Green Day is ramping up for their first studio album in five years with the release of 21st Century Breakdown in May. According to the UK's Guardian, the album "picks up broadly where its predecessor [American Idiot] left off -- attempting to make sense of what it means to be angry and alive amid the figurative and literal wreckage left behind by Dubya's presidency."
Just yesterday, the band posted U.S. tour dates on their official website. Today, a new track, "Lights Out" has surfaced. It's safe to say "Lights Out" comes out swinging in true Green Day fashion with an old-school formula that fans from the Kerplunk days will find familiar (repetitive guitar chords, lightening fast beat paired with Tre Cool hammering away at the drum kit).
The band's 1994 release Dookie still holds a special place in my heart, but I truthfully, I've yet to hear an entire Green Day album that hasn't energized me. From the reviews that are slowly trickling out, sounds like 21st Century Breakdown will have the same effect. Check out the track below -- what do you think? Also, the premiere of Green Day's first single, "Know Your Enemy," will air exclusively on April 24th via MTV properties.
Lights Out - Green Day
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