Box Car Racer

Release Date: 05/19/2017
Format: LP
Label: Geffen Records
Release type: Reissued Vinyl LP Pressing

Essentially seen as a side project from Blink 182 members Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker with David Kennedy (guitarist of Angels & Airwaves) completing the band's studio lineup. The record was the only studio effort the band produced together. They recorded the eponymous debut, Box Car Racer, in quick fashion with a more DIY spirit. MCA Records issued the band's lone release in May 2002, which peaked on the Billboard 200 at # 12. Singles "I Feel So" and "There Is" also charted on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, with the former shooting to #8. Box Car Racer created unresolved tension within Blink-182 and inevitably influenced the band's following studio album, the more experimental Blink-182 (2003). DeLonge ended the project in mid-2003, considering it to have served it's purpose; however, DeLonge's later band, Angels & Airwaves (which also featured Kennedy) has been described by DeLonge as a continuation of Box Car Racer.

1. I Feel So 4:29
2. All Systems Go 3:15
3. Watch The World 3:52
4. Tiny Voices 3:28
5. Cat Like Thief 4:20
6. And I 3:12
7. Letters To God 3:17
8. My First Punk Song 1:04
9. Sorrow 3:27
10. There Is 3:16
11. The End With You 3:11
12. Elevator 2:45
13. Instrumental 1:58