blink-182 released two new singles today ahead of their October 20th album release.
One of which is ONE MORE TIME, which they’ve released a new music video for:
This song made me an emotional wreck today. The song dives into the band’s reunion from last year and how it shouldn’t take a tragedy to bring friends, loved ones, and brothers to talk to eachother.
The song talks about Tom leaving the band to go discover aliens, Mark’s cancer diagnosis and Travis surviving a plane crash but it’s all led them back here to do it one more time.
The music video puts the three in different settings of music videos, concerts, and home videos from their past. Fans of blink (and music in general) will recognize some of the sets that include homages to I Miss You, All the Small Things, What’s My Age Again?, The Rock Show, and many, many more.
This song trivializes all the bullshit that life throws at you that makes you strain yourself, your work, your relationships, your friendships, your home life, all of it. It rips your heart out and lets you know that it could be a lot worse and it shouldn’t take a tragedy happening for you to realize that you belong with the people that make you who you are.
It’s incredible and it got me choked up. Travis even has vocals in it, which is a rarity. It’s an instant classic that shapes the band’s reunion more than EDGING even did. I absolutely love it.
The other song is called MORE THAN YOU KNOW which they released a lyric video for that includes not only the lyrics, but also clips from their recent tour:
Now if ONE MORE TIME made me cry, MORE THAN YOU KNOW did the exact opposite. This was a punk rock song to its core.
It begins with a soft piano intro that makes you think it’ll be another slow, emotional song like ONE MORE TIME and then Travis’s drums kick in to remind you “Nope, this is still a punk rock band.”
The pacing and the way Tom’s singing is perfect. The drums in this song might be the best part, which isn’t hard to argue when Travis Barker is the drummer. Mark’s interludes and verses give you a sense of calm in the chaos. It’s blink to its core.
It’s very Neighborhoods (2011) and Dogs Eating Dogs (2012), which some would argue was when Tom started to lose interest in the band’s second reunion. But to me, that album and EP were how blink adapted into the modern landscape. They’re both incredible works and for the longest time until last year, they were the lasting image of the Mark, Tom, and Travis show.
This song has vibes of When I Was Young but with some of the Matt Skiba vibes that brought a different face to blink following Tom’s second exit. Tom even has a few screaming lines that he started to move away from when he caps off the chorus with “MORE THAN YOU’D KNOW!”
It was a return to a place of comfort for them while also being something new and I absolutely loved it.
Now the title of this blog mentions how blink made me break a tradition of mine. Funnily enough it’s a musical tradition.
Do you know what day it is? Do you remember?
The only song I usually listen to on repeat on the 21st Day and Night of September is September by Earth, Wind, and Fire. But I’d argue that blink is the only band that could get me to break that tradition.
Here’s a little bit of that to close out this blog:
I can’t wait for the 20th day of October for the new blink album. But we’ve got two new songs and plenty of old classics to get us by in the mean time.
I’m going to go listen to these songs at least ONE MORE TIME…
~DS
BONUS SONG:
The Danny Diaries 
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