{{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Chasing Shadows | type = EP | artist = Angels & Airwaves | cover = Chasingshadows.jpeg | alt = | released = April 8, 2016 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist|<!--See Background tab for source--> *Rock }} | length = 16:11 | label = To the Stars | producer = * Tom DeLonge * Aaron Rubin | prev_title = ...Of Nightmares | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = We Don't Need to Whisper Acoustic - EP | next_year = 2017 }}
'''''Chasing Shadows''''' is the third EP by American alternative rock band Angels & Airwaves, released on April 8, 2016, through To the Stars.<ref name="Spin (magazine)">{{cite magazine|author=James Grebey |url=http://www.spin.com/2016/04/tom-delonge-new-angels-airwaves-ep-chasing-shadows-stream-download/ |title=Tom DeLonge Releases New Angels & Airwaves EP to Go Along With His Book About Aliens |magazine=Spin |date=April 5, 2016 |accessdate=June 21, 2016}}</ref> Similar to the ''...Of Nightmares'' EP, ''Chasing Shadows'' is a companion piece to the first book in the ''Sekret Machines'' series, co-written by Tom DeLonge and A. J. Hartley. Along with the EP is a planned documentary series.<ref name="Spin (magazine)"/> It was the second EP released by the band following DeLonge's exit from Blink-182, before his return in late 2022.
==Background== The ''Sekret Machines'' project is about "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena". The project blends sources from the "military and intelligence community" with a "story about people across the world and history who have seen something impossible lighting up the night sky."<ref name="Music Times">{{cite journal|author=Carolyn Menyes |url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/64351/20160204/tom-delonge-blink-182-transmedia-extraterrestrial-series-sekret-machines.htm |title=Tom DeLonge Announces New Angels & Airwaves Music, Extraterrestrial Series 'Sekret Machines' |journal=Music Times |date=April 5, 2016 |accessdate=June 21, 2016}}</ref> DeLonge described the novel as the "outcome of many secret meetings across the United States with government officials" and compared the music to the band's earlier material.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/news/angels-airwaves-stream-chasing-shadows-ep |title=Angels & Airwaves stream Chasing Shadows EP|website=Louder Sound|last=O'Neill|first=Christina|date=April 6, 2016|accessdate=September 22, 2019}}</ref>
The sound of the EP steps away from the more electronic elements of the band into more guitar-driven rock, leading many to compare the songs to the sound of DeLonge's original band Blink-182, which he returned to in late 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/71448/Angels-and-Airwaves-Chasing-Shadows/|title=Angels and Airwaves - Chasing Shadows (album review)|website=Sputnikmusic|date=August 16, 2016|accessdate=September 22, 2019}}</ref> The band live debuted the track "Overload" at the first show of their comeback tour in 2019 at Solana Beach alongside debut performances of many tracks from the band's previous album ''The Dream Walker''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/08/angels-airwaves-tour-launch-kiss-tell/|title=Angels & Airwaves kick off first tour in seven years, debut new song "Kiss & Tell": Stream|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Young|first=Alex|date=August 29, 2019|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing |all_songs = Tom DeLonge and Ilan Rubin |total_length = 16:11 |title1 = Overload |length1 = 3:29 |title2 = Artillery |length2 = 3:31 |title3 = Voyager |length3 = 3:57 |title4 = Chasing Shadows |length4 = 5:14 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from Discogs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Angels-Airwaves-Chasing-Shadows/release/9850956|title=Angels & Airwaves - Chasing Shadows (2017, Clear, 180g, Vinyl - Discogs)|work=Discogs|accessdate=September 22, 2019}}</ref> {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} '''Angels & Airwaves''' * Tom DeLonge – lead vocals, guitar, synths, bass guitar, producer * Ilan Rubin – drums
'''Additional personnel''' * Aaron Rubin – producer, mixing, engineering * Tom Baker – mastering {{col-end}}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|109|artist=Angels <!-- no & -->Airwaves|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 24, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardIndependent|8|artist=Angels <!-- no & -->Airwaves|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 24, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|10|artist=Angels <!-- no & -->Airwaves|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 24, 2019}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRock|13|artist=Angels <!-- no & -->Airwaves|rowheader=true|accessdate=September 24, 2019}} |}
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