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- Date Released: June 17, 2003
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Emo
- Label: Triple Crown Records / Razor & Tie
Raw radio-rock that says more than could be covered in a screaming phone call.
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We Say...
A young band formed in suburban New York and thrown into the stomping ground of modern rock radio, Brand New showed up lots of their pained peers with an album as expansive as it is immediate. With more than a little emo in their blood, songs like "Sic Transit Gloria. . . Glory Fades" and "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light" skid between ranting anger and pensive pondering, sounding desperate but driven. "Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't" tips its cap toward the literate reflexivity of Bright Eyes ("every line is about who I don't want to write about anymore"), but its rocking release unfolds through a series of movements that suggest guitar-rock shot out to spin in orbit. With an eye-opening harmony here or an elaborate bridge there, Brand New prove intriguingly up to the task of writing raw radio-rock that says more than could be covered in a screaming phone call.
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They Say...
As the popularity of emo and punk-pop plateaued, many bands had a lot to prove to stay in the game. As of 2003, Brand New had sidestepped any notion that they'd be stuck in the prototypical mold found on Your Favorite Weapon. Unlike their debut, Deja Entendu isn't all about bitter breakups and doesn't fall into a permanent punk-pop hole. Produced by Steven Haigler (Pixies, Quicksand), this sophomore effort finds Brand New maturing, reaching for textures and song structures instead of clichés. They still, however, alternate their full-on blasts with slower acoustic work, which doesn't hurt. Many antiromantic lyrics such as "my tongue is the only muscle on my body that works harder than my heart" saturate the disc, but there's still some resentment with downers such as "I hope you come down with something they can't diagnose and don't have a cure for." "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" is one of the stronger tracks and isn't so much a fresh entry as it is a rewrite of their semihit "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad." It's not quite déjà vu; it's just consistent.
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| 01. |  |
Tautou |
1:42 |
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| 02. | |
Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades |
3:06 |
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| 03. | |
I Will Play My Game Beneath The Spin Light |
3:57 |
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| 04. | |
Okay I Believe You, But My Tommy Gun Don't |
5:35 |
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| 05. | |
The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows |
4:01 |
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| 06. | |
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot |
4:39 |
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| 07. | |
Jaws Theme Swimming |
4:34 |
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| 08. | |
Me Vs. Maradona Vs. Elvis |
5:19 |
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| 09. | |
Guernica |
3:23 |
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| 10. | |
Good To Know That If I Ever Need Attention All I Have To Do Is Die |
7:00 |
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| 11. | |
Play Crack The Sky |
5:27 |
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11 Total Tracks, 48:43 Total Length
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Credits
- Alan Douches - Mastering // Steve Haigler - Producer // Steve Haigler - Mixing // Tracy Schroeder - Engineer // Mike Sapone - Engineer // Mike Sapone - Mixing
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Other Details
- Instrument:
- Vocals
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