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Jun 30, 2016The main problem with California isn’t that the songs are bad--it’s just that there are too many (16 for some reason), and not enough ideas to fill them.
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Jun 30, 2016On this pleasantly familiar if not especially imaginative new album, the band’s subject matter verges on the bittersweet, or just outright bitter, but still they grin. ... The album is overlong, and full of songs that have achieved their purpose by the halfway mark.
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Jun 29, 2016California plays out less like an album and more like a collection of songs; uneven and disjointed, it's hard to take in as one larger whole.
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Jun 29, 2016California is too long, but has the humour, pace, emotion and huge choruses of a classic Blink record. Mission accomplished.
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Jul 6, 2016The earnest California takes plenty of time to sprawl out, from wound-licking power ballads (“Home Is Such a Lonely Place,” “Hey I’m Sorry”) to high-shine navel-gazings that hew closely to past hits.
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Jul 5, 2016California doesn’t go out of its way to stay creative. Here lies the death of the immediate hook, but Blink-182 are having fun regardless--and hearing that may be the best part of this album.
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Jul 1, 2016California is the sound of Blink-182 desperately trying to remain relevant by outsourcing its creativity.
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Jun 30, 2016At 16 tracks, it feels bloated and unfocused, tonally offering up an uneasy mix of cheery pop-punk (Kings of the Weekend) and moody, goth-tinged alt-rock (Los Angeles).
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Q MagazineJun 29, 2016California is desperately unadventurous. [Aug 2016, p.108]
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Positive: 102 out of 141
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