Premiere: Green Day's 'Power-Pop' New Single, 'Oh Love'

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Green Day have always been an extremely ambitious band, but this fall they're taking it to the next level by releasing three consecutive studio albums: ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tres! The first disc drops on September 25th, the second on November 13th and the third on January 15th. Here is the exclusive premiere of "Oh Love," the lead single from ¡Uno! (The lyric video works even better if you happen to have 3D glasses handy.)

Each of the three albums has a totally different vibe. "The first one is power pop," says Billie Joe Armstrong. "The second is more garage-y, Nuggets-type rock. And the third is supposed to be epic. With the first album you're getting in the mood to party. On the second one, you're at the party. And the third album you're cleaning up the mess." 

The discs are produced by Rob Cavallo, who co-produced the band's 1994 breakthrough disc, Dookie. "We wanted to get back to the simplicity of Dookie," he says. "We also wanted to go pre-Dookie, back to our love of Fifties and Sixties music, close-to-the-bone rock & roll. You don't hear a gazillion parts. The majority of this is drums, bass, two guitars and vocals."

Bassist Mike Dirnt says the group wanted to move away from the weighty, politically charged content of their previous two albums, 2004's American Idiot and 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. "We were just thinking about making a killer power-pop record – dirtier, back to basics," he says. "We tapped into our version of Exile on Main Street."

Related
• Q&A: Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Album Trilogy
• Photos: Green Day Through the Years
• Video: Green Day Talk ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tres!

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Premiere: Green Day's 'Power-Pop' New Single, 'Oh Love'

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Green Day have always been an extremely ambitious band, but this fall they're taking it to the next level by releasing three consecutive studio albums: ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tres! The first disc drops on September 25th, the second on November 13th and the third on January 15th. Here is the exclusive premiere of "Oh Love," the lead single from ¡Uno! (The lyric video works even better if you happen to have 3D glasses handy.)

Each of the three albums has a totally different vibe. "The first one is power pop," says Billie Joe Armstrong. "The second is more garage-y, Nuggets-type rock. And the third is supposed to be epic. With the first album you're getting in the mood to party. On the second one, you're at the party. And the third album you're cleaning up the mess." 

The discs are produced by Rob Cavallo, who co-produced the band's 1994 breakthrough disc, Dookie. "We wanted to get back to the simplicity of Dookie," he says. "We also wanted to go pre-Dookie, back to our love of Fifties and Sixties music, close-to-the-bone rock & roll. You don't hear a gazillion parts. The majority of this is drums, bass, two guitars and vocals."

Bassist Mike Dirnt says the group wanted to move away from the weighty, politically charged content of their previous two albums, 2004's American Idiot and 2009's 21st Century Breakdown. "We were just thinking about making a killer power-pop record – dirtier, back to basics," he says. "We tapped into our version of Exile on Main Street."

Related
• Q&A: Billie Joe Armstrong on Green Day's Album Trilogy
• Photos: Green Day Through the Years
• Video: Green Day Talk ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tres!

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Free Download: Cheap Girls' Powerpop Track 'Ruby'

Click to listen to Cheap Girls' 'Ruby'

Michigan-based rock group Cheap Girls are releasing their third full-length album Giant Orange on February 21st. Its lead single is the upbeat powerpop track "Ruby," and it was written by singer and bassist Ian Graham over the course of one night.

"I had a few songs written for the record, and it was beginning to take some shape. I'd been trying to write at least a little bit every night just to keep things moving along and I'd add a little bit to songs every night; a line here, a bridge there," Graham says. "It was slow, but I knew if I didn't try to write, I'd probably just give up on it altogether."

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One night last winter, "Ruby" was born when Graham was burnt out by the songwriting process. "I started playing and singing, and it just kept going, and I was ecstatic at what I was getting done," he shares. "It definitely needed some excitement to push things along. It's definitely a song that hits on every cylinder of why we work as a band together."

Graham does have one minor issue with "Ruby," but it's nothing dire. "I just wish there weren't so many words," he says. "I feel like I'm going to collapse every time we play it."

Cheap Girls' album Giant Orange will be released on February 21st, but you can download "Ruby" for free here.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

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Free Download: Cheap Girls' Powerpop Track 'Ruby'

Click to listen to Cheap Girls' 'Ruby'

Michigan-based rock group Cheap Girls are releasing their third full-length album Giant Orange on February 21st. Its lead single is the upbeat powerpop track "Ruby," and it was written by singer and bassist Ian Graham over the course of one night.

"I had a few songs written for the record, and it was beginning to take some shape. I'd been trying to write at least a little bit every night just to keep things moving along and I'd add a little bit to songs every night; a line here, a bridge there," Graham says. "It was slow, but I knew if I didn't try to write, I'd probably just give up on it altogether."

Random Notes

One night last winter, "Ruby" was born when Graham was burnt out by the songwriting process. "I started playing and singing, and it just kept going, and I was ecstatic at what I was getting done," he shares. "It definitely needed some excitement to push things along. It's definitely a song that hits on every cylinder of why we work as a band together."

Graham does have one minor issue with "Ruby," but it's nothing dire. "I just wish there weren't so many words," he says. "I feel like I'm going to collapse every time we play it."

Cheap Girls' album Giant Orange will be released on February 21st, but you can download "Ruby" for free here.

To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here

Amazon Music and MP3 Center

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