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'Brand New' is an
American alternative rock band consisting of
lead vocalist,
guitarist, and lyricist
Jesse Lacey,
guitarist Vincent Accardi,
bass guitarist Garrett Tierney and
drummer Brian Lane.
[2] The band was formed in 2000 in
Merrick, New York[3] and partly consists of former members of the band
The Rookie Lot.
The band has released three studio albums so far - ''
Your Favorite Weapon'' (2001), ''
Deja Entendu'' (2003), and ''
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me'' (2006). On
February 12,
2007, in an interview with
BBC Manchester, Lacey stated that the band plans to release another album.
[4]
History
Formation
In the late 1990s
Jesse Lacey,
Garrett Tierney, Brian Lane,
Brandon Reilly and
Alex Dunne were all members of
The Rookie Lot, a
post-hardcore band largely influenced by groups such as
Lifetime. The Rookie Lot released a 5-track demo and a split 7" with Yearly before breaking up in late 1999. After The Rookie Lot broke up,
Brandon Reilly went on to be a guitarist in
The Movielife and Alex Dunne played guitar in
Crime In Stereo. Lacey and Lane continued to play together with Tierney joining them shortly thereafter. The three started writing new material, with the help of
Brandon Reilly, for the new project. The members started looking for a second guitarist and eventually found the then 17 year-old
Vincent Accardi. Accardi decided to join the band after hearing the trio play "The Shower Scene", the first song they wrote together.. Lacey has repeatedly stated that the name for the band was borrowed from a friend's band that disbanded. Between their formation in 2000 and ''
Your Favorite Weapon's release in 2001, Brand New released two demo CDs, the first of which was originally available as a free
MP3 download on their website. Both demos contained songs that were rerecorded for ''Your Favorite Weapon''.
''Your Favorite Weapon''
Album cover of ''Your Favorite Weapon''
After signing a single album deal on
Triple Crown Records, the band set to work on their debut, ''
Your Favorite Weapon''. The album was to be a mix of rerecorded songs from their demos as well as several new ones. The album was produced by
Mike Sapone[5] and was a moderate success. The record deal gave the band the opportunity to tour, both nationally and internationally, supporting bands like
Taking Back Sunday,
Good Charlotte,
Less Than Jake,
New Found Glory,
Glassjaw,
Incubus,
Dashboard Confessional and
Finch.
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The first and only single released from ''Your Favorite Weapon'' was "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad", which received airplay on both
MTV2 and
Fuse.
In August 2002,
Iodine Recordings released ''Your Favorite Weapon'' on vinyl along with an extra track, "...My Nine Rides Shotgun", a demo from the band's early days.
Soon after the release of ''Your Favorite Weapon'', the band released two songs on a
split EP with
Safety in Numbers, which contained the tracks "Moshi Moshi" and a cover of
Love Spit Love's "Am I Wrong." "Moshi Moshi" was also later available as a
B-side on the UK "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" single.
''Deja Entendu''
Album cover of ''Deja Entendu''
The band's second album, ''
Deja Entendu'', was released in June 2003 to much acclaim. The album contains slower, deeper songs than those on ''Your Favorite Weapon'', with a more polished sound.
The title is French, roughly translating to "already heard," which is said to be a comment on the band's opinion of modern music sounding similar. Lacey got the name for the album while watching an episode of ''
Jeopardy!''. The album was produced by
Steven Haigler, who was the sound engineer on the
Pixies' ''
Trompe le Monde''.
[6]
The band has stated that most of the songs were not demoed and were "rushed", and that eleven out of the twelve songs recorded for the album appeared on it - with only "Flying At Tree Level (Version 1.0)" left off, which later appeared on the '' soundtrack. "Play Crack the Sky", whose title refers to Lacey's friend yelling out "play crack the sky!" during another band's concert, was a late addition.
Three singles were released from this album on
Eat Sleep Records and
Sorepoint Records. The first single from was "
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows." Their second single from the album, "
Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades," is a shortened version of the common
Latin phrase
Sic transit gloria mundi ("Thus passes the glory of the world") and is a reference to a line from the movie ''
Rushmore''. Both of these singles were top 40 hits within the UK, and their videos received relatively heavy rotation on
MTV2 and
Fuse TV. The band released a third single from this album, "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light," solely for radio play.
[7]
During 2003, their debut album was also remastered and rereleased, followed by its debut in
Australia and
Japan in early 2004.
A limited edition
EP, entitled ''
The Holiday EP'', was released soon after the album in late 2003, available only to the band's Street Team members. It contained demos from ''Deja Entendu'', album art by artist Brian Ewing, as well as a new song - "
O Holy Night." Available for only the price of postage, this EP sold out quickly, and has never been rereleased. Consequently, it is extremely rare.
