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Green Day’s extremely anticipated new album, Saviors, is lastly right here.
When we spoke to the trio final yr — of their first dialog concerning the report — Billie Joe Armstrong revealed that Saviors started taking form close to the onset of the pandemic, penning early songs just like the title observe, “Goodnight Adeline,” and “Look Ma, No Brains!”
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“Honestly, there were times where I just wanted to make a straight-up punk-rock record,” he says, citing “1981” and “Coma City.” “Then there have been different instances the place these lush preparations began popping out, like ‘Saviors’ and ‘Father to a Son.’ And with ‘Father to a Son,’ clearly it’s about household. It will get deeply private, nearly uncomfortable to even speak about. That tune is heavy.
“With this record, I think it did bridge a gap in our career, as an arc, and all that,” Armstrong continues. “But mostly by us being at our best. The way that we went about it was doing what we do best, which is going and starting from scratch, and getting into the studio. Just turn on the amps and let’s go.”
Listen to Saviors beneath.
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