Green Day’s new release is an impressive follow up to the singles ‘Know your enemy’ and ’21 Guns’, and bears a resemblance to their highly acclaimed album American Idiot; fans of which will be able to hear the similar punk-rock sound they achieved. However fans of the early Green Day music will be sorry to hear that the band seem to have fully departed from the light hearted music of old, and have moved further towards a more ‘classic rock’ sound, with heavier guitar riffs, and lead guitar lines on top of these. Gone is the softer sound that can be heard in their old material such as ‘When I Come Around’, and ‘Basket Case’, replaced with something that sounds more at home in a huge stadium venue.
There has been something of a lyrical change in Green Day too. Although this single follows along the story of the album ‘21st Century Breakdown’, the lyrics sound pretentious, something which is disappointing, although this is to be somewhat expected, as the band has gone through something of an image makeover. Personally I think this song will excite and please the new generation of Green Day fans, but disappoint fans of their older sound
- Jonathan Adams
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