On their
Dogs Eating Dogs EP,
blink-182 return as a deeper, more mature-sounding band, and for good reason. In the time that's passed since the members of the pop-punk trio originally parted ways, they have done a lot of living, exploring, and growing up, and that experience really comes through on the five-track short-player that serves as a follow-up to their reunion album,
Neighborhoods. Like their previous effort, the album finds the band exploring a more expansive prog-punk sound that feels reminiscent of
Hoppus and
Barker's side project,
+44. With its spacy synths and more plaintive and sentimental sound,
Dogs Eating Dogs will surprise anyone who might have tuned out after "All the Small Things" dominated the airwaves, but given the newfound maturity in their sound, the change is one that's both expected and welcomed.