The Offspring, 'Days Go By' (Columbia)

July 17, 2012 – Because the Offspring, like all of us, daily draw nearer to death, their new album is clouded with nervous fear: the sound of four forty-ish Cali guys who took a wrong turn somewhere and ended up as the Offspring. This is a poignant, mortal sound, but unfortunately, it's also the sound of 12 more songs where the choruses are Brian "Dexter" Holland chanting laxly over muffled whoa-ohs. …
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