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New Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown"

Mar 2, 2009, 6:02pm stereogum
Green Day are back . Butch Vig is producing. Their new album cover has been compared unfavorably to Banksy, Think Tank , and Watchmen , and favorably to dookie (no italics). Now there's actual music at which to pick. "21st Century Breakdown" is the new set's title track, and it sets out this LP's design: rebellion and the disintegration of America by way of rock opera, head-faking piano intros and all. So while this one clocks in at five minutes, really it's three discrete movements: the first imagines Green Day [...]
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