On
December 28,
2003,
New York Times music critic
Kelefa Sanneh ranked ''
Deja Entendu'' #5 on his Top 10 albums of the year. Brand New were also named Alternative Press' Artist of the Year in their annual Reader's Poll.
[8]
Between May 2004 and June 2005, no new material or information was publicly released to fans. During that time, however, the band signed to major label
Dreamworks.
Interscope Records bought out the label shortly after.
''The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me''
Album cover of ''The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me''
In late 2005, Brand New started recording their highly-anticipated third album in
Oxford,
Mississippi with producer
Dennis Herring, but later dropped him in favor of
Mike Sapone with whom they had worked on their first album.
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On
January 24,
2006,
nine demos recorded in preparation of the new album were leaked onto the internet. All nine tracks were untitled and were of unknown origin. It was stated by an unknown source that these demos "probably won't be on Fight Off Your Demons", the then rumored title for the new album based on the band's new website address. In the following months, with Brand New doing their first tour dates in over 18 months, a few songs from the demos were performed with a full band, some were fleshed out and had new lyrics. New songs had their debut as well during the summer tour dates. There was much speculation about the names of songs and the album name but very little solid information. Brand New began their first tour in years on
June 20,
2006 at New Jersey's famous
Starland Ballroom, where Lacey stated that the album had been finished the previous day.
After much speculation and rumor regarding the final release date, and
Alternative Press publishing a preliminary date of
October 10,
2006, as the release date, the official website announced that the new album would finally be released on
November 21,
2006 in
North America, and the day before in Europe. Soon after, a track listing and the unusual cover art were revealed, as well as new information regarding the release of the first actual single - "
Sowing Season" - one of the new tracks previewed during the summer tour. An alternate version of "Untitled 08", the single finally got a public airing on radio on
October 19,
2006, and appeared on their
MySpace page a day later. "Untitled 06", was mastered and released as a bonus track in the UK titled as "Luca (Reprise)". According to Lacey in a radio interview from the UK (
BBC Radio 1 with
Zane Lowe), the title ''
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me'' is taken from a conversation he had with his friend about the musician
Daniel Johnston, who is
bipolar.
[9]
In late December 2006, an unusual video was released for the instrumental track "Untitled", also known as "-", which mainly consists of a man
spray painting a wall with "evil and good are raging Inside me" and correcting it to give the album title. On
January 16,
2007, "
Jesus Christ" was announced as being the "official" first single from the album. On
January 19, the band performed the song on ''
Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. They performed it again on
February 26 on the ''
Late Show with David Letterman''.
[10]
From January to June 2007, the band toured the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia, including a headline slot on the UK's
Give It A Name tour and playing the main stage at
The Bamboozle festival. Despite the band's reluctance towards the press around the time of the release of the album, they were featured in ''
Alternative Press'', a cover story for ''
Rock Sound'', ''
Kerrang!'', and ''
NME''. The band has announced another Stateside tour for the fall of 2007, with openers
Thrice and
mewithoutYou.
Members
★
Jesse Lacey –
lead vocals,
lyricist,
guitarist
★
Vincent Accardi –
guitarist,
backup vocals,
pianist
★
Garrett Tierney –
bassist
★
Brian Lane –
drummer
Early 2006 saw the unofficial addition of guitarist Derrick Sherman to the band, who contributed to their third album, ''The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me'', and has accompanied them during recent tours.
Discography
Albums
★ ''
Your Favorite Weapon'' (
October 9,
2001)
★ ''
Deja Entendu'' (
June 17,
2003)
★ ''
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me'' (
November 21,
2006)
EPs
★ ''
Brand New/Safety in Numbers Split EP'' (2002)
★ ''
The Holiday EP'' (2003)
Singles
Demos
★ ''
First Four-Track Demo'' (2000)
★ ''
Second Demo'' (2001)
★ ''
New Album Demos'' (2006)
Compilation appearances
★ '' (2003) ("Flying at Tree Level (Version 1.0)" - previously unreleased ''Deja Entendu''-era song)
★ '' (2006) ("Soco Amaretto Lime (Moleman Remix)" - previously released on the "Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" single)
Videography
★ "
Jude Law and a Semester Abroad" (2002)
★ "
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" (2003)
★ "
Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades" (2004)
★ "Untitled"/"--" (2006)
★ "
Jesus" (2007) (Scrapped in post-production)
References
1.
Brand New interview
2. Brand New Biography
3. All Music Guide: Artists And Groups From Merrick, New York
4.
Raging without the bull
5. Your Favorite Weapon by Brand New
6. Brand New: Deja Entendu: Pitchfork Review
7. K-Rock Top 92.3 of 2004
8. Brand New quote sheet
9. Zane Lowe interview with Jesse Lacey
10. Monday, February 26, 2007, Show #2713 Recap McIntee, Michael Z.
11. Billboard.com Artist Chart History Brand New
External links
★
Official Brand New website
★
Brand New MySpace
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