"After two weirdly restrained albums (2003's Blink-182 and 2011's Neighborhoods), the band is aiming to recapture its gold en-age sound on California. But it won't be easy: Tom DeLonge, who gave the group its prankster-dweeb appeal, is no longer a member, leaving his husky-voiced, more introspective-sounding co-founder, Mark Hoppus, and new recruit Matt Skiba (of emo vets Alkaline Trio) to pick up the slack".