Travis Barker has revealed that Blink-182 are working on a new album.
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The drummer, who is set to release his new documentary Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear on Hulu and Disney+ on August 13, was speaking during a new interview with The New York Times‘ Popcast.
When asked about what he was currently working on, Barker said: “I’m starting a couple of other projects, like producing projects, working on the next Blink album.”
When he was then asked whether the band were working on the record this year or in 2027, he added: “Working on the Blink album this year.” Barker also revealed that he is producing and playing drums on the next Alkaline Trio album.
Blink-182’s last album was 2023’s ‘One More Time…’, which was their first record in over a decade with the original trio of Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Barker. Their last major tour was the ‘Missionary Impossible’ tour last year.
The band recently released a 20th anniversary reissue of their 2001 album ‘Take Off Your Pants And Jacket’, which featured six bonus tracks.
Meanwhile, Louder Than Fear recently had its world premiere at Spring Studios in New York, as part of this year’s Tribeca Festival.
Directed by Justin Krook and Michael Dwyer, the doc explores the Blink-182 drummer’s life and career, the 2008 plane crash that almost claimed his life, and the “raw and redemptive journey” he embarked on afterwards.
The drummer suffered third-degree burns on 65 per cent of his body and spent three months in hospital for 26 surgeries after the accident. He previously said that the subsequent anxiety and depression was so great that he “offered a friend $1milllion to kill him”.
Elsewhere last year, Mark Hoppus spoke to NME about his emotional memoir Fahrenheit-182, and also opened up about how the band have grown since forming the band in the early ‘90s.
“When we started Blink, our biggest goal in the whole world was to sell out a small club in San Diego called Soma. The big time of playing the big room there was 1,200 people. When we sold out that room in 1995, I thought we’d made it by playing the biggest punk rock club in our hometown. What else is there?,” the bassist explained.
“Then you go on and get signed to a label, then a major label, then you have your song on the radio, then you’re playing larger venues. Last year, we were selling out stadiums in Los Angeles, Boston and New York. I’m like, ‘Holy hell, this is our band that we started in Tom’s garage’.”
