Title: Columbia House Party: 17. +44 – When Your Heart Stops Beating (2006)
Date: February 24, 2020
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the 17th episode of Columbia House Party, we take a look at a major What-If moment in pop-punk, the Mark-and-Travis blink-182 hiatus side project +44.
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In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy continue blink-182 month (is there a name for a six-week stretch?) by diving into one of a handful of blink side-projects, +44’s lone album, When Your Heart Stops Beating. The unofficial follow-up to blink’s untitled album, +44 sees Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker continue down that same road, with Hoppus trying to extend himself creatively but ultimately reining himself back in. Find out more about where +44 fits in the blink fracture, why they don’t utilize Carol Heller more, and how Barker’s newborn affected the duo’s new found on this week’s podcast.
Check it out at Columbia House Party.
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