Blink 182 Posts Studio Update

Blink 182‘s bassist Mark Hoppus recently posted a new studio update regarding the band’s work on their highly anticipated new album:

The good news is that it’s because we’ve been busy with new songs and ideas, and some tracks are very near complete.  In rough terms, I’d say we’re working with the better part of ten or so songs at this point.  There’s still a long to way to go before the album is done, but already it seems like the songs are both taking a step even further than we took on the last album, while also going back to the sound of some of the earlier albums.  And the ideas keep coming.  Yesterday I worked on the basics of an uptempo, catchy progression; kind of in the vein of Wendy Clear or Going Away to College.  We’ll see how it comes together…  The Americana, country-type song that I’ve written about before is now in its third incarnation, and I think it gets better with every change.  Can’t wait till Travis plays drums on it and it goes to a whole different level.  One track that is pretty much done is an idea that Tom started, and we added a bunch of stuff, changed some things, and then Travis put down a beat that blew the doors off the whole thing.

Of note, he also speculated about the release date saying:

We have a date for the completion of the album.  We want to deliver the record in April or May, for release very soon afterward.  That’s our goal.  That’s what we’re all working toward.  That being said, the only thing more important to us than getting the record out in that time is getting a GREAT record out.  If it isn’t absolutely ready at that point, we’ll keep working until it is.  But that’s the plan.’

The full blog post can be read here. Don’t forget, the band recently posted some UK tour dates, those can be seen here.