It must have taken me about 3 years to finally get around to giving this album a spin for “giggles” having too much time on my hands at that moment and Days Go By seemed like a decent way to waste 10 minutes skimming through it just to see how bad it really was. Sure, “Cruising California (Bumpin' In My Trunk)” is a piss-take track and a little bit of fun, but its satire is something that saw me callously throw what little interest I had left of the band in the trash. This is a prime example of an album that slipped through my listening filter at the time of its release, because of their promotion to a really dodgy single they had for it. I’ve always found it profusely strange when a band does what The Offspring did with Days Go By. All in all, Days Go By is more for fans who have been with the band for a while than those just tuning in, and while die-hard Offspring followers will be able to see the shift in the band's sound as part of a logical progression, new listeners would be better served by checking out some of their earlier, more urgent work.Review Summary: Ignorance isn't always bliss. Even though these missteps don't completely ruin the album, they seem over-produced and unnecessary amidst what is an otherwise well-crafted record.
"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" was corny back in 1998, making songs like "Cruising California (Bumpin' in My Trunk)" and "OC Guns" even harder to swallow 14 years later. While this kind of maturity is not only welcome, but expected, Days Go By also has moments that seem as if the Offspring might be starting to show their age a bit. While other parts of the album don't quite have the same adult contemporary punk feeling, the songs are generally more melodic and grown-up. A similar vibe courses through "All I Have Left Is You," which switches back and forth between smoothed-out verses and big, guitar-heavy choruses, like a much more adult version of the band than fans might have ever heard previously.
"Days Go By" seems like punk rock tailor-made for fall weather with its meditations on the impermanence of youthful anger, as if the Offspring are offering some sage advice for those coming up after them. Though the band still maintains the same driving, hooky sound that it's always had, the album feels less aggressive and more wistful and yearning. After nearly three decades of making sunny California skatepunk, the Offspring get autumnal with their reflective ninth album, Days Go By.
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