( Rolling Stone ) -- No Doubt are n't just 11 years older than they were when they released their last LP . They 're determined to be wiser . `` Push and Shove '' leans toward synthpop-flavored ballads with grown-up themes : relationship struggles , the rewards of long-term romance . The songs are catchy , but Gwen Stefani does n't have the voice , or the gravitas , for grandiose tunes . And do we really want a `` mature '' No Doubt record , anyway ? No Doubt 's Tony Kanal on New Album : 'We Always Knew It Was Going to Happen ' The band sounds more at home on the title track , a ska/dub fusion where Stefani rhymes `` La-la-la-la vida loca/We speeding it up like soca . '' Carly Rae Jepsen 's `` Kiss '' That 's the No Doubt we love : hopped-up ambassadors from a fairy-tale SoCal where la vida is , eternally , loca . Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'Looper , ' 'Lincoln ' and 'SNL ' Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
` ` Push and Shove '' leans toward reggae - influenced music . The album explores grown - up themes , like relationship struggles , the rewards of long - term relationships . The band sounds at home on the title track , a reggae / dub fusion .