Originally Posted by xXAngelFireXx
I only listened to Uno, so I'll write about it.
The first track begins with a sterile hi-fi barrage of line 6-esque guitar layering that quickly becomes accompanied by all of Greenday's cliche's in seconds. The vocal filter from American Idiot, the beating jungle toms, the tasteless overdubs, it's all there. Luckily Billy Joe still has a knack for moderately creative song writing which levels out the mediocrity initially. After the first chorus, his singing style has already bored himself, and he resorts to inane little torts to keep the listener focused. A tinny bass begins to dominant the instrumental stripping half way through the first track, and triggers a reaction of all the finest rock idioms any aging punk rock band can pull out of their ass. From the pentatonic guitar solo, to the vacant transitions, Green desperately tries to re brand their non-existing style. Maybe age has manifested some hidden potential, but it's all over saturated by the cheesy production, and accumulates to another forgettable diddle in the sea of pop rock. Afterwards, the album proceeds to follow the same styling, but slowly introduces new ideas limited to their miniscule array of instrumentation. Some almost emotionally provocative tone begins to be featured, and ties down the uneventful field of derivative stereotypes. A few decently written tracks with memorable catchy choruses almost makes way, but is drowned by the constant overwhelming rhythm that their drummer, Tre Cool is shoving down the listeners throat to show off his new skills, or something. **** if I know why he would be such a dedicator over the whole thing. Little to no progression is seen throughout the album, which is probably for the better seeing as risks have never turned out well for this band's career. Overall, the release is sub par, and is dull at best. 1/5
Also, all the forced cussing is a little cringe worthy, but this is just my opinion or whatever.
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