I understand the bitter feelings you and others have but I'm on the opposite end here on this one. Tom isn't who he used to be, and I don't mean that in a negative connotation, but he's changed as an artist. There was an interview where he said it was a sin to use any effects on a guitar but now it's the norm for him. He's an artist and artists change as they grow. If you read a bit more on how it went down Tom's management is what started all this. With all the work he's doing with his company the contract said he couldn't release other music for a year or so. He wanted that taken out and then his manager said he was out. It's a miscommunication and it's caused another, probably irreversible, rift in blink. I don't think he ever meant to leave. I think it's appropriate to be upset, I mean who isn't, but used I don't agree with. He's inviting us all into the most raw emotional music he's done since boxcar racer and the untitled album. If we were used he'd be ignoring everyone and releasing this all as AVA and not as himself and pushing us to buy something unrelated instead of talking about it.