The Goo Goo Dolls announced a surprise record, EP 21, Monday morning, just five days before its release. It consists of newish material; its four tracks are acoustic covers of the band’s own songs, and is the band’s first new material since 2020’s It’s Christmas All Over.“As I Am,” a straight cover of the song originally on 2010’s Something for the Rest of Us, manages to become a bit heavier and more mournful in the transition. While the original’s electric guitar through the verses has a vaguely ethereal quality, the more complex and nuanced acoustic guitar on the 2021 edition gives it additi