In my review of the last effort from Tom Delonge's Angels and Airwaves, the majority of my complaints revolved around the sheer excess of each song. It seemed like the album was less focused on producing a coherent work and more interested in shedding the "baggage" of Tom's more jejune former band. Each track creaked under the weight of production tricks and lengthy introductions; hooks were buried under masses of extraneous sound.

With I-Empire, it may seem like little has changed. [more]