During the delivery of the Grammys this year, more was learned about the new study material of the Californian band that commands Billie Joe Armstrong. El Green Day's latest album will be titled 21st Century Breakdown and its release date will be next May.
After selling 15 million copies with American Idiot and touring around the world, Green Day he got into the recording of the next album. And these days the record company Warner Music released the album cover, which is a graffiti of a couple kissing. From what was mentioned, the songs will haunt topics such as the current economic crisis, religion, the working class and the death of the American dream.
In a brief statement, the leader, singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong said the songs are nothing but «The reflection of what is happening in the last three years. We have composed melodies with strong messages »He said.
And when referring to the evolution of the band and the turnaround that it meant american idiot, assured: “We could have taken a different path or returned to our roots. We decided to move on! ".
21st Century Breakdown will be Green Day's eighth album, will be produced by Butch vig, the same one that worked with Nirvana, and It will include 16 songs divided into 3 acts (Heroes And Cons, Charlatans And Saints and Horseshoes And Handgrenades). It certainly promises to live up to American Idiot. We will see.
Source: Yahoo Music