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The Dream Walker

The Dream Walker
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Studio album by Angels & Airwaves
Released December 9, 2014
Recorded June 2013- October 2014, Jupiter Sound
(San Diego, California)
Genre Alternative rock, space rock, electronic rock, experimental
Length 40:05
Label To the Stars Records
Producer Tom DeLonge, Aaron Rubin
Angels & Airwaves chronology
Love: Part Two
(2011)
The Dream Walker
(2014)
...Of Nightmares
(2015)
Singles from The Dream Walker
  1. "The Wolfpack"
    Released: October 31, 2014
  2. "Bullets in the Wind"
    Released: November 17, 2014
  3. "Tunnels"
    Released: December 1, 2014
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 3/5 stars
Alter the Press! 4/5
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
KillYourStereo 93/100
Rock Industry 8/10
Rock Sound 7/10
inveterate.co.uk 7/10
Alternative Press 4.5/5 stars

The Dream Walker is the fifth studio album by alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves, released on December 9, 2014, through To the Stars Records. On October 31, the band released their first single from the album, "The Wolfpack", via PureVolume. On Monday, December 8, 2014, the album was streamed exclusively in its entirety with Rolling Stone. This is the first album not to feature drummer Atom Willard or guitarist David Kennedy. On May 4, 2016 the band released a new album consisting entirely of demos from The Dream Walker studio sessions including older takes and five previously unreleased tracks.

The album is one part of a multimedia project that will include a short film, comic books, a graphic novel, videos and animations that will all tie in to a central character known as Poet Anderson.

The first single available from The Dream Walker was "Paralyzed", released on YouTube on October 7, 2014. Several weeks later the second single, "The Wolfpack" was released on Halloween. The music video for "The Wolfpack" premiered on YouTube a week later on November 7, directed by Mark Eaton. The third and fourth singles released prior to the release of the album were "Bullets in the Wind", on November 17, and "Tunnels", on December 1.

The short film that coincides with the album, Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker, premiered on November 14 at the Toronto International Short Film Festival, for which it won Best Animation. Tom Delonge and Ilan Rubin were the only musicians to play on the album, with David Kennedy and Eddie Breckenridge not recording for unknown reasons. Kennedy and Breckenridge only appear in the music video for Tunnels.

Credits adapted from AllMusic

The Dream Walker received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 66, based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" feedback.Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album three out of five stars, writing that is has "more texture and dimension than Love and, ultimately, it's that expansiveness that gives the album character instead of the convoluted cross-platform narratives."


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