Making Local Music Louder

Brand New, alternative rock band from Long Island, New York tie together vintage musical styles and emotional lyrics that has made them heavily respected in the genre of music that they play in.  They’ve created their newest album that fans will be pleased with, but it is unlikely to become a fan favorite.

Always trying to reinvent their sound, Brand New recently released their most experimental album yet. Entitled “Daisy.” the record portrays a new sound that has seems to have taken some older fans some time getting used to.

Brand New has always been known for redefining their style.  Their debut album, “You Favorite Weapon,” is a definitive pop punk record, with heavily distorted guitars, fast paced drumming, and catchy hooks.  The lyrics written on that record created the foundation of the “emo” music sensation.

The sophomore album, “Deja Entendu,” was taken into another dimension.  This album was definitely a more matured version  Brand New with acoustic guitars and lyrics that made this album memorable and made it to the “favorite album of all time” lists for many people saturated in the emo/grunge scene.

The third album, “The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.’ was their darkest record yet.  The music was more relaxed and contained more ballad-style progressions played over emotional, pessimistic lyrics.

Now on to their fourth album, “Daisy” that was just released at the end of September— nothing on this album sounds like Brand New.  This means that fans will either love or hate this album.  Brand New’s first three albums were something to be cherished and there were a lot of high hopes when this record was released to the public.

It was a little disappointing to the fans.  The titles of the songs are simple and short, unlike previous titles like “Okay, I Believe You But My Tommy Gun Don’t” and “Jude Law and The Semester Abroad.”  Past songs seemed to be lyrically inclined and the new songs on this record seem to be repetitive with the same messages woven throughout.  Many fans feel “shorted” on this record and also feel that something may be missing.

While this album has it’s ups and it still pleases the listener with Lacey’s seductive voice, I’d say that based off of the band’s album catalogue this one would be at the bottom.

to listen to the newer songs, visit www.myspace.com/brandnew

this is the title track off the new record.

“Daisy”