Brand New: emo beacon or lesser light?

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

having a hard time deciding if maybe this is my fave BN album... this vs Devil and God is a classic higher highs vs. greater consistency battle

wait, which album matches which description for you?

new new one is def more consistent

imo this is devil and god if every song were "you won't know"

The only thing that makes me sad about this album is that it doesn't seem like Jesse Lacey's head has become any easier a place to inhabit in the intervening years

my barber was very into the new album. he played a few songs -- very TDAG

pox brand new

1996
limousine
same logic/teeth
noro
in the water
in a jar
okay i believe you but my tommy gun don't
you won't know
nobody moves
you stole

wow i'll have to think of mine

i think "can't get it out" is going to be on mine tho

"no control" is like brand new doing the pains of being pure at heart

(it's awesome obv)

not sure how i feel about "451" yet

just gonna dampen expectations and say it's gonna be a video

http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/brand_new_fan_countdown_reddit

album no. 6

actually wait why would they tease a video three months in advance

arrrrrgh

This rundown ends on a brilliant note:

Brand New Scores First #1 Album
on The Billboard 200 with Science Fiction

#1 on The Billboard 200

#1 Album Sales

#1 Independent Album

#1 Digital Sales

1st Independently Released Album to Top the Charts in 2017
(Following Frank Ocean and Metallica in 2016)

3rd Rock Record to Snag #1 in 2017 (Incl. Arcade Fire & Linkin Park)

1st LI Artist to Top Charts Since Billy Joel w/ River of Dreams in 1993

but what if it is a second album (!!!)

apparently the countdown was a hoax

can anyone explain why wikipedia says "planned disbandment" and the RS review says it's their last album? i haven't been able to find any info on that

they released shirts last year that said "brand new 2000-2018"

ahh ok

they're a cryptic band though and i don't really trust them to follow through on it

i'm finding myself really moved by "in the water". this album is basically reminding me why i was obsessed with this band in high school

and yeah, "batter up"....damn

this album gets better and better with every listen. so many unexpected turns

yeah loving it. still getting to know it.

That opening to "Waste" sounds so much like The Cranberries' "Zombie" it throws me off every time

ha!

this album is so richly varied. the flawless shoegaze of "no control"; "desert", which basically sounds like jesse doing a stephen malkmus song; and of course morrissey all over.

my current favorite moment is the bridge to "could never be heaven"

godddddd is dead

well said

I do love this album but it's so despairing I find myself having to limit my exposure to it somewhat

K this is good

That opening to "Waste" sounds so much like The Cranberries' "Zombie" it throws me off every time

I'm going to have to edit the shit out of all these interludes tagged to the end of a lot of these songs. Wish most of them were their own songs.

i love the unresolved punk song at the end of “no control”

The guitar solo in "137" is the most glorious musical moment of 2017.

I'm going to have to edit the shit out of all these interludes tagged to the end of a lot of these songs. Wish most of them were their own songs.

― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Friday, September 29, 2017 8:17 PM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can you YSI if you do this? after listening to it for the 20th time theyre really starting to get on my nerves

You can easily do this yourself with a lossless MP3 editor. The best one I know is MP3DirectCut (Windows only).

ya i could do it on audacity right now tbh i'm just bizy and figured if someone else had already done it

the skits are rly cool and creepy the first 20 listens tho

yeah i like the "skits" (not sure that's what i'd call them tho)

Every night you were tripping out
In the morning you were coming down
If it's breaking your heart, if nothing is fun
Don't lose hope, my son
This is the last one

https://i.imgur.com/PFcnEiX.gif

i don't usually get that stoked about live concerts even for bands i love but this is one of the albums where i need to see them touring this material

largely because i need a socially acceptable outlet to singalong to some of these choruses in public

is this band/album too normie for the rest of the 1975 cru?

tim f is a fan of the devil and god iirc

i have a new favorite every night. this album gives and gives. listening to new music from this band (my favorite in high school/early college 10 years ago) when it's THIS GOOD fills me with a unique sort of nostalgia. or a sense of completeness/closure, idk

kev you should check out
thread of best rock album of year 2017, 'a black mile to the surface' by manchester orchestra

ha yeah i remember digging manchester orchestra a little back in the day, they toured with brand new at least once iirc. ill give it a spin

yeah I saw them together around 2009

first time I listened to the intro to SF I was afraid Jesse had gone full Tom Delonge

and then the first few strums of Can't Get Out had me thinking he'd gone full Jeff Mangum

jesse is an obsessive NMH fan, if you heard something it's quite possibly intentional