Angels and Airwaves Band • Page 140

Remaining 3 songs:

-No More Guns could've been left off this album for sure, has no lasting value for me and I'm already over it after listening to it twice.
-Automatic locks in a typical Tom structure, but the chorus is pretty catchy and the overall vibe hits those 80's tones like The Cure.
-Fire in a Nameless Town is actual a pretty cool song, was definitely not what I expected. Reminds me of the darker themes from Dreamwalker and actually might be one of my favorites.

Overall, it was such a weird span of 3(?) years where we started getting the original singles, a tour, and eventual album rollout. Not sure I like hearing the album piece by piece leading up to the release because it kinda feels like the "arrival" feels a little empty with just 3 new songs.

Very excited to get the vinyl in and have this be my house-chore soundtrack for the next month or so.

 

I've listened to both of those and I wasn't a fan of those sonically either. I have similar complaints between those albums and this one.

The drums on Time Bomb sound thin. Compare it to anything earlier in the band's catalogue.

I'm not going to argue about this stuff, it's an observation.

 

Sorry nope.

 

Fire in a nameless town - So much better than the previews. Love the vibe. Really good song.

Automatic - Instant fav. So catchy. So surprised this wasn't a single. Pretty stupid it wasn't. Guitar solo would be unreal live.

No More Guns - An interesting experiment. Personally don't like the green day vibes but I don't think it's a terrible song by any stretch. I wouldn't be surprised if this makes it into his film during a scene where characters are goofing off.

 

No More Guns - straight up fun old school punk song. I love it! Right up my alley!

Automatic - OH MY. Did Robert Smith co-write this song? Holy shit!

A Fire In A Nameless Town - Very cool vibe. I'm glad its on the album. Might be my least favorite on the album out of the other songs. Definitely some Dream Walker vibes.

 

Loving the solo on Automatic sooooo much.

 

Mark needs to play Automatic on his radio show every week.

 

Seriously how was Automatic not the first or second single?

 

This has happened enough with other bands for me to question just about everything.

 

Yea Automatic is easily the best one here…but fuck I do really like every single song maybe except of Rebel Girl now,and that’s probably just because I overplayed it over those years

 

Still super happy All Thats Left Is Love isn't on here. Its classic AVA, but I feel like it would've held the direction back some. Loving new wave/post-punk AVA. It works for them.

 

A Fire in a Nameless Town is probably my favorite after one listen through.

 

hitting play on this now, psyched for 3 new songs haha

 

Losing My Mind is such a good fucking song. Hell yeah!

Very glad I held out on a few of the pre-released tracks.

 

oh man I really really like "A Fire in a Nameless Town", such a cool new sound for them. could've swapped spots in the running with "Kiss & Tell" easy

 

A Fire In A Nameless Town really takes me back to the Of Nightmares EP. Solid EP BTW.

 

I’ll see how I feel with a few listens.

I will say this… I liked No More Guns more than I thought I would. Other remaining tracks are on the stronger side too.

 

Anyone else keep anticipating Tom singing "I'll stop the world and melt with you" during "Automatic"?

 

A Fire in A Nameless Town is intriguing. All the synths and sounds are fantastic and for once the vocal delivery carries the song.

I think this should have been the last song, but I guess it’s hard to tell because we’ve had Kiss & Tell for like 2 years so it’s hard to picture it as a closing track lol

 

I like albums that end with bangers (The Moon & Antarctica comes to mind) but "Kiss & Tell" is just a weird choice imo, it's so... abrupt

I honestly love "No More Guns", whaddyagonnado

 

I can’t get through "No More Guns" without laughing at a few of those lyrics. The idea and theme is good, the execution is like a five year old wrote it ... and it really takes me out of it. The other songs aren't lyrically amazing, of course, but this song is supposed to have a weight behind the message and ... lands very weirdly to me.

 

Woah, Automatic is so damn good! Seriously, how was this not released as a single? Fire In A Nameless Town is great too.
No More Guns sounds A LOT like Green Day.

Initial favorite is either Automatic or Time Bomb. Least favorite is still Losing My Mind, and that's solely because of the blah chorus.

 

my favorite song on this record is "restless souls" still but "automatic" is really awesome

 

"fire in a nameless town" is also like... very new for ava and a really good sound on them

 

Yeah I’ve been returning to No More Guns and Automatic A TON this morning. Euphoria keeps growing on me too.

Also, 38 minutes is a perfect length for this album.