Brand New are one of those bands that if I get started on them I won't stop, so writing this sentence now I feel like i'm going to regret choosing to do this but the problem is they are also a band that every single person on this planet should adore and worship endlessly. And I also know i'm one for exaggeration but trust me that in this case i'm not. In fact, it pains me that there are people reading this who don't know who they are. I honestly refer to them as gods. No - really, really.
With four official full length albums and Fight Off Your Demons the bands' music showcases something different with every release making it impossible to pick a favourite album. And with music and lyrics as good as there's I challenge you to find someone that doesn't like at least one of their songs. There is something so genius about them that forces your brain to really listen and then once you've done that they steal your heart forever.
Your Favourite Weapon - their first album - encapsulates the angst of growing up with pop-punk music at its side and finishes with Soco Amaretto Lime an anthemic acoustic number which has been on my summer playlist year after year. Following this up is Deja Entendu which has always amused me being that it's french for "already heard" when it's actually completely different to anything i've ever heard. There's something darker about these songs in a ache-in-your-heart kind of way. During the process of recording their third album the songs leaked causing Jesse Lacey to decide to completely re-write the album and out of this we have the leaked album Fight Off Your Demons and their official third full length The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. Both of these again are different from their other releases getting darker still and more experimental thus creating some their best tracks yet and then finally we have Daisy which goes above and beyond the weird scale - even for Brand New. It's not an easy listen at first and a lot of people may dismiss it entirely but after a while the chaos becomes welcoming and I think the only way to appreciate the madness of Daisy is is with open ears.
Their live performances as well are incredible. They play every song you could possibly want to hear and their stage antics bring in an atmosphere like no other. They're intense in every possible way and their brand of angst ridden music is timeless - i'm pretty sure that at the age of 60 i'll still turn to them in times of fury. Or y'know every other emotion under the sun.
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