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Album: Daisy

Artist: Brand New

Release Day: September 22nd/2009

Tracks:

1. Vices
2. Bed
3. At The Bottom
4. Gasoline
5. You Stole
6. Be Gone
7. Sink
8. Bought a Bride
9. Daisy
10. In a Jar
11. Noro

The Long Island boys are back again with a brand new LP. But will this be their last one?

Picture above was taken in front of HMV Superstore in Toronto

while waiting in line for their acoustic performance

The album was recorded over a 12 month period from March 2008 and it was not until the band announced in April that their fourth album was to hit stores in summer 2009. And here it is now, Daisy. The album starts off with a classical piano melody and a lady singing? Rather odd and kind of makes you wonder if you picked up the wrong album. But of course, you didn’t- drums, screeching guitars and screaming overtakes the piano recital and you are introduced to Brand New’s, brand new album. Not what most expected for the first song in comparison to The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me’s “Slowing Season (Yeah)” but it is safe to say Brand New has the ability to go from quiet and peaceful to grating songs in a blink of an eye. As the album continues, we get the feeling through their slower songs in the album what the band itself may have planned for their future career.

“I wish that my condition was new but I’m old and rusting” lyrics from “You Stole” defiantly leave people wondering what is truly meant. But perhaps front man Jesse Lacey can clear that up… “I think a lot of the record is about us trying to make decisions about how long the band should go on. When I listened back to it, I realized how many songs are about something coming to a close, or knowing when it’s time to put something away and move on.”

Regardless of what it is that is “coming to a close”, listening to this album only makes you admire their musical talents even more. Each song powerful and interesting in its own way, Brand new deliverers to their fans a mix of something new, and some old musical habits. Yet, some fans aren’t too pleased with the mix of new and old. In an iTunes review, a fan said the album to be “off” and wouldn’t see themselves listening to it in their car and singing along, while other fans describe the album as “dark, moody, and awesome”.

In my opinion, this album is nothing but brilliant. Brand New brings forth something different to the music industry like no other band.

I was able to catch a live acoustic performance 2 days after their CD release here in Toronto’s HMV Superstore located right on Yonge st. off Dundas. I was left speechless and wanting more than 5, 6, songs.
(Click here to listen to “At The Bottom”! )

Brand New comes back to play not one, but two already sold out Toronto shows at the Kool Hause with supporting acts of Glass Jaw and Crime in Stereo on November 21^st and 22^nd.

So all I have to say is go out to your nearest music store and grab a copy of Daisy for $14.99! Or buy it through iTunes for $9.99!

For more information and concert listings visit www.myspace.com/brandnew