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This is seriously a great album. I have listened to it about 7 times through and like it more and more each time.
If you are like me, Blink 182s break-up was sad. I loved there sound since Dude Ranch and they were evolving and growing, so their songs were, too. Their strange and silent break-up was troubling.
In my busyness, I didn't keep up with the music news over the last year, and just happened by chance to catch info on Angels & Airwaves (AVA), former Blink member Tom Delonge's newly-formed band. But I missed this album, formed with Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker, the other 2/3 of Blink. So when I learned of it recently, I purchased it right away. Better late than never. Ironically, AVA came out with their second album, I-Empire, a few days before +44 came to me in the mail.
And after one listen to When Your Heart Stops Beating, though, I instantly took my allegiance to +44 in the +44 vs. AVA debate. Don't get me wrong, I love AVA and have listened to We Don't Need to Whisper a ton of times, but sometimes, I just want Tom to rock out, Blink-style. I-Empire features a few songs that touch on that energy a little, but mostly they are typical AVA ethereal songs and sometimes sound a little too much like the previous album's content.
+44 sounds truly like what Blink's next album would have sounded like. I feel it's superior to AVA in catchiness, energy, and of course, drumming (you can't beat Travis Barker in my opinion). I miss Tom's voice and writing, but I actually feel Mark & Travis (who are credited with writing the songs) out do him w/ this album. Lycanthrope, Baby Come On, title track, Little Death, 155, Chapter 13 especially stand out to me and are just great rock songs. Also great is the bitter "No, It Isn't" where they express their frustration about Tom's leaving Blink with lyrics like "This isn't just good-bye, this is I can't stand you....you're saying things, but talk is cheap, and my mouth is bleeding from trying to keep quiet" which incidentally is a song they released on his birthday.
I can't wait for the next album (see [...]) which is coming out in 2008. Really, if you liked Blink but felt AVA was not quite fulfilling enough, you need this album. Playing both of them has helped me get over the pain of losing Blink somewhat. But When Your Heart Stops Beating has been the most satisfying of any of the post-Blink projects.
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