Looks like the media blitz for the upcoming Blink-182 album Neighborhoods (Geffen), set to drop on September 27, is in full swing. Major news outlets like the New York Times, Billboard Magazine, and MTV.com have published profiles of the band and reviews of the aforementioned LP.
Check out snippets from each piece, as well as links to the source material, below.
An interesting profile describing the influence Blink-182 has had on popular music:
"I was thinking we had so much to prove," [DeLonge] said. . . "I feel totally different now. I'm much more accepting of what [Blink] is, I don't want to change it as much as it did." Besides, he added, "if you can prove you have the staying power, people just surrender."
Excerpted from the New York Times. Read the full article by CLICKING HERE.
A well-written and comprehensive cover story discussing Blink's recent history as well as how the band has adapted to music production in the social-media age:
"We decided we wanted to release 'Heart's All Gone', [a b-side track on Neighborhoods], and the next day we had it up," Hoppus says. The band members have stayed active on their personal Twitter accounts (Hoppus is in the lead with 1.8 million followers). . . "Now it's about getting music to the people," Hoppus says. "It allows artists more direct access and a lot more control over their music."
Excerpted from Billboard Magazine. Read the full article by CLICKING HERE.
A favorable review of Neighborhoods that focuses on the band's shift from fun-loving pranksters to introspective and soulful musicians:
"Sonically, it's practically nocturnal, melding the electronic flourishes of Mark Hoppus and Barker's +44 project and the laser-light grandeur of Tom DeLonge's Angels & Airwaves into a sound that recalls nothing so much as dark sheets and black expanses, mostly of the suburban variety. . . Even the chords- and there are a lot of them- are dark, as if DeLonge has dipped his Epiphone in ink. Hoppus's bass booms ominously and Barker's backbeats are skittering, scraping and downright scary in parts."
Excerpted from MTV.com. Read the full review by CLICKING HERE.
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