Brand New: emo beacon or lesser light?

it's their jangle record, kinda!!

holy shit (spoiler)!!!!

kiss me one time each eyelid
so I can see how I dreamed it

definitely no second-half slump on this one, goddamn

oh man the talk talkisms with the organ and harmonica

about to start listen 2, I am so happy with this

i'm guessing the last song is called "batter up" anyway that's my fav

what a weird record

it's the epic closer Devil and God deserved

the next to last song is fuckin intense

tracklisting + non-$45 vinyl http://www.procrastinatemusictraitors.com/products/598731-brand-new-science-fiction

the cover is so good

download available immediately after order!!!!!!

That's dope.

oh if you buy it it's an immediate download. i hell of couldn't afford to do that but i did lol xp

smdh at the outlet who thought the band sent out CDs "accidentally"

god bless this day

I know people cringe at calling them emo but I feel like this is the ideal day for that Wrens album announcement

oh man the talk talkisms with the organ and harmonica

― just another (diamonddave85), Thursday, August 17, 2017 1:10 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

thank you for connecting "in the water" to talk talk

album generally has catherine wheel adam & eve vibes i think

"can't get it out" is like they wrote another "1996" just for me

yeah this is def their eeriest album, funny how the one-off singles ("mene" and "I am a nightmare") sound like headfakes now

I appreciate how idiosyncratic the sequencing is, bookended by two extended drifters with lots of little peaks and valleys in between

agreed re: eeriest album, which, daisy was already extremely eerie

I can't begin to think what the single will be, if there is one? I guess "can't get it out" is most obvious but I'd go with an edit of "in the water"

also I can't help but think that Devil's Tower would have been a cooler and more fitting name for this record

i like thinking it's a ornette coleman reference

this is still the best band ever

"desert" is such a sick little song

i am unsure of how necessary it was to write a song from the perspective of a homophobic preacher but it sure adds to the post-apocalyptic vibe

yeah that and "451" are a nice double hit of dark western vibes

when describing this album to a friend i compared it to juno's a future lived in past tense. idk if it's that good but it's the sound of a great band stretching allllll the way out

haha you have friends who have heard that album??

lol yep it's my friend's favorite album of all time

nice

this album is crystallizing for me nicely, I don't see myself wearing it out anytime soon. I'm so glad they're back.

it's the sound of a great band stretching allllll the way out

I think they can go even further and I hope they do cause this rules. "In the Water" might be my new favorite BN song

how does one hear this record

u can buy it or torrent it. i'm not sure it's streaming anywhere.

i feel like some of these tracks belong in new twin peaks

things are extremely shitty rn and my lord i needed this record

loving this so far, 2 listens in and not ready to talk specifics yet really.

Man, the run of Same Logic -> 137 -> Out of Mana is so great.

this is on tidal and apple music (but not yet on spotify) for anyone holding out for streaming

now on spotify also!

"same logic" has like.,.at least two choruses

i'm really enjoying this, the sustained eeriness feels very the moon & antarctica

That's a good comaprison actually - it even shares some of the same folksy DNA

lonesome/moon-era modest mouse i feel are models here down to the record's length and how it's probably a good record to drive at night to

I can attest to that it also sounds very, very good on long walks in the city.

jesse was a big modest mouse fan back when i used to follow BN

some of the guitar parts on the devil & god felt very modest mouse but this album goes further in that direction

same logic/teeth through to in the water is a fantastic run of tracks