factory line, rushed, throwback approach with lyrics homaging themselves. Not my thing.

"Take Me In" does sound promising, different enough and I think "Can't Go Back" is a strong one, but even the latter showcases some of my issues. From the live version, it's like they cut it too short. Sometimes I feel blink is relying on a restrained style as an excuse to get to the end fast. Laziness. Let the songs breathe and build up more with richer intro/outros, textures...

[Champ182]

21 minutes ago, fran.182 said:

Sounds like they are back to the factory line, rushed, throwback approach with lyrics homaging themselves.

Yeah that was my impression too, unfortunately...

"fuck me and fuck you too"

"whatever happened to the sense of 90s when punk was independent, and then it wasn't, when everyone became a part of that scene"

"change the ending scene, watch some porn and sing(?)"

I dunno, I'll give it all a fair shot when it comes out but this all seems pretty uninspired lyrically and sounds pretty ghost-written musically at first listen. I loved One More Time sooo much, but this sounds like it will be quite a step down, back to the 2016-2020 vibe but with Tom this time. 

[Frank Woods]

Many bands which needed to find their chemistry again released throwback albums after getting back together.

I think that having strenghter their relationship blink will try a more experimental way, maybe with a "true" producer (don't know if Rick Rubin could be the right one, since blink use to write and record at the same time while he prefers to enter in studio with the completed songs).