Anyone who has heard the songs that +44 posted online knows exactly what to expect on the band’s debut.

Blink-182 alumni Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker opted not to make a band like fellow ex-182er Tom DeLonge, and have instead returned with an album of slickly danceable, alternately sunny and dark pop songs that are exactly what mourning blink-182 fans expected and hoped for.

+44 is exactly where Hoppus wanted to take blink-182 on the band’s final album, while DeLonge kept pushing it towards a more arena-rock angle. The first single and title track is fun, dancey and catchy — showing that Hoppus’s songwriting skills haven’t dimmed in the slightest.

Songs such as “Cliff Diving,” “155,” “When Your Heart Stops Beating” and the phenomenal “Baby, Come On” are just what one would expect, but Hoppus and company toss a few curveballs as well.

“Make You Smile,” featuring Liza Minelli, is a sweet love song one would never expect out of the same man who — only a few years ago — relied mainly on genitalia jokes to get people to take him seriously. “Weatherman” is terrifying, a dirge-like song completely out of character for the former pop punk pioneers. And “No It Isn’t,” the first +44 song released on the Internet, is a virulent insult to DeLonge, despite the band’s protests to the contrary.

The production, a result of work between Barker, Hoppus and longtime blink-182 producer Jerry Finn, is exactly what these songs need. Barker’s keyboards add depth to the songs while his drums sound crisp and punchy. The guitars of Shane Gallagher and Craig Fairbaugh have the same familiar crunch that DeLonge’s guitar had, but without the sometimes-grating trebly bite. Hoppus still has one of the best bass tones in pop punk, and his voice has only gotten stronger with age.

+44 may not fill the void many felt when blink-182 broke up, but it comes far closer than Angels & Airwaves. Hoppus tended to bring most of the substance to his former band, and this album only further solidifies that trend.