Blink 182 - Neighbourhoods twitter breakdown
Ghost on the Dancefloor. A mix of Everythings Magic and There Is. No hint of a blink song yet
Natives - a bit better. Disjointed, but hints of the old blink energy
Up All Night - another AVA/Boxcar soundalike. Catchy chorus but very little Hoppus influence
After Midnight - Not bad. Not great. Slow song that sounds a bit like leftovers from a +44 session
Snake Charmer - still waiting for Mark Hoppus to have a vocal more than a chorus. Again, not a bad song, just nothing to remind me of blink
Hearts All Gone - THERE IT IS!! marks first song and its a belter! Raging drums, great build up, all round tune. More please
Wishing Well - more of toms whiny 'artistic' voice on this one. Another AVA comparison but hard to distinguish between the 2 projects
Kaleidoscope - Travis is awesome as always, shame the rest doesn't quite match up. It's ok, nothing special.
This is Home - sounds like tom delonge has listened to a lot of we are scientists. Always loved his riffs up to toypaj, they've all but gone
MH 4.18.2011 - Mark gets hold of the mic for another pop punk blast. A bit run of the mill but energetic and catchy
Love Is Dangerous - Boring. Double vocal a la Violence, but a bit dreary and poncy.
Fighting The Gravity - Another chugging, dreary song. Trying too hard to sound grown up and artistic.
Even If She Falls - Glad this is the last song cos I'm out of things to say for 'boring', same as AVA, nothing remaining of old blink.
Didn't expect a masterpiece but totally dissapointed by Neighbourhoods. There's glimmers of goodness. Heart's all gone easily the best...
...on offer, and a few decent catchy tunes, but for the most part it fails at being blink. Its obvious it was recorded in separate places...
...and cobbled together in the studio. Not a shining comeback. Maybe it'll get better with time. The lyrics aren't bad, just musically lacking. 4/10
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