This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Tom DeLonge talked with Guitar.com: Lifeforms is another textural expedition that opens clear water between itself and the idea of DeLonge as a three-chord thrasher. “In my earlier years with Blink it was, ‘How do I create tones that let these songs sound different from each other?’ But all I was using was a distortion pedal and every once in a while a flanger,” he says. “Now, in Angels & Airwaves, there are delay pedals and synthesizers and organic oscillations from fuckin’ modular synths. I craft songs by what’s needed, not what I’m limited to. That’s the biggest difference.” more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos, tweets, etc.
I haven’t really cared for anything Tom has written in a looooong time and definitely nothing in AvA. But No More Guns is hoppin. There are a few other jams on the new album.