Brand New: emo beacon or lesser light?

flopson!

starting my emo phase late at 26

haha i just listened to YFW -> DE -> 2006 all in succession on a car ride last night and it brought be straight back to high school, screaming out all the lyrics in the car alone. if you like the new album i'd start with devil and god and then work backwards to see how much you can stomach. the old stuff is good for what it is (music for kids) but it's not something i can really imagine listening to all the time anymore

this new album has pretty much cemented brand new as one of my all-time favorite bands tho, or at least made me a little more willing to say that in public lol

2006 demos, i mean

JUST JEALOUS CAUSE WERE YOUNG AND IN LOVE

starting my emo phase late at 26

I did this too and I recommend it highly

i've been thinking about what my brand new POX would be and i'm not ready for the full list yet, but after listening to the old stuff last night (and TDAG a couple of times last week) i think these are probably safe

soco amaretto lime
the boy who blocked his own shot
jesus christ
in the water
batter up

Kev and Flopson you missed out on the emo poll.

(the rest will be from TDAG and on)

xp spottie i really never dove deep enough into enough back in the day to have a truly informed vote, i was more into rap at that point in my life

Yah I was heavy into both in my early-mid 20s

i listened to 3 emo albums in my life at present, including this one lol

i loved atdi in hs but ito rock shit i was p much excluse the 'garage' scene (broadly defined) in my early twenties, no regrets as i had the time of my life playing and going to shows twice a week. the only ppl i knew into emo then were more about the mathy/post-hardcore end of it; i think i wasn't fully aware of how fully good emo bangs as conventional rock music

i havent listened to much "emo" music in like a decade, so maybe the scene itself has changed, but if science fiction is seen as an emo album it probably has more to do with the band's historic association with that scene than it does with the actual music

i mean this is just a rock album

it's post-emo

chorus of same logic is straight emo imo

yeah there's some touches for sure

JUST JEALOUS CAUSE WERE YOUNG AND IN LOVE

another note from the show - lacey played 'soco amaretto lime' but changed the lyrics from "you're just jealous cause were young and in love" to "i'm just jealous cause you're young and in love"

the enunciation of the "boy we gave you every opportunity" part is super emo

JUST JEALOUS CAUSE WERE YOUNG AND IN LOVE

another note from the show - lacey played 'soco amaretto lime' but changed the lyrics from "you're just jealous cause were young and in love" to "i'm just jealous cause you're young and in love"

― Mordy, Saturday, October 21, 2017 7:01 PM (thirty-nine minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i noticed this from a youtube recently, i like the change. also on a mostly unrelated note he sings "i am paid to make you boys panic while i sing" in "spin light" these days -- i get the feeling he realizes some of his earlier lyrics were kind of, to use a contemporary term, a little problematic

it was just striking to me along w/ the other stuff that it's a much darker more pessimistic gloomy take

yeah no idea what kind of place jesse is in but he's always been outwardly pretty troubled

the old stuff is good for what it is (music for kids) but it's not something i can really imagine listening to all the time anymore

fwiw i understand why you and presumably lacey feel this way but i think deja entendu continues to contain some of their most direct, affecting + memorable work. but i never think that "music for kids" is necessarily a limitation on popular music (i still listen to pet sounds too)

there were signs all over the venue when you entered that said that there would be no crowd surfing at the show and anyone who crowd surfed would get ejected. when the concert started the band played the first few songs behind a gate/fence that spanned the entire length of the stage like they were in jail. i was thinking "oh my god he is so freaked out about the audience he is playing behind a gate now" but it lifted after the first few songs i felt whew

sort of feel like if i were a band of brand new's popularity i'd be performing behind something bulletproof

Jesse Lacey threw his guitar last night. What an icon pic.twitter.com/gqCdo9Y1Ud

— Thiqq Goth GF (@valisneckdeep) October 22, 2017

Lets all go and meet our maker
Won't matter whose side you're on
We're so afraid, I prayed and prayed
When God told me to love the bomb
https://i.imgur.com/fwoNXZm.jpg

so this is looking pretty much like my aoty and unlikely to be dethroned

same

yep

Not there yet but I might have to resign to the fact that come December, this will be true for me as well. Pacing in that direction.

*dreams of Brand New winning the EOY poll*

Will def be a top 5

my new favorite part of this album is the solo in “137”

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

― ArchCarrier, Friday, October 6, 2017 11:47 AM (four weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah that whole song is great but I'm always waiting for that bit.

The album is currently my 2nd-favourite of the year behind Paramore.

both will be in my top 5 as well for sure

so

https://www.facebook.com/briankeithdiaz/posts/10155933792623552

pete wentz prob has an upcoming reckoning too

yeahhhh

sigh

i was aware jesse was an asshole for 1000 years but not that much of one

Brand New is cancelled and I'm here to remind you that you can't separate the art from the artist. pic.twitter.com/aa8SmJkA4z

— Autumn Lavis (@AutumnLavis) November 10, 2017

oh that's contained in the facebook thread. sorry.

lesser light

i like the music but this guy wears patagonia hats ppl

well damn :/

i’ve been flagging more posts than usual today

it’s almost always some asshole making a joke out of sexual assault

https://www.facebook.com/BrandNew/posts/10155923794753023

jesse basically admits to it without actually addressing it

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