Tom DeLonge has become an incredibly busy musician these days. He has been on tour for most of the year with Blink-182 (alongside My Chemical Romance and Manchester Orchestra), and helped his original band come back with their highly anticipated new album, Neighborhoods. And when he is not reuniting with his kinfolk, he is continuing the stories of space rock rock band Angels and Airwaves.

Since their debut in 2006, Angels and Airwaves’ inspiring lyrics and intergalactic sounds have transformed their different sound into some commercial success. Including their recent free-to-download album, 2010’s LOVE, they have sold about two million copies worldwide. Now, to expand on their rather large resume, the band is producing a film inspired by their most recent release (the trailer of which you can watch here). And accompanying its DVD release on November 8th, is the second part of the psychedelic rock adventure, LOVE: Part Two.

Now, let me make one thing clear about myself; I am not a big Angels and Airwaves fan. I do listen to their music and owns all three of their prior albums, but I mostly picked and chose through their entire discography and gathered only a couple of singles. Well, I’m happy to say that their most ambitious release to date also happens to double as their best.

The first thing I must address about this album is it’s score. LOVE: Part Two doubles as both a great alternative-rock album, but without DeLonge singing, it would still be an amazing sci-fi-esque soundtrack. The orchestrations behind each track are very light and heart-warming. “Saturday Love,” in particular, started as a looming, space like introduction to the album, then breaking into the typical AVA guitar riffs (being played by David Kennedy, who does a great job throughout the album).

The 11 track album is a rather solid LP througough, full of different moments that will have you humming and bobbing along to it in its entirety. The first three tracks, the former, “Surrender,” and “Anxiety” all are energetic shots to the arm. “One Last Thing” starts off with an almost prog-rock sound, mixing in rather well with Tom’s storytelling. “Behold A Pale Horse” is an intriguing mix of synth and driving rock music, with a rather quiet DeLonge singing behind the glorious “background noise.”

A couple of misteps, though. The two early ballads in the early part of the album, “Crawl” and “Moon As My Witness,” are rather weak. Although atmospheric at its core, it just doesn’t sound like it fit in too well with the rest, or at least back-to-back. However, the closer “We Are All That We Are,” more than makes up for it, sounding like a futuristic march into personal freedom. Also, like I mentioned earlier, DeLonge tends to be really quiet on the album. The first three songs really captures his vocal range, but afterwards, seems to almost disappear in certain songs.

This is one of the most pleasant surprises of the year. I don’t think that an album has ever gotten me excited about a movie before, but the images and moments portrayed in LOVE: Part Two only solidifies my interest in their upcoming sci-fi experiment. If you are a moderate AVA fan, this is one that you don’t want to miss. Although it has some miscues, it doesn’t take away much from the pictures that DeLonge and Co. portrays in their finest effort yet.

Final Grade: A-