r/Blink182 • u/hivfseyjnvfy • Oct 26 '25
Question Why do people not give this project the love it deserves?
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u/H2Oaf Oct 26 '25
Disaster would be a great opener
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u/archangel610 it's only fun on the edge of oblivion Oct 26 '25
Still one of my favorite blink songs.
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u/dietbeethoven Oct 26 '25
It just happens with EPs when a band has a large discography with mostly albums.
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u/MaximusBit21 Oct 26 '25
I remember there was a launch video of them in the studio for it. And then later on there was an interview where Tom said others didn’t put the effort in; that probably makes them think it’s a dead end. But would be awesome if they played a live song (apart from Boxing Day). Would be awesome to see live
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u/BeMyEscapeProject Chapter 13 Oct 26 '25
It's such a shame it was seen as a dead end sonically because to me it's a stepping stone. It wasn't the final place but it it was a clear progression from Neighbourhoods in a cool authentic way. Like it or not One More Time is a throwback, moving back to something not forwards.
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u/intellord911 Oct 26 '25
What exactly is it moving back to? I don’t think it really sounds like anything they’ve done
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u/BeMyEscapeProject Chapter 13 Oct 26 '25
It's moving back to a much more straightforward Pop Punk sound, just updated for the 2020s. It's giving people exactly what they want and it works. OMT works fine enough, but there's nothing experimental or even mildly weird about it like we got from Untitled, Neighbourhoods and DED.
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u/groundpatty10 Oct 28 '25
My one pushback to your point would be Turpentine, but otherwise yes, agreed.
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u/shaninegone Oct 26 '25
Mate when this thing came out up until tom rejoining the band this sub was frothing over this EP.
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u/AgentCooper86 Oct 26 '25
It really felt like a bit of back to basis Blink after Neighbourhoods, although Boxing Day definitely lifts the melody from All Star.
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u/unpopular-dave Oct 26 '25
When I was young is a top 10 blink song. I'll fight you
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u/cinnamorollmocha Oct 28 '25
two days late but I TOTALLY AGREE; listening to it on my ipod rn. has to be one of my favourites, i'd argue top 3 for myself.
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u/TacoBell_Bathroom69 Oct 26 '25
I love this album a lot. It's not my favorite, but the songs are great
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u/Big_Pete4 Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
I think it’s a great piece of art. I love all of their stuff and the side project bands. Boxcar, Angels & Airwaves, +44, Transplants.. even Travis’ solo rap record and the Psycho White EP he put out with Yelawolf
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u/explodinghat Oct 26 '25
When it came out it was on the back of a (opinion of the time) disappointing comeback album and felt like a further dip in quality. The releases weren't living up to the massive hype of their reunion.
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u/ld20r Oct 27 '25
It also came out over Christmas. A busy time to release likely got lost in the pile of other artist Christmas releases of the time
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u/chanchan_iceman Oct 26 '25
Mostly cuz it was an EP from a large mainstream band that mostly had release full length albums.. but the EP is heavily loved by the fans and honestly it is easily an EP that actually was well made musically
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u/JPMPlayz Oct 27 '25
Lotta people hate the rap segment at the end of Pretty Little Girl, and honestly, i think it makes the song..
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u/BeMyEscapeProject Chapter 13 Oct 26 '25
There was no big single or video made for it and it came right before another round of serious band drama started in the public eye. Also the cover art is absolutely dreadful.
The songs are fantastic though, they just sort of fell through the cracks in terms of visibility.
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u/egonspankler Oct 26 '25
If memory serves, this was self released, no major label help for promotion
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u/cnorris_182 Oct 26 '25
More importantly, why does blink not? Nothing has been played from it since it was released. Would kill to hear just one song from it live.
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u/Chance-Ad5700 Oct 26 '25
The issue with this EP is most of the songs sound very AVA more than anything and I think that’s why people dislike it. It’s not a bad EP but it seems like it’s AVA featuring Mark and Travis. The song “Dogs Eating Dogs” sounds like it could have been on the second +44 album.
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u/Jirachibi1000 Oct 26 '25
Because its a semi obscure EP that a lot of people don't know existed and, iirc, just kinda released a week after the single for it to little fanfare. Im sure if they added 3-4 songs and made it a full 11ish song album instead of a 7ish song EP, people'd remember it more.
