In our review of Pinhead Gunpowder‘s recent single “Unt,” we said that though Green Day released their best album in 20 years this year, if you really wanna hear Billie Joe Armstrong back in ’90s mode, then you should be very excited that Pinhead Gunpowder are back. “Unt” is the title track of their upcoming album–their first new music since their 2008 EP West Side Highway and their first full-length album since their 1997 debut LP Goodbye Ellston Avenue–and today we get to hear another song from the album, “Shine.” It’s another fired-up, super catchy ripper that should instantly please fans of the records that Billie Joe made with both Green Day and Pinhead Gunpowder in the ’90s. He doesn’t always choose to make music like this these days, but when he wants to, he’s clearly still got it. Listen below. The LP drops in two weeks (10/18) via 1-2-3-4 Go Records.
The band–whose lineup is rounded out by Aaron Cometbus, Bill Schneider, and Green Day’s longtime touring guitarist Jason White–made the album with longtime collaborator Chris Dugan, and Aaron says, “We think it’s our best yet—our catchiest, most collaborative, and most poignant.”
In 2021, Jason White told us about 10 of Pinhead Gunpowder’s biggest influences.
Meanwhile, Green Day released another three-pack of songs off the upcoming American Idiot 20th anniversary box set today: a demo of “Jesus of Suburbia,” a live recording of “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” from Irving Plaza in 2004, and the B-side “Shoplifter.” Check those out too: