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1. Brand New is an American rock band that formed in 2000 in Merrick, New York. The band consists of Jesse Lacey (lead vocalist/guitarist/lyricist), Vincent Accardi (guitarist/lyricist),Garrett Tierney (bassist), Brian Lane (drummer), and Derrick Sherman (guitarist/keyboardist).
Formation (2000-2001)
Prior to Brand New's official formation, in the late 1990s Jesse Lacey, Garrett Tierney, Brian Lane were all members of the post-hardcore band The Rookie Lot, along with Brandon Reilly and Alex Dunne of Crime in Stereo. After the band's split and not playing together for a while, Lacey, Lane and Tierney started to rehearse again. They then recruited guitarist Vincent Accardi, who had been playing in a band called One Last Goodbye, since Reilly had joined The Movielife.
All four members had backgrounds linking into their local Long Island independent and hardcore music scenes, but with influences from an array of artists ranging from Buddy Rich to The Archers of Loaf. They eventually formed Brand New in 2000, in a basement in Merrick, New York. Their initial intention was always to "move outside of whatever notions they felt inclined to when they were making music as younger people." The band gained exposure in the local scene through playing shows with alternative rock contemporaries Midtown and post-hardcore bands like Glassjaw, whilst also self-releasing a four-song demo. They signed to Triple Crown Records just after their second-ever show.
Your Favorite Weapon (2001–2002)
Brand New's debut studio album Your Favorite Weapon was produced by friend and practical fifth member of the band Mike Sapone. The album has been described as being "bitter about ex-girlfriends", with an excessive concentration on "post-breakup angst", receiving relatively positive reviews, with Allmusic awarding it three out of five and Popmatters also being favourable. It became a moderate success, selling over 50,000 copies. The record deal gave Brand New the opportunity to tour, playing alongside the likes of Taking Back Sunday and touring the UK in support of Finch, to a "great response" from the crowds.
The only single released from Your Favorite Weapon was Jude Law and a Semester Abroad. The song has been described by Allmusic as a "semi-hit", after it received airplay on both MTV2 and Fuse.
Deja Entendu (2003–2004)
Brand New's second studio album was written in "the year and-a-half or two years" that they were touring the material off Your Favorite Weapon. According to drummer Brian Lane, "Jesse [Lacey] wrote a lot of the lyrics about different things than 'I just broke up with my girlfriend' for the new record," as Lacey had written the songs on an acoustic guitar in his bedroom. Lane also explained that the band was now influenced by a range of different artists, "All of us got exposed to a lot of different music that all of us were listening to. For the first we weren't in such close quarters for 24 hours a day. I think that has a lot to do with it." Unlike their first album, it was said that a lot of time and concentration went into making the album.
The band released Deja Entendu through Razor & Tie/Triple Crown Records in June 2003, with it being issued in Europe and Australia in October 2003. The album's title, Deja Entendu, is French for "already heard." It was explained as "very tongue-in-cheek," by singer Lacey. Elaborating on the title's meaning, he told MTV, "No matter who you are or what your band is about, you can't put a record out without people saying it's derivative of something else. So by saying the record's already been heard, it's kind of like saying, 'Yeah, you're right. We're doing something that's already been done before. We're not trying to break new ground in music. We're just trying to make good music." The album was described as a "stylistic leap" from Your Favorite Weapon, with a "decidedly matured" sound. In an interview with Billboard, Lacey said that although Deja Entendu does offer a different sound, the album "doesn't seem like we're departing from anything, really. I think we always knew that we had a lot of potential and there's a lot of different stuff we were able to do, and a lot of different sounds we wanted to make. Not too long after we recorded the first record, we were already wondering where we were going to go from there."
Deja Entendu debuted at number 63 on the Billboard 200. After just seven weeks, the album's sales were at more than 51,000 copies, already closing in on the total figure of its predecessor, Your Favorite Weapon. In May 2007, four years after its release, it was certified gold for surpassing 500,000 sales in the United States, by the Recording Industry Association of America
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Deja Entendu's first single, The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows, impacted radio airplay in July 2003, a month after the album's release. The song was said to be about regret, or "How there can be problems in a relationship and they get ignored. And how that often ends up as a broken home or some kind of bad situation down the road. It's kind of something that if it wasn't overlooked in the first place, you can kind of get through it." The song's music video chronicles the moments after a severe car accident, where a mortally wounded Lacey cannot depart for the next world until he knows that his girlfriend, also injured in the crash, is safe in this one. He says it "is about death or losing someone and it's those moments that you kind of look back on your life and realize all the regrets that you had, and all the things you wish you could change". They also made a music video for the second single, Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades, where Lacey acts like a human voodoo doll; discovering that when he moves a particular body part, it is mimicked by the target of his action. "Since the song is about taking advantage of someone else," he said, "there's a pretty strong correlation between the video and the song." Both music videos gave the band exposure in the mainstream where Your Favorite Weapon went "virtually unnoticed", with the videos finding "constant" airplay on MTV and the band making its live television debut on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Furthermore, both singles entered the top 40 on the UK Singles Chart, whilst The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows peaked at number 37 on the Alternative Songs chart.
Three shows of the band's 24-date headlining US tour with Moneen, Senses Fail, and The Beautiful Mistake had sold out prior to even having released a single, with much of the buzz surrounding the band being produced by just word of mouth, touring and Internet message boards. Deja Entendu's success also earned them tours alongside New Found Glory, Good Charlotte, Dashboard Confessional, and Blink-182. The band went on to headline The Bamboozle festival with My Chemical Romance, Alkaline Trio, Thrice, The Starting Line, Fall Out Boy, The Bouncing Souls, Straylight Run and Flogging Molly. They also made their second trip to the UK in 2004, their first as the headline act, the tour completely sold out.
After being pegged as an act to watch in Rolling Stone's annual "Hot Issue", topping punk critics' year-end lists with the "genre-defying" Deja Entendu, with it also becoming a "landmark album of so-called 'emo-punk' and the band's notable underground following; Brand New found itself in the middle of a bidding war from record labels. At the time, Lane protested the label of "bidding war", but conceded, "There's a few labels that are definitely interested. We've been talking to a lot of people for a while and we're narrowing it down." The band eventually signed with DreamWorks Records, which was then taken over by Interscope Records.
The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me (2005–2008)
Following their signing to Interscope, Brand New stopped touring to work on their third album and major label debut. In this time, little to no interviews or updates came from the band. In 2004, Jesse Lacey told Chart magazine that he had written a "few songs" for the next album, commenting that "the other guys love it already". He made mention of the pressure he felt with the "loads of anticipation building up on my shoulders," saying that he even felt depressed because of this; "I'm getting depressed with all of the anxiety about the album and they say I write my best stuff when I'm in that state. Great, I'll spend the next six months all depressed and the rest of band will be excited, so that some good (material) might come out. And then I have to contend with how it's received." Lacey also said that the album would "move into new territory for Brand New".
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.
In January 2006, nine untitled demos recorded for the album were leaked to the Internet. In response to the leak, Garrett Tierney stated "I would say it did it in a good way 'cause so many people were curious to hear what we have been doing--and for the most part, the record tracks don't sound anything like the leaked demos." However, Lacey was not so upbeat when asked, saying, "For me it was different. It had me pretty down for a while. No one likes to show their creation in mid-process, and those songs weren't done. They were like blueprints. Just the plan, right? It put me in a state where I was under the impression that those songs had been wasted or something—that we had to go and write new things because those had been heard. Now, in retrospect, I want those songs to be on the album and many of them aren't, and I'm probably more to blame for that than anyone. This record already feels incomplete to me without those tracks and probably will forever."
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. Brand New began their first tour in years on June 20, 2006, where Lacey stated that the album had been completed the previous day.
Alternative Press published a preliminary date of October 10, 2006, as the album's release date, this was later corrected on the band's official website (http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com/), when it was announced that the new album would be released on November 21, 2006 in North America, and the day before in Europe. Soon after, a track listing and cover art were revealed, as well as new information regarding the release of the first single - Sowing Season. Having previously been leaked as a demo, the completed song began airing on radio on October 19, 2006, and appeared on their MySpace page a day later. According to Lacey in a radio interview with BBC Radio 1s 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 has bipolar disorder.
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.
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 festival 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 went on tour for the fall of 2007, with openers Thrice and MewithoutYou. In early 2008, Brand New toured Australia and New Zealand on the Big Day Out festival.
In October 2007, the band announced via their official website that a new song, entitled Fork and Knife, would be released online on October 23, 2007. Fork and Knife, a rerecorded version of the track formerly known as "Untitled 7" from the leaked demos, was released as a non-album digital download.
In March 2008, Brand New started their own record label, named Procrastinate! Music Traitors. The first act signed to the new label was longtime friend Kevin Devine. The first release from the label was a reissue of the 2006 Kevin Devine album, Put Your Ghost to Rest, in April 2008.
Daisy (2008–present)
In October 2008, it was stated that Brand New was in the studio winding down their new record and were currently recording vocals. Then in December, an update on Brand New's website announced that they had been in and out of the studio since about March, with roughly fifteen tracks to choose from. The album was recorded over a 12 month period from March 2008, with the band announcing in April 2009 that they had commenced mixing with Dave Sardy and that they hoped to release their fourth studio album in the summer of 2009, with potentially, a summer tour to follow. The release date was then delayed to October 2009, which was announced during a live performance at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival, where Brand New played two new songs, tentatively titled "Bride" and "Gasoline".
In June 2009, UK music magazine Rock Sound, claimed on their website that they had received a copy of the upcoming album, though it was, according to an image later posted by the editor, "incomplete". The site published a "tentative" track listing and reported the incomplete version that they had received to be roughly 30 minutes long.
In an interview with Kerrang!, Jesse Lacey commented on the upcoming album's content, "It's a pretty exhausting record. It's quite dense and I think some of the decisions we made don't always go in the most obvious direction. We were thinking a lot more about what we'd want to play when we were up onstage rather than actually what you'd want to hear on a record." He then questioned the future of the band, saying, "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."
On July 7, it was announced that the album would be titled And One Head Can Never Die (to be typeset and one head can never die) and would be released through Interscope Records on September 22, 2009. However, on July 9 it was announced on the band's website that the album title had been changed to Daisy, still being released on the same day. The album's first single, At the Bottom, was released through digital outlets on 11 August 2009. Daisy saw vocalist Jesse Lacey step back from songwriting and giving the role to guitarist Vincent Accardi along with the other members of the band.
Daisy debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 in the US, selling 46,000 records in what was their first top 20 entrance on the chart after The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me had reached number 31.
When asked if rumours were true that Daisy would be the band's final release, Lacey replied "I don't think that will be true. It might be our last full-length record for a little while, but we've got a lot of things lined up that we want to record, so I think that will happen pretty soon." In early 2010, drummer Brian Lane stated that Brand New were unsure about how they plan to release music in the future with technology being a factor; "I don’t know if there’s a point to releasing records if they’re not physical releases, if we're going to release a lot of things digitally then I don’t see why we couldn’t release a song a week or a song a month or just put out what we like from whenever we record." Lane also discussed the way the band may release their records in the future, "We’re talking about recording another album but we don’t know whether it’s going to come out on a label or whether we just release songs in batches."
On April 28, 2010, at their show in Clifton Park, NY, it was announced that the band is no longer signed to Interscope Records.
In mid February, 2011, Brand New updated their website with a background change, along with releasing 5 new tour dates from their Facebook feed. This is the first public activity shown from the band since the early days after the release of their album, Daisy. On April 26, Lacey announced at their Baltimore show that they have been writing material but have had difficulties as they are "tired of bumming you guys out. We’re trying to write something happy."
On August 17th 2017 Brand New released its 5th - and possibly last - studio album, entitled "Science Fiction". The 12 tracks long album features themes like religion, depression and an imminent nuclear war. It's already been said to top the band's most renowned albums Deja Entendu and The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me.
2. Brand New was a funk group active during the 1970's.
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
Brand New Lyrics
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I will die by your hand
Hope you find out what you want
Already know what I am
And if it makes you less sad
We'll start talking again
You can tell me how vile I already know that I am
Be a brand new day in a life that you hate
A crown of gold
A heart that's harder than stone
And it hurts a whole lot
But it's missed when it's gone
Call me a safe bet
I'm bettin' I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
If it makes you less sad
I'll move out of the state
You can keep to yourself
I'll keep out of your way
And if it makes you less sad
I'll take your pictures all down
Every picture you paint
I will paint myself out
It's cold as a tomb
And it's dark in your room
When I sneak to your bed
To pour salt in your wounds
So call it quits or get a grip
Say you wanted a solution
You just wanted to be missed
Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
So you can forget
You can forget
You are calm and reposed
Let your beauty unfold
Pale white, like the skin stretched over your bones
Spring keeps you ever close
You are second hand smoke
You are so fragile and thin
Standing trial for your sins
Holding onto yourself the best you can
You are the smell before rain
You are the blood in my veins
Call me a safe bet
I'm bettin' I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
Brand New's The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot was released in 2003 as part of the album Deja Entendu. The song’s lyrics are an emotionally complex narrative about a broken romantic relationship. The opening lyric, “If it makes you less sad, I will die by your hand,” illustrates the deep vulnerability felt by the singer who would do anything to make their partner happy, even if it means sacrificing themself. The lyric “A crown of gold, a heart that’s harder than stone” represents the degree of emotional toughness that the singer has developed as a coping mechanism, but also acknowledges the anguish this hardness has inflicted on his partner.
The song represents a plea for the aspiring poignant pathos typically found in song lyrics. The phrase “Call me a safe bet, I’m betting I’m not” is a clear indication of the singer's insecurities and a manifestation of his self-doubt. The song also shows the singer's willingness to make physical sacrifices for the other party through lines like “If it makes you less sad, I’ll move out of the state.” The song’s conclusion – “Call me a safe bet, I'm bettin' I'm not, I'm glad that you can forgive, only hoping as time goes you can forget” – speaks to the singer's resignation to the loss of the relationship and the hope that time will heal all wounds.
Line by Line Meaning
If it makes you less sad
I'm willing to make sacrifices if it helps ease your pain.
I will die by your hand
I will do whatever it takes for you to feel better, even if that means I have to face the consequences.
Hope you find out what you want
I hope you find what you're looking for and are happy with it.
Already know what I am
I know who I am and what I have done, and I'm not proud of it.
We'll start talking again
We can try to be friends again and maybe move past all the pain we caused each other.
You can tell me how vile I already know that I am
I know I've caused you pain and I don't need you to remind me, but I'm willing to listen if it helps you move on.
I'll grow old, start acting my age
I'll try to move on and mature, leaving behind the person I was when I hurt you.
Be a brand new day in a life that you hate
I want to be a new beginning for you, a refreshing change from everything else that brings you down.
A crown of gold
You hold a place of high importance in my life.
A heart that's harder than stone
Despite everything I've done, I still care about you, even if it's difficult for me to show it.
And it hurts a whole lot
This situation causes us both pain.
But it's missed when it's gone
When it's all over and you're gone, I know I'll miss you terribly.
Call me a safe bet
I might not be anything special, but I am reliable.
I'm bettin' I'm not
But at the same time, I might not be as dependable as I think I am.
I'm glad that you can forgive
I'm grateful that you're willing to forgive me for everything I've done.
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
I hope that as time passes, you can forget the pain I've caused and move on with your life.
I'll move out of the state
If you need me to leave your life to make things easier for you, I will.
You can keep to yourself
I don't want to cause you any more pain, so I'll leave you alone if that's what you want.
I'll keep out of your way
I'll do my best to make sure I don't cause any problems or make things harder for you.
I'll take your pictures all down
I'll remove all reminders of myself from your life if that's what you need to move on.
Every picture you paint
Everything you associate with me is negative, and I don't want to cause you any more pain by making you think of me.
I will paint myself out
I'll do what it takes to remove myself from your life and help you move forward.
It's cold as a tomb
Our current situation is lifeless and empty.
And it's dark in your room
You're struggling right now, and it shows in the way you live your life.
When I sneak to your bed
Even though things are bad between us, I still care about you and want to help you.
To pour salt in your wounds
But my attempts to help are often misguided and only make things worse for you.
So call it quits or get a grip
Either we need to put an end to this painful situation or overcome our problems and move past them.
Say you wanted a solution
We both want to fix things between us, but we don't know how to do it.
You just wanted to be missed
You want me to care about you and miss you, even though I caused you so much pain.
You are calm and reposed
Despite everything you're going through, you remain calm and composed.
Let your beauty unfold
I see beauty in you and I hope you can see it in yourself too.
Pale white, like the skin stretched over your bones
You're frail and vulnerable right now, but that doesn't diminish your worth or beauty.
Spring keeps you ever close
Despite all the hardship, hope remains close by.
You are second hand smoke
You're not the root of the problem, but the second hand effects of everything that has happened.
You are so fragile and thin
You feel small and vulnerable, but you're still important and valid.
Standing trial for your sins
You're facing the consequences of your actions, but hopefully you can also find redemption.
Holding onto yourself the best you can
You're doing your best to hold yourself together, even in the face of adversity.
You are the smell before rain
You represent a sign of hope and new beginnings, even in the midst of darkness.
You are the blood in my veins
You're an integral part of my life, even though our relationship is troubled.
So you can forget
I want you to forget all the pain I've caused you and move on with your life.
You can forget
I can't change the past, but I hope you can find a way to let go of the pain and find peace.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jesse Lacey
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@creativeamerican8811
Melody
You see, Petrichor is the official name for the smell before rain, or the smell of rain.
And this word is made up of Petra ( stone) and Ichor, which is a kinda the blood of gods..so it flows in their veins.
Which is in the next line of the song sorta...
Little Easter egg
@stiefjac5082
@@J_e_s_s_e Gotta love the internet because my experience is slightly similar. I was super into this type of music in high school (06-10) but somehow Brand New slipped under my radar and I sort of gravitated towards the more hardcore scene but when i was 19 and finished high school i dated a girl froma different school i met through a good friend of mine (also a girl). i remember plain as day when my friend said "omg you've never heard of brand new?!" this was the first song she showed me
fast forward about half a year, girl my friend introduced me to was going off to a 4 year university, i was through my first year of community college and had already lost faith in knowing what i really wanted to do with my life. she let me know that she wanted to go to college completely free of any chains, and i was caught up in the ones i'd created for myself.
i still remember i was between jobs and barely going to my classes, and my dad felt for me and offered to pay me to repaint his office building (it didn't need to be painted, but my dad's a good guy) and I'll never forget feeling heartbroken and lost in life and listening to this song, then deciding to listen to the whole album.. the whole album feels like it has the same theme of this song. people like to say that music that falls under the "emo" umbrella was depressing, but i found it so cathartic. like you could work through the most primal basic feelings of isolation, disillusionment, fear, pain, sacrificial love, selflessness and understanding with a song that represented how you felt inside
I'll grow old
And start acting my age
I'll be a brand new day
In a life that you hate
You want to have all the answers and be the shoulder to lean on, but in the end you sacrifice the free unhinged part of yourself that drew her to you in the first place, and all of a sudden you become the object to be chained to in your effort to provide stability
@raulgillette3669
"You are calm and reposed
Let your beauty unfold
Pale white like the skin
Stretched over your bones
Spring keeps you ever close
You are second hand smoke
You are so fragile and thin
Standing trial for your sins
Holding onto yourself the best you can
You are the smell before the rain
You are the blood in my veins"
THIS PART KILLS ME EVERYTIME!!!
@golamraufu
Lyrics :
If it makes you less sad
I will die by your hand
I hope you find out what you want
I already know what I am
And if it makes you less sad
We'll start talking again
You can tell me how vile
I already know that I am
I'll grow old
Start acting my age
Be a brand new day
In a life that you hate
A crown of gold
A heart that's harder than stone
And it hurts a whole lot
But it's missed when it's gone
[Chorus]
Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
[Verse 2]
And if it makes you less sad
I'll move out of the state
You can keep to yourself
I'll keep out of your way
And if it makes you less sad
I'll take your pictures all down
Every picture you paint
I will paint myself out
It's cold as a tomb
And it's dark in your room
When I sneak to your bed
To pour salt in your wounds
So call it quits
Or get a grip
Say you wanted a solution
You just wanted to be missed
[Chorus]
Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
So you can forget
You can forget
[Bridge]
You are calm and reposed
Let your beauty unfold
Pale white, like the skin stretched over your bones
Spring keeps you ever close
You are second-hand smoke
You are so fragile and thin
Standing trial for your sins
Holding onto yourself the best you can
You are the smell before rain
You are the blood in my veins
[Chorus]
Call me a safe bet
I'm betting I'm not
I'm glad that you can forgive
Only hoping as time goes, you can forget
@danasimpson6723
If you’re reading this, I love you
@bobbyluck8953
I love you too Fam
@randybutton9175
I love you too
@rachaelsmith4183
You made my heart hurt 😘
@draven1308
I love you too
@markhenry2726
I love you pal ❤
@pinkmoonjuice5158
Better to discover a masterpiece now than never. This is exceptional.
@Dybukx_
i loved this band when i was 15, im now 26, this song is always something i revested when im at my lowest, this song is personally gut wrenching for me but ill always have time for it,it hurts but its to good good to neglect, hope life is treating you well man. love and peace.
@cmdlet98
@@Dybukx_dude same age and everything, yes! I listened to these guys back then too!
@Meilk27
@@cmdlet98 who asked