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Bob Rock, California, Days Go By, Katy Perry, Pop, Rock, The Offspring
Its been a long four years since we’ve heard even a peep out of the old rockers and there’s probably a good reason for that considering the poor reception of their last album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.
One would think with four years off The Offspring might have had a chance to re-evaluate their position in the industry and come up with something that makes an impact.
In a way, Cruising California does that. Sadly the public response is so overwhelmingly bad that it is almost assured that this newly released single from the upcoming album, Days Go By, will go down as one of the worst pieces of pop trash to surface in the last twenty years.
A quick read through the forum hosted on offspring.com provides a glowing example of the confusion fans felt upon hearing the auto-tuned, Katy Perry-esque pop song.
On one hand some fans believe it was a joke, just as Pretty Fly was almost fourteen years ago.
Others simply couldn’t believe that The Offspring would stoop so low arguring that Cruising California is not creative. “Creative is Pretty Fly or When you’re in prison. You’e never heard a song that can be compared to those. Mixing up every possible music style and still sounding like a plain pop is not creative.”
Regardless of the intent, the song has stirred up enough of a reaction to ensure that it does become a hit one way or another.
The lead single from the upcoming album feels a lot more like The Offspring that we all know and love, rather more polished and moulded for a wider audience this time. We can only hope that the rest of the album follows suit with the lead single Days Go By and retain some credibility.
Days Go By, produced by Bob Rock is set to be released on June 26 through Columbia Records.