In the midst of his UFO research, blink-182 co-founder Tom DeLonge has found the time to return to making music with ‘LIFEFORMS,’ the first Angels & Airwaves album in seven years (and first for Rise Records). Tom made this one with guitarist David Kennedy (also of Tom’s much-loved early 2000s side project Box Car Racer), drummer Ilan Rubin (also of Nine Inch Nails), and bassist Matt Rubano (ex-Taking Back Sunday), and at least one of the songs (lead single “Euphoria”) marks a return to Box Car Racer’s post-hardcore influences. “In a music world that seems to be absent guitars, angst, and emotional authenticity, I felt it was important to lead with a song that mirrors the post-hardcore days of my youth, where the power of the music creates that feeling we once had as teenagers,” Tom said when “Euphoria” was released. - Andrew Sacher