Phil Mongredien 

Green Day: ¡Dos! – review

Green Day's second album in their triptych is one-paced and witless, writes Phil Mongredien
  
  


Part two of Green Day's album triptych finds them flailing ever further from the pop nous that has underscored their finest moments, as they plod through a set that's oddly leaden and largely witless. The likes of Fuck Time (yes, really) and Baby Eyes sound like a band desperate to recapture their adolescence, whether in the trying-too-hard swearing throughout or the one-dimensional riffing – neither of which is very becoming for men in their 40s. It isn't a total write-off: Ashley at least has an infectious urgency; Amy is a surprisingly poignant tribute to Ms Winehouse. Lazy Bones, meanwhile, might be utterly derivative, but at least the source material was good. The rest is best avoided.

 

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