No fun Mondays

"During the first lockdown in March, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong took the time to reflect "on the things that matter most in my life: family, friends and, of course, music." In this sentimental headspace Armstrong began recording covers of songs, releasing them once a week and calling this project NoDuring the first lockdown in March, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong took the time to reflect "on the things that matter most in my life: family, friends and, of course, music." In this sentimental headspace Armstrong began recording covers of songs, releasing them once a week and calling this project No Fun Mondays. This album is the complete collection of these covers, which range from interesting to flat out redundant".

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"I often like to end a review by talking about how an album fits in with the band's larger catalogue. But, in addition to the fact that Armstrong's solo catalogue is extremely small, I don't think this is a stage in the evolution of Armstrong or Green Day's work. I think this is mostly just a pet project to relieve boredom and I don't think it has any particular bearing on where Armstrong has been as an artist before this or where he's going as an artist after this. I think this record has to be taken in isolation and taken in context of needed something to do during the pandemic. But regardless, No Fun Mondays is a pop-rocking good time".

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"From the yearning loneliness of Johnny Thunders' `You Can't Wrap Your Arms Around A Memory' to the steely resolve of the closing `A New England' by Billy Bragg, Armstrong paints a pretty spot-on portrait of what it's like to be alive in 2020, told through the hidden gems of his record collection and delivered with the heart and energy that you've always known him for".

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"I often like to end a review by talking about how an album fits in with the band's larger catalogue. But, in addition to the fact that Armstrong's solo catalogue is extremely small, I don't think this is a stage in the evolution of Armstrong or Green Day's work. I think this is mostly just a pet project to relieve boredom and I don't think it has any particular bearing on where Armstrong has been as an artist before this or where he's going as an artist after this. I think this record has to be taken in isolation and taken in context of needed something to do during the pandemic. But regardless, No Fun Mondays is a pop-rocking good time".

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"From the yearning loneliness of Johnny Thunders' `You Can't Wrap Your Arms Around A Memory' to the steely resolve of the closing `A New England' by Billy Bragg, Armstrong paints a pretty spot-on portrait of what it's like to be alive in 2020, told through the hidden gems of his record collection and delivered with the heart and energy that you've always known him for".

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"During the first lockdown in March, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong took the time to reflect "on the things that matter most in my life: family, friends and, of course, music." In this sentimental headspace Armstrong began recording covers of songs, releasing them once a week and calling this project NoDuring the first lockdown in March, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong took the time to reflect "on the things that matter most in my life: family, friends and, of course, music." In this sentimental headspace Armstrong began recording covers of songs, releasing them once a week and calling this project No Fun Mondays. This album is the complete collection of these covers, which range from interesting to flat out redundant".

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