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Green Day fans, rejoice! Altho the band’s new album 21st Century Breakdown won’t be released in stores and online until May 15, MTV‘s The Leak is streaming the entire album RIGHT NOW for your listening pleasure:

While getting to see the first music video from the album a couple of weeks ago was pretty cool, I think getting to preview the entire album this early before its release is pretty freakin’ cool. Take a listen … and lemme know what you think.

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Yesterday we learned that Green Day have announced the name of their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, and today they reveal the official artwork for the disc … check it out:

Green Day have revealed the cover art for the new album today (February 10), just a day after they named the record. The stenciled artwork, pictured, was apparently inspired by artist Sixten, with art direction credited to Chris Bilheimer.

No other information about artwork is provided … but you can click HERE to see examples of Sixten‘s work at his official website to compare this album art with the apparent source of inspiration. I am not at all familiar with Sixten‘s work but there is a simplicity in his pieces that looks very much like something Green Day would be interested in co-opting. It’s been about 5 years since Green Day released their last album, American Idiot. They were able to use dissatisfaction with the GWB administration to win all sorts of awards and accolades (they had a really great year at the Grammy Awards, I seem to recall). I’m curious to hear what their new stuff sounds like. I’m also curious to know if anyone still cares about them. Will their brand of mature power-punk-pop still resonate today? I’m not too sure.

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