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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.
Untitled 08
Brand New Lyrics
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Losing them to drinking and to driving
Losing all my friends
I want it back
Slipping out the back
Did you really think we wouldn’t notice?
Slipping out the back
Yeah
Yeah
But you loved your wife
You were always faithful to her always
Buried both the kids
In the summer sun
Praying for this life
Huddled in the brig all with the shipmates
Praying for this life
And I dropped the bomb
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
What you waiting for
Searching for his brother
In an empty room across the hall
Is he coming back
Listening at night
Waiting for a son to come up the stairs
Listening at night
Waiting for the sound of the car park
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Call him up this summer
On the phone
Need to know what it feels like again
Summer skin
Found another lover
Tell him straight, call him up again
I'll call him up again, yeah
Call him up again
Tying both your shoes and
Looking past the ocean for the signal
Waiting for a body
In a open box
They don't send you letters
They telephone you
They don't send you letters
But you're waiting for them
You write him, yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah
Call him up this summer
On the phone
Need to know what it feels like again
I'll call him up again
Call him up this summer
On the phone
Need to know what it feels like again
Brand New's song "Untitled 08" depicts the struggles of losing friends to destructive habits such as drinking and driving. The singer of the song reminisces on their lost friendships and longs to have them back. The lyrics also touch on the tragedy of burying children and the pain of waiting for loved ones to return.
The first verse sets the tone of the song as the singer is losing friends due to the reckless behavior of drinking and driving, a theme that runs throughout the song. The second verse references someone slipping out the back in the pouring rain, implying that someone is trying to escape or hide something. The following lines describe someone who was always faithful to their wife, but tragically buried both of their children in the summer sun. There is also a mention of praying for this life and dropping a bomb, which could be interpreted as a metaphorical bomb or a literal one.
The chorus repeats the lyrics "call him up this summer on the phone" which could evoke a sense of nostalgia and a desire to reconnect with a lost friend or loved one. The final verse describes the waiting and anticipation for letters or calls, but also the disappointment and frustration when they don't arrive.
Overall, the song seems to be about the pain of losing people, whether it's through death, addiction, or simply growing apart. The lyrics touch on themes of regret and longing, and the sense of hopelessness that comes when we can't get back what we've lost.
Line by Line Meaning
Losing all my friends
I am losing all of my friends slowly, but surely.
Losing them to drinking and to driving
They are getting caught up in the dangerous activities of drinking and driving.
Losing all my friends
I am losing all of my friends slowly, but surely.
I want it back
I want my friends back to how it used to be before we started growing apart.
Slipping out the back
You left quickly without anyone noticing.
Did you really think we wouldn’t notice?
You thought you could slip out unnoticed, but we noticed.
Slipping out the back
You left quickly without anyone noticing.
In the pouring rain
And you did it when it was raining heavily.
But you loved your wife
You valued your marriage and loved your wife deeply.
You were always faithful to her always
You stayed loyal and true to your wife throughout your relationship.
Buried both the kids
You had to bury both of your children who died at a young age.
In the summer sun
Their funeral was held outside in the bright and warm summer sun.
Praying for this life
I am praying for survival.
Huddled in the brig all with the shipmates
I am grouping with my naval comrades, all of us supporting each other in uncertain circumstances.
Praying for this life
I am praying for survival.
And I dropped the bomb
I made a huge mistake and offended someone I cared about.
What you waiting for
What are you still waiting for?
Searching for his brother
He is looking for his sibling who is missing.
In an empty room across the hall
The room he is searching in is empty and no one is there.
Is he coming back
He is wondering if his brother will ever return.
Listening at night
I am listening at night for any sound or clues.
Waiting for a son to come up the stairs
I am waiting for my child to come up the stairs and join me.
Listening at night
I am listening at night for any sound or clues.
Waiting for the sound of the car park
I am waiting for the sound of a car in the parking lot to see if someone I care for has returned home.
Call him up this summer
I will call him during the summertime.
On the phone
We will be communicating via phone call.
Need to know what it feels like again
I need to know what it was like to have his love and attention once again.
Summer skin
The skin I had during the summer it's shiny and young.
Found another lover
I moved on and found another person to care for me.
Tell him straight, call him up again
I will speak the truth and call him again to see if our connection is still present.
