Claude says:You caught Angels & Airwaves at the exact moment Tom DeLonge pivoted from Blink's pop-punk toward orchestral, almost cinematic alternative rock—all sweeping synths and atmospheric guitars that landed in 2006 like nothing his old band was doing. The fact that Distraction and The War kept pulling you back suggests you never tired of that massive, almost anthemic sound, the kind that feels both intimate and arena-sized at once.