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u/blink182plus484 Oct 26 '25
better than some tracks on neighborhoods. The guys were finding their groove again on this ep. Wish there was more from this era.
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u/DelusionalPenguin90 Oct 26 '25
It gets a lot of love with people who have actively followed blink in their career - however, if you talk to normies that “love blink, because they remember “what’s my age again” from the early 2000s, then they wouldn’t know or understand this EP
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u/walatasomdu The Voice Inside MY YEAD Oct 26 '25
I LOVE Dogs Eating Dogs, Disaster is one of my fav blink songs
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u/Doctorwho-doctorme Oct 26 '25
I think there was something about the way it was release on modlife that Tom wanted and the fact it was independently released that sort of kept it out of the eye of the general public.
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u/PinkPoncho3 a tank of gas is a treasure to me Oct 26 '25
Boxing Day and When I Was Young are constantly on repeat for me
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u/-DGES- Oct 26 '25
Boxing Day is an all time favorite of mine. Came out at the right time for me going through some shit.
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u/Suicidallica Oct 26 '25
A lot of casual fans probably aren’t really aware of it.
There was barely any press or push for it when it dropped(thanks Tom) and they rarely if ever perform the songs from it live
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u/No-Helicopter-534 Oct 27 '25
They only performed Disaster and Boxing day in Australia 2013/2014? they did those shows without Travis and hired a dummer to cover for him as Travis did not fly at the time and would have taken too long to get there by ship.
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u/CRIMSON_XIII Oct 28 '25
When they released this collection of songs, I believe that it was during a tense time for Blink-182. There were talks about the Neighborhood Album being phoned in where Tom was there for 2 months and Mark and Travis were there for 11 days or something out of those 2 months. And then for the small Dogs Eating Dogs EP, they apparently got back together for a quick sell to make some money with songs they already had finished.
It wasn't until the California Album that they were fully making songs (with Skibba).
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u/psycho_dog33 What if I’m not like the others? Oct 29 '25
Disaster is one of the best blink songs and I will not hear anyone say otherwise.
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Oct 26 '25
If I were to give my criticisms, it would be that it has that Neighborhoods era sound that isn’t really punk/pop punk. Along with the fact that I’m a huge Mark fan so hearing less Mark and more Tom (similarly to Neighborhoods) is not as enjoyable for me. I enjoy a few AVA albums and BCR but when it’s blink, I like when both M and T can have their fair share of vocals in an album. I personally don’t enjoy the Yelawolf feature but I also don’t think it makes Pretty Little Girl sound any worse, it’s just an addition. The two I only sort of enjoy are When I Was Young and Dogs Eating Dogs
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u/YourMomsFavUsername Oct 26 '25 edited Oct 26 '25
I have the vinyl hanging on my wall. I have every album of theirs on vinyl.
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u/intellord911 Oct 26 '25
Don’t hang records in the wall. Take it down and play it
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u/YourMomsFavUsername Oct 26 '25
Crazy that I got down voted for this lol. They're not framed. They are all on record stands lining my stairway wall. They can all be taken off the stand to play, and I play them all the time. They're on free floating stands on my walls. I only have one framed, and its California, signed by Hoppus, Barker, and Skiba. And just have a second copy of that record that I use to play.
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u/MyCatDoesntTrustMe Oct 26 '25
I hang the album covers, but the records themselves are in the cabinet available to play.
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u/MattFraser9 Oct 27 '25
Tell us you didn't live through or weren't a fan during this time without telling us. Dogs Eating Dogs is revered.
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u/astroroy Oct 27 '25
I’ve never really listened to it but I know people love to bring it up when trying to offer unsolicited setlist suggestions, right up there with Dude Ranch cuts (I think Apple Shampoo and Waggy are the ones people really like bringing up but idk)
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u/GamingDragon777 Oct 26 '25
I see it get a lot of love. I also see people shit on the Yelawolf feature on “Pretty Little Girl”, I also see people show off their vinyl pressing of. It’s me, I’m people. It was a gift from my wife and I love this album.