I will even go out on a limb and say this is the best Offspring album since 1998’s Americana – which is actually only 4 albums ago, as The Offspring have definitely slowed down their production of albums in the later part of their career. Overall, the album is solid from opener “The Future Is Now” to the closing track “Slim Pickens Does The Right Thing And Rides The Bomb To Hell”. The rest of the album is a balance of the more punk sound of old and the more mainstream sound of new. There are songs like the aforementioned “Cruising California” and the infectious “I Wanna Secret Family (With You)” that fans of the Offspring’s more poppy and mainstream material will like. There are songs like “Hurting As One” and “Dividing By Zero” that fans of Offspring’s older material will like. The beauty of this new album is that it has something for everybody. The Offspring have a diverse fan base and they need to appeal to that diverse fan base.
I find it comical that every time The Offspring come out with a new album there are still people expecting Smash Part II. After hearing the album, it makes sense to go with that song as the lead single to set the tone of this new release they are continuing to progress as a band. I admit I was a little surprised that they decided to go with “Days Go By” as the lead single instead of a song more inline with the classic Offspring sound. Most of the things I am seeing is that “Cruising California” is too poppy and lead single “Days Go By” sounds like Foo Fighters. As of this writing the album has a Metacritic score of 47/100. I am really surprised to see all the negative reviews. I am always very excited when they release a new album because I like to see what direction they go in, what fans and critics say about it but mostly because I am a fan, always have been a fan, and always will be a fan.
I was very much looking forward to sitting down and writing this review because The Offspring is a band I have followed since early on in their career (they were actually the first band that I got into and I credit them as the band that got me into music). Released On: JMusic Trajectory Rating: 4/5 Ignore the negative reviews this is the best Offspring album since Americana Next Post Album Review: The Offspring ‘Days Go By’ The Offspring – ‘Days Go By’
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