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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.
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Brand New Lyrics
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I can barely see where we're going now
The road is washed out from the river that flooded just north of town
We stick stick stick stick to the plan we laid out
But we know the saying
The best best best best plans of both mice and men can go terribly wrong
And they probably will
So please - nobody speaks
Nobody get any smart ideas
If we don't have any heroics
We may just get out of here
And home to your families by dinner time safely and soundly sleeping
Cause we don't want trouble
We'll take what we came for and we'll leave quiet
or maybe we will...
Tear you up
Take what you love
And burn it down
Burn it down
Nobody moves, nobody moves
And no one gets hurt
If nobody opens their mouth
We have nothing to worry about
We'll keep keep keep keep you alive
'Cause we always need bargaining chips
(For their lives we will trade you and make your getaway)
We'll keep keep keep keep you alive
'Cause your pretty
And we need something to look at while we...
Tear you up
Take what you love
And burn it down
And burn it down
You swear to build
We swear to come
And burn it down
And burn it down
Weighing the cost of the love you made
Measure again
Yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again
Yeah
Wandering the park
And sinking our teeth into anyone who'll suffice
And who can survive my disease
Break all the locks without the combination
I know where you hid it - I consider it mine
Went to the crowns without a planning or feeling
And keep me alert ‘til the next bout of time
Please cut me up, cut me up
Honey, make me the lover you wanted
When you were young and asleep
And I'm fine when you're here
Find my call from a bottle
The lover you wanted
While you waited so long
Weighing the cost of the love you made
Measure again
Yeah
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Break them again
Yeah
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The lyrics to Brand New's song "Cleanser" are haunting and disturbing, painting a picture of a group of people who are willing to do whatever it takes to get what they want. The first stanza sets the scene, with the singer barely able to move or see due to the washed-out road. The group has a plan, but they know that even the best-laid plans can go awry. They implore each other to stay quiet and not do anything that might jeopardize their mission.
The next stanza takes a darker turn, with the group threatening to tear apart the people they encounter and burn everything down. They justify their actions by saying that they need bargaining chips, and that their victims are pretty and worth looking at. The last section is more disjointed, touching on themes of love and loss, and ending with the repeated refrain of "weighing the cost of the love you made" and "feeling the weight of the bones you break." It's an intense and unsettling song, full of violent imagery and a sense of impending doom.
Overall, "Cleanser" seems to be a commentary on the destructive power of greed and the lengths that some people will go to get what they want. The group in the song is willing to cause harm and destruction in order to achieve their goals, and there is a sense that they are capable of great violence. The repeated references to love and loss suggest that perhaps these characters are motivated by a sense of betrayal or heartbreak, but it's left unclear exactly what has led them down this path.
Line by Line Meaning
I can barely move
I am physically or emotionally exhausted and cannot take much more.
I can barely see where we're going now
I don't know what the future holds or what dangers may be lurking ahead.
The road is washed out from the river that flooded just north of town
The path we were taking has been made impassable due to a natural disaster, making our journey even more difficult.
We stick stick stick stick to the plan we laid out
We are determined to follow the plan we came up with, even though it may not be foolproof.
But we know the saying
We are familiar with the expression that things don't always go according to plan.
The best best best best plans of both mice and men can go terribly wrong
Even the most meticulously crafted plans can fail spectacularly despite our best efforts.
And they probably will
We recognize that there is a strong likelihood that things will not go well for us.
So please - nobody speaks
We are trying to avoid getting ourselves into more trouble, so we are urging everyone to stay quiet.
Nobody get any smart ideas
We want to discourage anyone from acting out or trying to take matters into their own hands.
If we don't have any heroics
We are trying to avoid any dramatic or heroic actions that could make our situation worse.
We may just get out of here
We are trying to escape from a dangerous situation, and we think our best chance is to remain calm and collected.
And home to your families by dinner time safely and soundly sleeping
We are hoping that we can make it back home to our loved ones without any harm coming to us.
Cause we don't want trouble
We are trying to avoid any unnecessary conflict, and we hope that our calm and collected approach will help us achieve that goal.
