Angels & Airwaves - We Don't Need to Whisper
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Artist: Angels & AirwavesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-05-23
Music Label: Geffen Records
Soundtracks:
- Valkyrie Missile
- Distraction
- Do It for Me Now
- The Adventure
- A Little's Enough
- The War
- The Gift
- It Hurts
- Good Day
- Start the Machine
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Free Music Review: Angels & Airwaves
Hit: 5 Stars
Angels and Airwaves' debut album 'We Don't Need To Whisper' is an album that should go down in history as one of the most solid albums to hit shelves today. Contrary to what some may say, this album is the absolute antithesis of failure. Heavy with delay effects, synthesizers, full drawn out choruses, and passion-driven lyrics--it contains everything needed to create an epic and timeless album.
I remember buying it the first day it came out. I drove as fast as I could on my way back home where I could listen to it in my bedroom with the headphones on. Once I got home, I immediately did just that while carefully turning the volume up to ten on my Ipod. The opening to the first song, "Valkyrie Missile", got my heart racing immediately. The strings combined with the organ set up the perfect landscape; almost as if giving me a feeling of flying through space. The intro then builds for about two minutes to reach the climactic verse where Tom sings the first line, "Everyone, everyone will listen even if it hurts sometimes." The verse then instantly transitions to the melodic chorus that'll make you want to raise your arms to the sky and cry because of how beautiful it sounds. My favorite part of the song though has to be the outro. It starts off with a crescendo that leads to an octave riffing that'll hit you right in face emotionally.
The following track, "Distraction", starts off with a long introduction as well, peppered with hand claps and foot stomps that are reminiscent of an army marching towards you. When the marching is at its loudest, it leads to the chorus: "I'll be your distraction." Tom Delonge does a great job in this song painting a picture of a destroyed city. The moral of the song is that no matter how ugly a certain situation is, you'll find beauty within.
The album only gets better from there, believe it or not. "The Adventure", the first single off of their debut album, brings you a feeling of positivity and optimism through the simple, yet, meaningful lyrics about rebirth. The song consists of huge crescendos and riffing that sounds from the not too distant future. The entire song builds towards the powerful bridge when Tom sings "I cannot live; I can't breathe unless you do this with me." Other songs such as "A Little's Enough", "The War", and "The Gift" along with the cd's reoccurring themes of love and war will twist your heart from the inside out. "A Little's Enough" is their slowest song on the cd, yet, it's the most powerful. It's about God coming down to Earth to fix everything that's wrong with the world today. The imagery Tom uses helps create a clear image inside your head; it's incredible. Track number six, "The War", is the definition of an anthem. Consisting of heavy power chords that stomp over a huge drum beat and a tribal-esque chant during the bridge, the song delivers a powerful message about the consequences of war and the need for peace. The U2-influenced song, "The Gift", carries with it, guitar-delayed riffs and a chorus that will instantly bring you to a smile on a bad day.
The cd comes to a close with a song called "Start the Machine". The song opens with a toy piano playing. As the guitar swells, the bass and drums kick in, giving sort of an electronic vibe. The entire song builds up to a gigantic-sounding outro as Tom explains his need to leave Blink-182 to start AVA. For those who are familiar with Coldplay's "Fix You", the outro has the similar effect. "Start the Machine" is clearly a song about Blink's break up and all the negativity the members encountered during their last hours as a band. However, Tom does a great job tying the entire cd at the end, leaving the listener with a feeling of optimism and hope as he sings "If love's a word that you say, then say it and I will listen." It is interpreted by many that this one line marks the possibility of Blink-182's return in the future.
There are a surprising number of people that consider this cd as mediocre. I must strongly disagree with those individuals. This cd contains something that most cds don't have today--timelessness. Tom Delonge wrote a story about war and love and with that, creating some of the most beautiful songs of our time; songs that'll make you feel like you're soaring across the sky. After the last track on my Ipod played and I tried standing up, my knees almost buckled because of how taken away I felt by the music. The music really gives you a sense of escapism and optimism. If you don't think this is a good cd, it only means one thing: you've grown accustomed to the music today so you've forgotten what a beautiful song sounds like.
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Tom DeLonge knows how he'd like people to listen to We Don't Need to Whisper, the debut album from his new group, Angels and Airwaves. "I really want the room to be dark, with black light or a candle," he says. "People should have headphones on, and they should be really comfortable, maybe sitting on the floor, leaning against the bed. I spent a year and a half working on this record, trying my hardest to give people a moment of escapism. All I ask is 50 minutes of a lowered heart rate."In just over a decade with Blink-182, DeLonge went from the San Diego suburbs to the top of the world. The band sold over 20 million records worldwide, won a wide assortment of MTV awards, and sold out arenas everywhere from London to Tokyo.
So in early 2005, with Blink-182 on a break, DeLonge came to a crossroads. Rather than do a solo album or another version of his well-reviewed side project, Box Car Racer, DeLonge decided to start a new band. He recruited Box Car Racer guitarist David Kennedy, bassist Ryan Sinn (formerly of the Distillers), and drum god Atom Willard (previously of Rocket from the Crypt and the Offspring). The quartet headed into the studio?where they would try anything to find a new sound or a new song.
The name Angels and Airwaves popped into DeLonge's head while he was driving. He wasn't certain about the name at first, but then he realized that "Angels and Airwaves" abbreviated as "AAA"?and that if he inverted the middle A, it spelled AVA, which is also the name of Tom?s daughter.
"This is the next half of Tom DeLonge's life. If you liked anything that I did in the past, this is very much the next step."
"The magic of Blink-182 was that the three of us came together to create this amazing band," he says. "But now there's no holds barred. I get to be me completely with a new group of talented musicians. We are on a different intensity level with this record, and it's something that we can't wait to share with the rest of the world.
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