5/14/09 – 21st Century Breakdown

Y’know how when you make a carbon copy of something, the copy comes out looking a lot like the original; but there is a pretty substantial loss of quality?  That’s what Green Day’s latest album feels like to me.  Seems like they made a carbon copy of American Idiot.  There are a couple standout tracks (“East Jesus Nowhere” and the Hives-ish “Horseshoes and Handgrenades”) but otherwise most of it is sadly forgettable.