We'll take what we came for and we'll leave quiet
Our goal is to acquire what we need without causing any trouble, and then quietly make our escape.
or maybe we will...
Despite our best intentions, things could still go wrong, and we are acknowledging that possibility.
Tear you up
We are prepared to use force to get what we want if necessary.
Take what you love
We are willing to take things that are important to others if it means achieving our objectives.
And burn it down
We are prepared to destroy what we cannot take with us.
Nobody moves, nobody moves
We are trying to maintain complete control of the situation by encouraging everyone to remain still and quiet.
And no one gets hurt
Our goal is to avoid violence and injury.
If nobody opens their mouth
We are trying to maintain secrecy and avoid drawing any unwanted attention to our situation.
We have nothing to worry about
If we can successfully keep everything under control, we believe that we can complete our objectives without any negative consequences.
We'll keep keep keep keep you alive
We are willing to take hostages and keep them alive in order to achieve our goals.
'Cause we always need bargaining chips
We believe that having hostages will give us leverage and help us to achieve our objectives more easily.
(For their lives we will trade you and make your getaway)
We are willing to exchange the hostages for our own safety.
'Cause your pretty
We may choose to keep hostages because we find them physically attractive.
And we need something to look at while we...
We may have nefarious plans for our hostages and are keeping them around for our own amusement.
Weighing the cost of the love you made
The consequences of your actions and choices may not be clear until later.
Measure again
It is important to evaluate the potential outcomes of our actions and choices before making them.
Feeling the weight of the bones you break
Guilt or remorse over our actions can be a burden that we carry with us.
Break them again
Despite any feelings of guilt, we may continue to make destructive choices that harm ourselves and others.
Wandering the park
We may be aimlessly drifting through life, not sure of where we are going or what we want.
And sinking our teeth into anyone who'll suffice
We may be willing to use others to satisfy our own desires, even if it means causing them harm.
And who can survive my disease
Our actions may be harmful to those around us and cause them to suffer.
Break all the locks without the combination
We may resort to destructive means to achieve our goals if necessary.
I know where you hid it - I consider it mine
We may be willing to take what we want, even if it belongs to someone else and they do not consent to us having it.
Went to the crowns without a planning or feeling
We may be rushing into things without considering the consequences or thinking through our actions.
And keep me alert 'til the next bout of time
We may be so focused on our goals and desires that we are unwilling to rest or take a break.
Please cut me up, cut me up
We may be engaging in self-destructive behavior or harming ourselves in some way.
Honey, make me the lover you wanted
We may be trying to change ourselves in order to please someone else or fit their idealized version of who we should be.
When you were young and asleep
Our actions may be driven by nostalgia or a desire to relive the past.
And I'm fine when you're here
We may be overly reliant on others for validation or emotional support.
Find my call from a bottle
We may be using drugs or alcohol to cope with our problems or deal with difficult emotions.
The lover you wanted
We may be willing to become someone other than ourselves in order to be loved or accepted.
While you waited so long
Our desire for love or acceptance may be longstanding and deeply ingrained.
Contributed by Josiah N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@loranardolillo3608
hands down the best brand new song i've ever heard in my life. i still remember the first time i heard it and it still gives me chills to this day, 11 years later.
@indigorune
ugh just remembered this song. how did i forget it. so good.
@WhyHowNow
Still. I feel like this song doesn't need a remaster. It so perfect.
@jennaryals1566
Kyle Tuck said it best the first time. But Jesse I mean............just saying, we'll take one
@runnersdialzero1244
It wasn't "remastered", it was released in its original quality so now it's not an MP3 of an MP3 of a shit quality MP3.
@Dunmunll
THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON D&G OMG
@theCookiemonster445
Dunmunll i dont think it would fit.
@Dunmunll
Emily c:
stylistically speaking, probably not, but it's a shame that this was never on it in a way.
@Knobsmacker
+Emily c: I think it definitely could of. Compare the demos of the songs that did make it to the album versions. Production makes a huge difference though naturally it would change the feel of the album at least a bit.
@MickyD851
But does it not have the same sweeps as Degausser, what comes after three minutes? I love these demos, but in an alternative universe would love to have D&G unadulterated by the leaks...