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Blink 182 have revealed the release date for their new 'folk-inspired' EP.
The 'Dogs Eating Dogs' EP will be unveiled on 18 December. The trio will make the release available through three festively themed packages. The 'Santa's Lap' package includes the CD, a t-shirt, a limited edition poster, wrapping paper, and a Christmas card.
The 'Nice' package includes a hoodie, wrapping paper, and a card. And finally, the 'Naughty' package includes a shirt and a card.
Drummer, Travis Barker, recently described one of the tracks from the EP as "very folky".
Speaking to Rolling Stone magazine he said: "I don't even know. It's way out. We all had some ideas. I went in the studio and I was just playing around.
"I had my electronic kit and I just played a straight drum pattern over it, and it sounded crazy. It changed the entire shape of the song."
Blink 182 performing in Liverpool earlier this year
Barker's claim of the change in direction on the track comes after bassist, Mark Hoppus, recently declared his love for UK folk-stars, Mumford and Sons.
He claimed there has been a lack of quality new music this year, but cited Mumford and Sons' album 'Babel' as something that has stood out.
Hoppus said: "The Mumford and Sons album I like, but other than that it has been a dry summer."
Barker went on to say he feels the new material is an improvement on the band's last album 'Neighborhoods'. "To me already, this EP is a hundred times better than 'Neighborhoods', because we're all in a room together.
"There's some songs on there that I love, but for the most part it was disconnected."
See the video for 'Up All Night' from the album 'Neighborhoods' below.
Photos: Blink 182 perform live at Manchester Apollo (24 July, 2012)
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