Blink-182 is back, again!
The trio released a new inspired track titled, “Blame It On My Youth”, apart of their forthcoming album which has yet to be named. For one, blink didn’t lie when they said they wanted this album to sound like it came out of the untitled-era -Let me explain this.
“Blame It On My Youth”, which is a modern-pop-nostalgia track, ringing true to failed youths on the dawn of the millennia. It’s almost deserved as a ballad, focusing on accepting who you are and the past that shaped you, which is all too real to all of us.
The song is carried by Travis Barker on drums, which helped the synth that starts the song find it’s way and create this subtle nostalgic/throwback atmosphere. The song lacks signature guitar tracks that we all know in blink-182 songs, as they’re very quiet, nonetheless they sound great.
Not to mention, Hoppus and Skiba sound incredible harmonizing in the chorus together. Just, wow.
Now, blink-182 explained that they wanted to take what people thought about the band and completely change that around and shock their fans. This debut song is a perfect example of this. No one expected a chill-paced youth-throwback song. This is modern blink-182 and what it was supposed to sound like.
For all of the fans who were sick of blink-182, “reliving the past”, or, “using ‘na na’s”, welcome to the experimental blink-182 you’ve been waiting for.
When the song first dropped, I was stunned. This is a fun, new direction the band is going in and we’ll have to see how the rest of the album shapes up, but at this rate, it seems like it’s going to be a great album.
It’s great to see the creativity flow between Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, and Travis Barker and fly to new heights.
They’re over the power-chords, people. The future is now!
Listen to the new track below!
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