This seems to be the year for maturity in the music business. 3OH!3 is the newest addition to this newly found adulthood.

The Colorado based band’s new album, “Streets of Gold” was released in early August and harbors a catalog of new songs and new out looks on life.

The duo is known for making songs that seem to center around how many negative references to sex and women they can get in a three minute track. They’re first hit single off their freshman album “Want”, “Don’t Trust Me” was a prime example of this: “Don’t trust a ho. Never trust a ho. Won’t trust a ho. ‘Cuz a ho won’t trust me.” But their beats were intoxicating and impossible to escape.

The band seems to be steering away from this profanity-for-profanity’s-sake ideal, even if it isn’t  a complete 180 degree turn around.

The first full length track, “I Can Do Anything”, is more of an anthem for the band’s success. The chorus rings out, “I ain’t gonna take no shit  from no one. I ain’t gonna take no lip from no one. You ain’t gonna try to get me to hold on. It’s golden now, why would I slow down.”

The album still brings the ridiculousness that made 3OH!3 who they are. “House Party” is a throw back to the days in the beginning. There was a story that a track had  been leaked, so naturally I looked it up online. To my surprise I found “House Party” and still remember thinking to myself, “This has to be a joke. They won’t really put this on the album.” But, sure enough they did and it has grown on me. I may or may not rock out to it everyday on my way home from work.

The seriousness comes in on  most of the other tracks. There are songs about getting tired of the same old same old scene (“Deja Vu”), songs about embracing youth (“We Are Young”), and songs about long summer days (“Streets of Gold).

The track that makes the change so evident is “I’m Not the One.” It’s slow and tells a story instead of proving a point. The story is one of destructive love and how unintentional it can be. It’s slow and sweet in a punk rock kind of way.

By far the most surprising track is “Love 2012.” Appropriately, this song is futuristic and riddled with sounds that are new to  3OH!3. But the lyrics are not lost. One verse says, “Up,  up on the screen, I got a new disease. Cha-ching for your soul. Everything  must go.”

3Oh!3’s lyrics are getting deeper and more meaningful. I look forward to seeing them grow in the next few years and to hear what else they can do with their music.