Angels & Airwaves - Lifeforms [September 24th, 2021]

1. Timebomb
   
   
2. Euphoria
   
   
3. Spellbound
   
   
4. No More Guns
   
   
5. Losing My Mind
   
   
6. Automatic
   
   
7. Restless Souls
   
   
8. Rebel Girl
   
   
9. A Fire in a Nameless Town
   
   
10. Kiss & Tell

Advances in technology have rapidly accelerated global abilities for contact, yet have had a reverse effect upon human connection. In this instance, contact and connection are not synonymous. Instead, the two act as polar opposites, and inversely affect one another. While our technological capability to contact grows, our ability to deeply connect decreases. These diminishing returns have resulted in a profoundly negative effect on our own self-worth, as we feel more empty than ever, even with our newfound abilities of unending access. We can now meticulously curate our own image, yet lose the ability to let anyone in deeper.

Love is different now. While our own personal algorithms may appear to be compatible, those algorithms do not account for the human variables that we all possess. We are left alone to deal with our own personal variables, and tend to not disclose them to the world.

So our new search, then, must be for beings devoid of these filters. We must reacquaint ourselves with our own original analog form, prioritize it over our digital self, and find tangible lifeforms that can connect with our own humanity. While technology has been able to effectively pinpoint our interests, it shall always fall short on providing us with robust and deep human connection. Such connection must be sought without technological interference in order to achieve the depth that our barren human souls seek.

ANGELS & AIRWAVES (Design by TNSN DVSN)

 

Terrible album artwork and Kiss & Tell being an album closer is strange. Would never have pegged that as an AVA closer

 

I thought we were getting 12 tracks in the end?

Yeah Kiss & Tell is definitely such a weird closure.

 

Where does this info come from

 

i like the art

 

We were supposed to and it is. Something seems off about this info

 

One thing I've learned about random leaks of this nature over the years... they usually end up being true. I knew to trust Aaron over Tom. Aaron had the hard drive in front of him and said the album was 10 songs. When has Tom ever proven to be credible about upcoming releases?

 

So ready for this. September 24 is also my wedding. Going to be a great day!

 

Cool to see the official details for the album, just always felt like it was a fictional “one day it’ll be here” lol

 

Angels & Airwaves on Instagram: “TRANSMISSION FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. TOMORROW AT 7:00AM”

 

New song Restless Souls is out on Reddit for those who wanna listen early.

I like it, but the chorus is the exact melody of Dry Your Eyes/Everything’s Magic lol. I also didn’t pay attention to the lyrics yet on my first listen.

 

Actually kinda like this. The bridge is different than normal Tom stuff.

 

I'm liking this more than expected. Went ahead and preordered the Brooklyn Vegan vinyl cause it looked awesome.

 

Is it crazy for me to think that this might actually be the best AVA album????

 

Preorders are live on Angels and Airwaves Official Store | To The Stars...

 

Nope. It's shaping up that way for me too. I've enjoyed every song released so far.

 

Preordered. I don’t know if I want to listen to the new single since we basically have half the album at that point.

 

Love all the different vinyl variants. Disappointed with the T-Shirt designs tbh.

 

i like "restless souls" quite a bit

 

This record is going to rip. This was the last show I saw before lockdown. Considering picking up tickets so this will be my first show post lockdown. Very much looking forward to hearing this whole album from front to back. Particularly excited for Time Bomb based on the short clips we have heard. It seems like Tom is more excited about music and the potential for this band than he has about anything since the LOVE movie release.

This is miles better than NINE imo. I actually think everything all blink members are doing outside of Blink is better than NINE. Still enjoy that record but currently, the parts are better than the sum of blink right now. Hyped for all of the music we have gotten recently, and fine for the next blink record to take some time. Also fine for Tom continuing on this journey of rediscovering his love for creating before there is ever more talk of him coming back to blink.

 

ok yeah this song is fucking awesome

 

i think i said in the general ava thread that "kiss & tell" will be a rad closer; i just relistened to it and it will be a rad closer

 

Yeah I think it’ll be a unique closer for them. Works in the same way Even If She Falls does for Neighborhoods I think.

 

Apt comparison. I dig them both as closers.

 

This will be fire flames