Neighborhoods is the sixth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released September 27, 2011 through DGC Records and Interscope Records. Their first album of new material in eight years (the longest gap between albums to date), its recording followed the band’s breakup and later reconciliation. Due to conflicts within the trio, the band entered an “indefinite hiatus” in 2005 and the members explored various side-projects. After two separate tragedies regarding the band and their entourage, the members of the band decided to reunite in late 2008, with plans for a new album and tour. It is the first Blink-182 album produced by the band members without the help of an outside record producer and the final studio album to feature Tom DeLonge before his departure in 2015.<\/p>\n
The band’s studio autonomy, tours, managers and personal projects stalled the recording process, which lasted from shortly after the band’s February 2009 reunion to July 2011. The band developed Neighborhoods in separate studios and regrouped at various periods to record. The band’s numerous delays in the recording process resulted in the band canceling a European tour and the label setting a deadline for the album to be due. The trio wrote lyrics regarding such subjects as isolation, confusion and death. The band infused inspiration from each member’s various musical tastes to form a unique sound that recalled their separate upbringings, leading the trio to compare the album to separate neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Neighborhoods was released to mixed reviews from critics; some felt it was a natural evolution from the band’s previous releases, while others found it stale and disjointed. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and “Up All Night” and “After Midnight” were released as singles, with both attracting modest success on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. Despite this, Neighborhoods did not sell as well as earlier releases and the band would depart from Interscope the following fall. The group would later look back on their comeback album with divided feelings; DeLonge would admit that the recording methods perhaps created less unity within the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Neighborhoods is the sixth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released September 27, 2011 through DGC Records and Interscope Records. Their first album of new material in eight years (the longest gap between albums to date), its recording followed the band’s breakup and later reconciliation. Due to conflicts within the trio, the band entered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":8528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[450],"tags":[1,40],"class_list":["post-8526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blink-182","tag-international-rock","tag-punk-rock"],"yoast_head":"\n