Wednesday, 24 August 2011

Blink-182 post brand new song 'Heart's All Gone' online – audio

Blink-182 have posted a brand new track called 'Heart's All Gone' online.

The track is the second to emerge from the band's forthcoming sixth studio album 'Neighborhoods', following the online release of lead-off single 'Up All Night'. You can hear it by scrolling to the bottom of the page.

'Heart's All Gone' is more in the vein of the pop punk trio's earlier material, with the drums and guitar riffs played at a much faster pace, similar to the band's work on third album 'Enema Of The State'.
The band, who revealed the artwork for 'Neighborhoods' yesterday (August 4), will release their first studio album since their 2003 self-titled release on September 26.

They tour the UK next summer, after pushing back their dates by a full year to complete work on the album. They are currently touring North America with My Chemical Romance.





Blink-182 reveal tracklisting for new album 'Neighborhoods'

Blink-182 have unveiled the tracklisting for their new album 'Neighborhoods'.

The pop-punk trio's comeback record is due for release on September 26 and will include 10 tracks on the standard edition, including recent single 'Up All Night'. A 13-track 'Deluxe Edition' will also be available, with 'Heart's All Gone', a track the band released online earlier this month, only available on the expanded edition.

The album is the band's first since their 2003 self-titled album and their seventh studio LP of their career.

The band tour the UK next summer after pushing back their dates by a full year to complete work on the album. They are currently touring North America with My Chemical Romance.

The tracklisting for 'Neighborhoods' is as follows:

'Ghost On The Dance Floor'
'A La Mode'
'This is Home'
'Snake Charmer'
'MH 4.18.2011'
'Even If She Falls'
'You Too'
'Up All Night'
'After Midnight'
'Natives'


Deluxe Edition Bonus Tracks are as follows:

'Kaleidoscope'
'Fighting The Gravity'
'Heart's All Gone'


http://www.nme.com/news/blink-182/58661

Sunday, 7 August 2011

Blink-182's 'Heart's All Gone': Back To Basics

It's easy to compare Blink-182's brand-new "Heart's All Gone" with "Up All Night," the first song they released off their upcoming Neighborhoods album, mostly because the similarities begin and end right there. They are both songs by the band, and they are both on the new record.

Perhaps, then, it's best to contrast the two songs, because they're different in just about every conceivable way. "Up All Night" premiered with much fanfare — on the band's site and L.A. radio station KROQ — and was greeted with much the same. "Heart's All Gone," on the other hand, bowed without much notice: just a quick link on Mark Hoppus' Google Plus page that took you to a new website and a simple instruction to "Command the 'A' " (or, if you're on a PC, "CTRL + A").

Doing so on the new site, of course, revealed not only lyrics but the song itself. And that's when the differences between the two tracks really become apparent. Because while "Up All Night" synthesized all of the band's previous endeavors (Plus-44, Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer) into something entirely new, "Heart's All Gone" does the complete opposite: It is very much a blast from the past — both Blink's and the West Coast punk scene that birthed them.

With its breakneck guitars, yelped vocals and cascading drums, it sounds like something taken from Blink's 1997 Dude Ranch album (or '01's Take Off Your Pants and Jacket), but at the same time, it also recalls classic West Coast churn and burn, à la Bad Religion, Pennywise or even NOFX.

Then again, it also sort of sounds like "Stockholm Syndrome" from their self-titled 2003 album, and there's a rather dark instrumental break that seems like the spiritual sequel to "I Miss You" (or even "Adam's Song," from 2000's Enema of the State). Point being, it culls from the past ... and in doing so, it gives fans of so-called "classic Blink" (i.e., everything before they "got serious") hope. Unlike "Up All Night," it makes no bones about being a throwback.

Of course, given its differences to "Night," "Heart's All Gone" also raises a rather interesting question: Just what will the remainder of the Neighborhoods album sound like? Can a band made up of three men with such dissimilar tastes even make a cohesive album? Or is that really even the point? From the sound of things, the new Blink-182 may very well be adept at everything: booming hip-hop backbeats, big, widescreen choruses, spiky, saccharine guitars ... you name it, chances are it's gonna be on the album. Sort of only makes the anticipation that much greater, doesn't it?

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1668573/blink-182-hearts-all-gone.jhtml