A) No. Death of the artist. And besides, being aware you make shitty music but thinking it's good is infinitely worse than making music you personally like regardless of what the perceived genre is in the end.

How is it even possible that this got a higher score than blink's new album… the bias on this site is incredible

Despite what Tom DeLonge said, no, John Feldmann is not a co-writer on Bored To Death, just a producer.

Can't say I follow you saying Matt Skiba doesn't make much of a noticeable impact on the song. Sounds like he clearly sings a chorus and a verse so it's something like a 60/40 split. Try again?

Is this news…? He says this same thing pretty much every month.