Boxes by Goo Goo Dolls
"Boxes" is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Goo Goo Dolls. Released on May 6, 2016, through Warner Bros. Records. This is the first album since A Boy Named Goo recorded without drummer Mike Malinin, who left the band in 2013.
Having achieved long-term radio ubiquity with the anthemic “Iris,” The Goo Goo Dolls fully embrace their elder statesmen status on their 11th album. Big guitars and arena-ready refrains abound, with a few key 21st-century flourishes: The propulsive “Over and Over” plays its sparse instrumentation against a backing of stadium chants, while the title track places lead Doll John Rzeznik’s professions of romantic fealty atop a thudding, hip-hop-inspired beat. “Flood,” a besotted duet between Rzeznik and Echosmith singer Sydney Sierota, abandons the riffing for a lighter touch, although the crashing chorus brings to mind love’s initial wallop.
