Forget Splinter, forget Conspiracy of One, forget Americana, this album builds on Smash, maybe even to Ixnay on the Hombre, which until now was probably the best album of Californians in my eyes.
It's all there, fast, slow, ballad, new, old, party, emotion, pressure and the distinctive voice of Brian "Dexter" Holland, which he to new heights (not of the pitch ago) goes here. He sings, he cries, he feels every song and are so each track its own character! Excellent guitar playing that this time is different even -akkorden of the standard riffs and deepens the sound spectrum. New instruments The Offspring thus far did not know also find their way onto the album. Piano, Strings, Keyboards. It drifts nonetheless only one song in something cheesy.
Half-truism is the most epic song The Offspring have ever recorded, since everything is right from beginning to end. Trust in you picks up and goes fast, steep and anthemic forward! You're gonna go far, kids created as for the dance floor, rhythmic, danceable, is catchy. Hammerhead recalls first somewhat to 3 Doors Down, but evolves into ner proper bomb, fast, punky and catchy. A lot like me, the most unusual song on the album, altered voice, sound dimensions as they are known only by Linkin Park (new album) and completely atypical for Offspring, what distinguishes the flexibility.
Take me Nowhere, however, is again entirely typical of the band, might as well show up on Smash. Then a more or less acoustic ballad "Kristy, are you doing ok?", The song of a little easily drifts into the kitsch, but still finds a legitimate place in the overall picture of the plate.
Nothing Town might as well come from Green Day, again held pop and anthemic, mid-tempo and not quite as catchy as the rest of the songs. Stuff is Messed up, remembers from the outset in turn to Green Day, but develops again ner pure groovy Offspringnummer, ideal to celebrate this "Lalala" could have been taken straight drunk.
Fix you ... I thought I hear bad or NEN Fake on the album. Again totally unusual for Offspring. A ballad, and the voice you hardly recognize until Dexter begins "I wish I could fix you", I particularly like the keyboard game, a heart-touching ballad. Let's hear if for rock bottom goes back quickly into his ear, is rock, punk, pop and wonderfully suited to sing along.
Rise and fall is to some, the American Idiot by Green Day actually similar, but in Offspring-style, while the completion of the work.
Personally, I do not regret a single Euro! The songs go forward, good times, are melodic and draws Offspring absolutely flexible, too underestimated in recent years band.
Forget Splinter, forget Conspiracy of One, forget Americana, Take the guys have delivered the last decade Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace to the best material! Buy or regret!
