Angels And Airwaves - We don´t need to whipser

Geffen/Suretone Records . 06/30/2006

AVAI was really curious about this project, which got hyped so much trough the internet. I am talking about Angels And Airwaves, which is Tom Delonge´s (Blink182) very new band. He recruited several members from different bands like Boxcarracer, Hazen Street and The Offspring. All those competent musicians present a debut record now, which is differs so very much to Tom´s previous band Blink182. Unfortunately the sing-a-long factor has pretty much decreased. The record has turned much darker and much more serious then anything, that I heard from Tom before. Angels And Airwaves shows strong parallels to Boxcarracer, which was a pretty dark and serious project as well. But I can also figure out parallels to The Cure or to U2. Well, some songs and especially some guitar parts remind me to the eighties. I need to mention, that the lyrics are pretty serious, itimate and personal. Tom talks directly to the listener and invites him to join the new AVA journey. I am also pretty impressed by all the tiny triffles and the heavy insertions of synthezisers. Those synthezisers create very strange, haunting but also very impressive. Tom seems to be very self-confident, when he sings: "I´ll be your distraction". Well I guess, that he definitely shows you a new direction, which will never lead back to Blink182. This record is really interesting. AVA is pretty dark and serious, and so the sing-a-long factor has gone. The actual songs are serious, silent and thoughtful. So you need to decide for yourself what you prefer - happy stuff, like Blink or serious, dark and bitter songwriting.

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Tracklist - Angels And Airwaves - We don´t need to whipser

TrackTitle
1Valkyrie Missile
2Distraction
3Do It for Me Now
4Adventure
5Little's Enough
6War
7Gift
8It Hurts
9Good Day
10Start the Machine