That may make some fans furious. (To hear a free Sound Bite from this album, call Post-Haste at 202-334-9000 and press 8182.) The Offspring, alternating between the serious and the silly on ...

The Offspring’s newest release, Days Go By, is both disjointed and mildly out of its element, containing one-third of this act’s best output since pre- Splinter by a minuscule margin at best.