Agreed! I was actually digging through the news archives this weekend and saw when AVA was initially announced and you commented that it would be better than +44... I chuckled. I guess no one really would have guessed at what AVA would actually sound like.
I was much more of a Tom fanboy in 2005 than I was of Mark.
I was much more of a Tom fanboy in 2005 than I was of Mark.
Ha I understand. Of course the funniest thing I found was Tom's visit to this site talking about how he was shitting our pants for us, then the subsequent insistence by everyone that it couldn't be him and he wouldn't say his band was the best music in 20 years, etc etc.
Pretty cool that he answered her, I'd scream like a girl if Mark responded to a tweet. But, I dug +44's record, before blink-182 reunited I was actually looking forward to their second record.
+44 is on the same plane as BCR in terms of quality. Blink's S/T was right in between them in terms of sound. I'd kill for either a +44 or BCR follow-up, but honestly, if Blink goes back to a coherent S/T-type sound and less of the jumble that Neighborhoods had, just give me more of that. Lots and lots more of that.
more music form mark and tom is always welcome. i'd prefer +44 in it's original incarnation, with carol, though. her songs are the best on that record.