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+44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating

Rating

RIYL

Blink 182
New Found Glory
Sugarcult

Label

Interscope

Tracklist

1. Lycanthrope
2. Baby Come On
3. When Your Heart Stops Beating
4. Little Death
5. 155
6. Lillian
7. Cliffdiving
8. Interlude
9. Weatherman
10. No, It Isn't
11. Make You Smile
12. Chapter 13

If you are looking for an introductory paragraph giving you some info about the band, you’re not going to get it because if you don’t know or have heard of Blink 182, you’ve been living under a rock.

As with any new band that is branched off of an ex-popular band, to get people to forget about the past is basically impossible, but the artist is able to at least do what they want. With +44’s debut album, When Your Heart Stops Beating, the guys somewhat shed away from the Blink 182 sound in some songs, but the overall feel sounds like a branch of the band’s self-titled release. That’s not a bad thing, though.

Right from the get go you are launched into pop/punk heaven with opener “Lycanthrope”. Maybe it’s just listening to Mark Hoppus playing bass over the years, but the guy sure does know how to make the bass stand out rather than just letting it play in the background. The song is upbeat and catchy and probably the best song on the album. Throughout the rest of the album you are led through different sides of the band from the melancholy “No It Isn’t” to the electro-pop “155”. One thing you might also notice are the female vocals on “Make You Smile”. The vocals are courtesy of Carol Heller who was previously in the band.

While When Your Heart Stops Beating is nowhere near epic, Travis and Tom are, and will always be, pioneers in the pop/punk genre. The guys are doing what they want and it shows in the music. It’s good to see the boys back in action.

--Chris Conlan

Author

Chris Conlan

Last updated: 09/29/2009 08:55PM

Comments

jeff the baptist

11/28/2006

09:32AM

this cd is kick ass.

Chris Conlan

11/28/2006

09:36AM

Age: 27

Location
Dubuque

I had the hardest time coming up with something to say. I'm a gigantic Blink 182 fan and trying to keep my mind focused on +44 as a whole and not talking bout the past and AVA was a bitch.

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jeff the baptist

11/28/2006

10:02AM

i thought of reviewing this and was planning to go off about how comparing this to AVA just proves who was talented in blink 182....i was also gonna talk about how hoppus' vocal melodies are really good on this disc but his lyrics are absolutely terrible "fall asleep with the windows open, what's the worst you've said and done..." WHAT? and all the reverse metaphor type things he uses are just whack.....

Chris Conlan

11/28/2006

10:04AM

Age: 27

Location
Dubuque

I agree, the lyrics aren't the greatest.

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ChaosResolved

11/28/2006

10:18AM

Location
NY/PA

this review might single-handedly discredit the entire website.

Kamran

11/28/2006

10:21AM

Location
The Great North Woods

i liked Blink-182's s/t; thought it was very solid power-pop.

Darla Farmer
RIYL:
the Beatles
Tom Waits
Murder By Death
A Whisper in the Noise
the Blood Brothers

Chris Conlan

11/28/2006

10:22AM

Age: 27

Location
Dubuque

I know.

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jeff the baptist

11/28/2006

10:35AM

ChaosResolved

this review might single-handedly discredit the entire website.

because its a bad review or because the CD is terrible....?

Aaron Yarborough

11/28/2006

11:58AM

Age: 30

Location
Atascadero, CA

because its not indie enough for him. this album was actually surprisingly good..

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HEARTandSYNAPSE

11/28/2006

12:00PM

Location
Manchester, England

im gonna get this when I get paid.
i would've got it today, but i got wrapped up in jay Z's 'kingdom come' and bought that instead.

Chris Conlan

11/28/2006

12:05PM

Age: 27

Location
Dubuque

I still haven't received a copy of this yet. Just figured I'd review it anyways.

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b_myers

11/28/2006

02:21PM

Age: 29

Location
Spokane, Washington

yea, the cd is pretty darn good.

Current Listenings:
7 Horns 7 Eyes - "Throes of Absolution"
Horse Feathers - "Cynic's New Year"
Andrew Bird - "Break It Yourself"
Sigur Ros - "Valtari"
Rocky Votolato - "Television of Saints"
Janus - "Nox Aeris"
Blues Traveler - "25"

Mike Duchnowsky

11/28/2006

03:15PM

Age: 27

Location
West Haven, CT

Blink 182 were always just barely a notch at decent. Angles and airwaves are trash, +44 are Blink 182 minus Tom DeLonge.

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Firebrand

11/28/2006

03:32PM

both AVA and (+44) sound like Blink 182 to me. I didnt like Blink !*@ then, i dont like them now. Plus it makes me mad that AVA has a member of the Distillers hostage. They all just sound the same tome me--granted i cant listen to it for too long because their vocals get on my nerves so im not giving either band a real shot. I just never understood the appeal of Blink 182.

jeff the baptist

11/28/2006

05:38PM

i dont think plus 44 sounds like blink 182 at all....i dont hear a "whats my age again" or even a "stay together for the kids" in the whole bunch......

xRinox

12/04/2006

06:41PM

Age: 31

Location
San Borja, Lima, Perú

this album turned out to be so superior compared to that big piece of crap delonge said was gonna change lives. Marks voice sound really good to me.