Blink 182’s Travis Barker reveals that the new album will be more “experimental” and will feature “new rhythms” and “new ideas”.
The new album will be the first since 2016’s California and although there is no release date in sight, Blink 182’s drummer, Travis Barker, has promised that the album is well on its way. Speaking with Billboard, he also gave fans a couple of hints regarding what we can expect from the new release.
“I’m really excited because we’re about 70 percent finished with our album,” he said in relation to the band’s upcoming tour. “I feel like this is the closest we’ve come to something like [2003’s] Blink-182 since that album, which is one of my favorite Blink albums by far.”
Barker continued: “I feel like [2016’s] California was similar to [1999’s] Enema of the State and [2001’s] Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: reestablishing the band, giving fans what they really want and expect from Blink.”
He added: “Now that we got that out of our system naturally, we’re not writing like that this time. It’s more experimental. It’s not like you’re listening and thinking, “Oh I’ve heard that before, oh I can compare this to this other song.” With this album we’re reestablishing new songs, new rhythms, new ideas.”
We will reveal more details about the new album when they are released.