Tying both your shoes and
I am wearing shoes and getting ready to go somewhere or do something.
Looking past the ocean for the signal
I am searching intently, even looking beyond the horizon and towards the sea for something specific - a sign or a message.
Waiting for a body
I am waiting for a specific, human body to arrive.
In a open box
The body I am waiting for is exposed and unprotected in an open container.
They don't send you letters
They don't communicate with you via letters.
They telephone you
They contact or inform you through a phone call.
They don't send you letters
They don't communicate with you via letters.
But you're waiting for them
You are still eagerly waiting for their communication and response.
You write him, yeah
You write to him in order to maintain your social contact with him.
Contributed by Ava Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
R.E. K.
losing all my friends. losing 'em to drinking and to driving. losing all my friends. i don't want 'em back. slipping out the back. did you really think we wouldn't notice you slipping out the back in the pouring rain? yeah? yeah.
leo loved his wife. loved her, and was faithful to her always, but buried both the kids in the summer sun. praying for his life huddled in the brig, cold, with his shipmates. praying for his life when they dropped the bomb. yeah. yeah.
... what you waiting for? searching for you brother in the empty room across the hall. "is he coming back?" you're listening at night, waiting for a sound to come up the stairs. you're listening at night for him to slam into the car park, yeah? yeah.
he called me up this summer on the phone; he's breathing, living, and knowing what it feels like to be in some other skin. tell another lover. tell her strong. they timed another fall right again... cold coming around the end, yeah. yeah.
tying both their shoes up, look across the ocean for a signal. waiting for a bomb and an open line. they don't send your letters. they don't telephone you in this hotel. they don't send your letters, but you waiting for him to write 'em. yeah. yeah.
call 'em up to tell 'em about it all. grin and know you feel right again... comin' around the end. call another brother, call 'em all. turnin' 'round... it feels like i'm in some other skin yeah.
EminentKnight
I suppose when they actually came to recording this song, he'd already got them back?..
Cianna Broker
this version holds so much more passion and emotion and longing than Sowing Season.
Kat Davis
This is so incredibly beautiful. I don't even know...
Kyelin volgesong
Amazing. These lyrics are so much more deep. I mean i love the finished version. I can't really say i like either better. both amazing. Both bring tears to my eyes occasionally.
Bedtime thoughts with Charlie
I literally started sobbing the second I clicked this song. Sowing Season (and Luca) will forever be my favorite songs and to hear the demo just broke my heart in two. Hearing the vulnerability and the freshness and the pain in the demo just killed me. I love Brand New soooo much.
Michelle
+Hailey Green jesse lacey is my man crush everyday and will be forever, him and kevin devine are too fucking good to even put into words
Tisha Mccomb
@Snack314 and the 'demo' acoustic sound it has just makes it all the more emotional!
Emma Legere
Sowing Season is one of my favourite Brand New songs, and I think that they should've put both songs on their album! Both are beautiful and should be treated as two separate songs, not just two separate versions.
RedEyedJEdi410
damn this song for holding so many memories
R.E. K.
losing all my friends. losing 'em to drinking and to driving. losing all my friends. i don't want 'em back. slipping out the back. did you really think we wouldn't notice you slipping out the back in the pouring rain? yeah? yeah.
leo loved his wife. loved her, and was faithful to her always, but buried both the kids in the summer sun. praying for his life huddled in the brig, cold, with his shipmates. praying for his life when they dropped the bomb. yeah. yeah.
... what you waiting for? searching for you brother in the empty room across the hall. "is he coming back?" you're listening at night, waiting for a sound to come up the stairs. you're listening at night for him to slam into the car park, yeah? yeah.
he called me up this summer on the phone; he's breathing, living, and knowing what it feels like to be in some other skin. tell another lover. tell her strong. they timed another fall right again... cold coming around the end, yeah. yeah.
tying both their shoes up, look across the ocean for a signal. waiting for a bomb and an open line. they don't send your letters. they don't telephone you in this hotel. they don't send your letters, but you waiting for him to write 'em. yeah. yeah.
call 'em up to tell 'em about it all. grin and know you feel right again... comin' around the end. call another brother, call 'em all. turnin' 'round... it feels like i'm in some other skin yeah.