understand that i'm not a good reviewer, so I quote the review from artistdirect.com about AVA's new album "I-Empire" which you can find below..

tapi... setelah gue sendiri ndengerin... gue jatuh cinta sama track yang judulnya "Breathe" yang sebenernya ngga terlalu mellow-mellow amat, secara itu lagu lebih cocok buat malem pertama, hahaha... isinya cinta-cinta'an sih (tapi mau deh klo ada yg nyanyi ini lagu buat gw, hehe..) gimana enggak "stars will fall like dust and our lips will touch" (ehm.....) .. kok jadi lagu ini doang isi review-nya???*

anyway.. kalo dari segi musiknya sendiri ngga terlalu banyak beda dari album sebelumnya (We Don't Need To Whisper) masih dengan nuansa yang sama, ada gema-gema gitu, synthesizer (am i writing it right?), yang jelas AVA emang punya nuansa.. kalo buat gw sih, dengerin AVA rasanya kaya naek pesawat keluar angkasa loh.. :)

thanks banget buat wisnu yang ngenalin gw ama AVA di album pertama.. hehe.. your pick was great, man!!

BREATHE Lyric :
A blue, black shade of love.
Sent from above.
My hands are tied to worlds alone,
And this I know.
Your breath's like wine,
And just like clouds, my skin crawls.
It's so divine, the sky it glows with fields of light.

Did you know that I love you?
Come and lay with me.
I love you.
And all this day, I will love you.
You make me feel alive,
and I'll love you
Until the end of time.

My hands shake clasped with fear as you come near
To say goodnight, just like a dove.
A peaceful sign.
To help us by as you come in.
Let this begin.
Stars fall like dust, our lips will touch.
We speak too much.

Did you know that I love you?
Come and lay with me.
I love you.
And all this day, I will love you.
You make me feel alive,
and I'll love you
Until the end of time.

Did you know that I love you?
Come and lay with me.
I love you.
And all this day, I will love you.
You make me feel alive,
and I'll love you
Until the end of time.

I've got a lot to say, if you will let me
It's always hard, when you're around me
But here right now, there's interest in your eyes
So hear me out, and hear this the first time

That I... love you (come and lay with me)
That I... love you (and all this day)
And I... love you (you make me feel alive)
That I... love you
Till the end of time

------------ i-empire - artistdirect editor review ----------------

It's been said that only those who attempt the absurd can achieve the impossible—a quote that Tom DeLonge seems to take quite literally. After leaving blink-182, DeLonge started touting Angels & Airwaves to be a musical revolution, comparing the band to Pink Floyd and U2 before they'd even released a single.

Alas, when We Don't Need to Whisper dropped in 2006, it didn't quite live up to the hype their ambitious frontman had created. The album was drenched in echo-y U2 guitar as well as schizophrenic messages about the end of the world and the uplifting human spirit. On the band's second effort, I-Empire, the band have reeled themselves in. Musically, the album is much more contained this time around—the band doesn't try to launch each song into outer space with an epic crescendo, and the album benefits from the infusion of a little modesty.

"Breathe" is the band at its best, a watery synth and hushed drumming back the verse as it builds into just the sort of momentous guitar chorus that the band was striving for on Whisper. Unfortunately, DeLonge's lyrics sometimes still get the better of him: "My hands are tied to worlds alone / And this I know / Your breath's like wine / And just like clouds, my skin crawls."

Yet, as the album unfolds, I-Empire seems to suffer from the same fatal flaw as Whisper. Though the sophomore effort is an improvement, all the songs have a very similar vibe, as if being built from a blueprint. "Sirens," "Secret Crowds" and "True Love" each have similarly muted intros and build toward explosive choruses, but the effectiveness of building a song that way is sabotaged by doing it too often. DeLonge's ambition is admirable, but he still has a ways to go to achieve the lofty goals that he set out for AVA.

a friend told me that my ears were "damaged" and deeply in love with the sounds of guitar distortion from this collection so much that it doesn't ever want to hear un-distorted songs, hahaaa..... might be right.. these are the collection of what i called 'alternative songs' which i love soooo much...