"Saviors": The Green Day's 14th album

Can a canonical punk trio stay interesting after its singer breaks 30,40, even 50?
That is the question Billie Joe Armstrong - the Green Day leader, now 51, whose sneer became world-famous at 22 -has been answering in assorted ways for three decades, whether through agitprop smashes or Norah Jones collaborations. 

Green Day are admirably assured, honest, and funny on Saviors, their fourteenth LP. They often sound like their adolescent pop-punk selves but satisfyingly write like adults, confronting American demons, including mass shootings and rampant inequality, and personal ones, like depressive spells and sobriety struggles. 

Reuniting with producer Rob Cavallo, Green Day find variety within these 15 tracks, conjuring Cheap Trick on Corvette Summer and even the lighters-up balladry of hair metal on Father To A Son."We all die young someday," Armstrong croons during the closer, smartly dismissing age while acknowledging that it's steadily coming for all of us.