California: Deluxe Edition

俺たちの音楽は"ファッション"じゃない。「Blink-182」という"生き様"だ。西海岸ポップ・パンクの代名詞blink-182、『ネイバーフッズ』以来、約5年ぶり7枚目となる待望の新作『CALIFORNIA』で全米アルバム・チャートの頂点を取ってから約10ヵ月。新曲11曲+アコースティック・ヴァージョン1曲を収録したボリュームたっぷりのボーナス・ディスク付き2CDデラックス・エディションを早くも発売!!

俺たちの音楽は"ファッション"じゃない。「Blink-182」という"生き様"だ。西海岸ポップ・パンクの代名詞blink-182、『ネイバーフッズ』以来、約5年ぶり7枚目となる待望の新作『CALIFORNIA』で全米アルバム・チャートの頂点を取ってから約10ヵ月。新曲11曲+アコースティック・ヴァージョン1曲を収録したボリュームたっぷりのボーナス・ディスク付き2CDデラックス・エディションを早くも発売!!

Spin - "'Bored to Death' is the album's first single and most successful song, with a compressed drum intro and dolorous three-note repeating riff that hits you like a tornado..." NME - "There are gems aplenty. 'Bored To Death' is a summer-anthem-to-be....The upbeat 'She's Out Of Her Mind' will never leave your head." Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'She's Out of Her Mind' builds a cheery singalong moment out of the term 'anti-social,' and on 'No Future' and 'Kings of the Weekend,' hooks pile up like empty beer cans." Alternative Press - "CALIFORNIA explodes from the speakers with much-welcomed, in-your-face sheen on 'Cynical,' a double-time slab of skate punk and desperate vocals." Alternative Press - "CALIFORNIA sounds like what Blink-182 probably should sound like in 2016: upbeat, hooky and, above anything else, a total blast." Alternative Press - "CALIFORNIA explodes from the speakers with much-welcomed, in-your-face sheen on "Cynical," a double-time slab of skate punk and desperate vocals."

California, the aptly titled seventh album from blink-182, is also the first LP from the pop-punk icons to feature new vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba (Alkaline Trio). After separating from founding guitarist Tom DeLonge, the group entered the studio to record a new collection produced by John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, All Time Low, 5 Seconds of Summer), their first since 2011's Neighborhoods. First single "Bored to Death" was released in April 2016, featuring the familiar propulsive drumming of Travis Barker and new vocal harmonies courtesy of the new Hoppus-Skiba front line. ~ Neil Z. Yeung|