Blink-182, “One More Time.”

The prospect of a new Blink-182 album with the band’s best-known lineup seemed like a pipe dream at one point. The band’s last record with singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge was 2011’s Neighborhoods, while Alkaline Trio frontman Matt Skiba hopped aboard for the last two albums. He was more than adequate but it wasn’t the same.

One More Time… is story of maturity and musical growth, but only to a point. The album adeptly mixes earnest pop-punk tracks with the cheeky immaturity for which Blink-182 is known. The return of DeLonge’s nasally delivery is key both because it’s such an integral part of the band’s sound on its own, but also because of the harmonies between DeLonge and Hoppus may be unrivaled in the genre.

Over the years, drummer Travis Barker survived a plane crash an bassist Mark Hoppus a cancer diagnosis. Through near-tragedy comes new perspective; one that Blink-182 address themselves on the title track.

“I wish they told us it shouldn’t take a sickness or airplanes falling out the sky,” Hoppus sings, before DeLonge adds, “Do I have to die to hear you miss me?/ Do I have to die to hear you say goodbye?”

The piano-driven ballad is the furthest the band has reached from its pop-puns roots, but it’s soaked in such a humanity that it’s difficult not to stop and take note.

Just a few bars into opener “Anthem Part 3,” the trio is instantly recognizable with Barker’s lightspeed drumming carrying the rhythm. Also noticeably different in the band’s lyrical outlook, with a reinvigorated positive and forward-looking mindset.

“This time I won’t be complacent/ The dreams I gave up and wasted/ A new high/ A new life,” DeLonge and Hoppus sing on the chorus.

“Dance With Me” is pure pop-punk through and through, DeLonge and Hoppus trading lines back and forth in pre-chorus exploding to an instantly singable chorus.

Blink’s sonic growth comes through on the melodic “Fell In Love,” with rhythmic handclaps and upbeat bounce that leans toward the pop side of the pop punk seesaw. Most of the album’s 17 tracks are around the two- to three-minute sweet spot. The riff-heavy “Terrified” ironically wouldn’t sound out of place on the band’s DeLonge-less California record. The urgent “More Than You Know” is unrelenting in its energy, with a melodic but aggressive vocal.

“You bury your face underneath half-hearted confessions/ You poison yourself with the thought I won’t love you to death,” Hoppus sings.

The 23-second-long “Turn This Off” brings back a signature Blink-182 sound: a punchy quick-strike that delivers full-on punk rock with a sarcastic lyrical quip. That similar attack is found on “You Talk Too Much (Shut Up),” while 83-second interlude “Hurt” mixes things up with an atmospheric and soaring alt-rock sound.

The retrospective “When We Were Young” is a dose of nostalgia for the band’s rebellious younger years. It’s almost certainly named for the pop-punk festival, this year headlined by Blink-182 and Green Day.

Punky single “Edging” bridges the band’s past and present. Oddly enough, it’s one of the weaker songs on One More Time… , but only because the other stories are so much more compelling. Hoppus more directly tackles his cancer diagnosis on the mid-tempo “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got,” which fuses acoustic atmospherics with a complex drum pattern by Barker.

“This poison skin you can’t touch/ Go on without me my love/ No kiss to send you away/ It wouldn’t help anyway,” Hoppus sings.

Fans of Blink’s earliest sounds will appreciate tempo-shifting cut “Bad News,” which showcases the band’s dynamics. Even slower tracks like the powerful “Turpentine” and ethereal “Childhood” are fueled with urgency that lifts them up. They’re back!

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