Revolution Radio

Pitchfork 5.1/10 Over the course of 26 years, Green Day have gone from pop punks to rock stars. Their latest, however, has little effect on their legacy and lapses into pandering, embarrassing lyrical misfires.

A.V. Club C Pity the punk who grows up but doesn’t grow accustomed to mortality. Not in a “rage, rage against the dying of the light” kind of way, but more the “sitting in the all-ages hardcore show basement, wondering why you still feel the same” mentality. Billie Joe Armstrong’s concerns are still largely the same as those…

NME 4/5 Billie, Tre and Mike put their 2012 meltdown behind them on an album as strong as anything Green Day have done since ‘American Idiot’

Rolling Stone 4/5 The punk heroes' Nineties noise gets new emotional resonance on an urgent LP.

DIY 3/5 If punk’s 50th anniversary has shown us anything, it’s that many old rockers grow old, go soft and give in. But Green Day are still intent on causing shockwaves.

The Independent 2/5 Also, Goat - Requiem, Bob Weir - Blue Mountain, and more

Slant 3/5 Revolution Radio manages to survey almost the entire bag of tricks Green Day has pulled from over the past 25 years.