Review by Dan:

5th studio album from the all American trio, and initially it seems that, despite the two year break since “Take Off Your Pants And Jacket”, its business as usual. “Feeling This” buzzes along energetically, the lyrics splitting themselves between lustful love and romantic love, accompanied by familiar punk melodies. However, the anticipated maturity that was rumoured to accompany this self titled offering begins to kick in almost immediately. The demanding “I Miss You”, complete with chanty chorus is sandwiched between the dark doses of angst that are “Obvious” and “Violence”. Maturity is confirmed as a poem from the grandfather of bassist Mark Hoppus to Mark’s grandmother during World War Two is recited at the start of “Stockholm Syndrome”. That’s not to say Blink have lost any of their driving aggression (they reassure us of this with “Go”), they’ve just got a bit more thoughtful, and are spending a bit less time on the things that make adolescents giggle. I don’t think "Blink 182" is representative of the band’s career to date, it's merely another piece of the Blinkster jigsaw.