Fans had been waiting for this record for too long. Since the band's reunion in February, 2009 and their first show together since 2004 in May, 2009, everybody has been expecting new Blink-182 album. In fact, people were getting skeptical because they postponed the release date several times and also the fact that they do not work on this record together, but separately and emailing stuff to each other did not create much trust either.
However, Neighborhoods finally came out on September 27 this year. Many fans bitch about it that it just doesn't sound like old Blink-182, but people need to look at it this way: they all have been in different bands (some of them still work on other projects) and 8 years since their last record is just too much to make their new album sound the same. Tom, Travis, Mark all went through hard times during the band's hiatus, too. It just has to reflect somewhere, Of course, it reflected on this record.
Neighborhoods in much more mature record than any other their previous album. However,it's got some songs sounding like the old Blink-182, too("Hearts All Gone" or "M.H. 4.18.2011"), which is a good thing. I like this album because it is still Blink with new ideas and new sound. Although I think one or two songs aren't good enough to be on the album, but maybe that's just my opinion.
Anyway, it is worth to check this album. I just admire these guys' work they've done throughout the years. Not everybody has achieved what they did.
