Good Charlotte brothers Joel and Benji Madden were at The Grove Tuesday to promote their brand new album, Cardiology, which was released on the same day. They stopped by Extra and Mario Lopez, and you can catch that interview soon on Extra.
Describing the sound of the new album to MTV News, Joel Madden said it would sound a lot like Blink-182. Joel Madden went on to say in the same MTV interview that “There’s nothing dance-y on the record, though, at all, which is different from our last one,” further implying a movement away from the sound of Good Morning Revival.
Joel Madden is engaged to Nicole Richie and the two have two children together. It appears that being a parent has affected the music on Cardiology. Joel told PopEater: “[There’s] a song that I wrote for my daughter called ‘Harlow’s Song,’ and it was originally like a lullaby, and then [Benji] heard it and really liked it, and the guys heard it and they all liked it. I’ve never written a song like that. It was pretty interesting. It’s like a straight love song for somebody. It’s a lullaby, and it ended up being on the record. I’ve never really had the ability to write songs like that. So I guess my life has changed a lot. “
Here they are performing their first single off of Cardiology, Like It’s Her Birthday:
