Generation Rx [LP]

Pop-punk vets Good Charlotte confront millennial malaise on 2018's Generation Rx,a raw, riff-driven return to vulnerability after hiatus, tackling opioid despair ("Actual Pain," inspired by Lil Peep), mental health ("Shadowboxer"), and lost innocence over 10 cohesive tracks. Self-produced at MDDN Studios by the Madden brothers, it merges '00s hooks with mature alt-rock edges, featuring Architects' Sam Carter on "Leech" and children's choir swells for poignant punch. Debuting at #37 on Billboard 200, the gatefold vinyl (with download) captures analog warmth in a narrative of pain's prescription generation,cohesive, cathartic, and defiantly hopeful. Runtime: ~37 minutes.