Well, it's the years that are going by for The Offspring. More than a quarter-century since they formed, the American Punk Rock band released their ninth studio album, Days Go By. This uptempo tune is the first single and the title track from the set and it finds Dexter Holland reflecting, "All your anger, all your hurt. It doesn't matter in the end." The song premiered on KROQ on April 27, 2012.
Days Go By is the Offspring's first album to feature drummer Pete Parada, who replaced Atom Willard in July 2007. Although Willard was still a member of the band during the recording of their previous record, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, session musician Josh Freese actually handled the drum tracks.
Speaking with Rolling Stone, Holland said that the Offspring are trying to impart a message through the Days Go By album. "Part of why I chose 'Days Go By' as the single and the title of the album is because it really kind of shows – not only with me – that the world has been through a sh--ty few years and it's been really tough on a lot of people," he explained. "People have really gotten hurt and, at the end of the day, no one's gonna pick you up.
You've gotta pick yourself up and figure out how to move on," he continued. "So I guess acknowledging that it's been tough, but also having a message of hope, is what I really wanted people to take away from this record."
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