As the record leaked, I feared its sudden promotion and pressure from the label would foreshadow a bad record. Front man Jesse Lacey’s interviews hinted that the record wouldn’t surpass the previous record, The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. The new record, entitled Daisy, is Brand New’s second release on Interscope Records, and follows similar rhythms of that last record but soars to a level this band has never before reached.The first song provides sudden disappointment. “Vices” is a hard-hitting amateur track with the screaming vocals of Jess Lacey, making us wonder how he stepped back so far. Luckily, “Bed,” the next track saves the record, as does the intimacy of songs like “Gasoline.”The album’s single, “At The Bottom,” is perhaps the strangest song on the record. It doesn’t go back to the bad screaming or the pain felt in the first song, but sounds more like Modest Mouse. The connection came to me later. Without the Smiths or Morrissey there would be no Brand New. Johnny Marr, former guitarist for the Smiths, joined Modest Mouse in 2006, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Lacey’s vocals on this record are strikingly like Issac Brock’s (singer of Modest Mouse). His creative obsession has not been so obvious as a kick back to the Smiths and Morrissey since the second record, Deja Entendu.What I find most admirable about this release is the raw material that made its way from track to track without major label interference. I don’t know that this record had Lacey craving the limelight, or if the label was pushing this record’s release after almost three years since the last. What I do think is that Daisy, much like The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, is an open invitation to adulthood. Brand New was always a band to grow up beside record after record. Listeners cried at 17-year-old heartbreak as he did on Your Favorite Weapon and uncovered sexuality as he did in Deja Entendu. In turn, Brand New’s fanbase entered adulthood with The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me and certainly can’t let them go now. The closing track tempts me into believing that it’s Lacey’s way of wanting out. I don’t believe the last few years of leaked unfinished songs and stadium shows have done well for his countenance in the band, but I do think Daisy indicates that this is as real as it will ever be.Although this record might appear broken upon first listen, I bet when it’s over, you will want to listen again. Daisy dropped on September 22 on Interscope Records.

As the record leaked, I feared its sudden promotion and pressure from the label would foreshadow a bad record. Front man Jesse Lacey’s interviews hinted that the record wouldn’t surpass the previous record, The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. The new record, entitled Daisy, is Brand New’s second release on Interscope Records, and follows similar rhythms of that last record but soars to a level this band has never before reached.

The first song provides sudden disappointment. “Vices” is a hard-hitting amateur track with the screaming vocals of Jess Lacey, making us wonder how he stepped back so far. Luckily, “Bed,” the next track saves the record, as does the intimacy of songs like “Gasoline.”

The album’s single, “At The Bottom,” is perhaps the strangest song on the record. It doesn’t go back to the bad screaming or the pain felt in the first song, but sounds more like Modest Mouse. The connection came to me later. Without the Smiths or Morrissey there would be no Brand New. Johnny Marr, former guitarist for the Smiths, joined Modest Mouse in 2006, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Lacey’s vocals on this record are strikingly like Issac Brock’s (singer of Modest Mouse). His creative obsession has not been so obvious as a kick back to the Smiths and Morrissey since the second record, Deja Entendu.

What I find most admirable about this release is the raw material that made its way from track to track without major label interference. I don’t know that this record had Lacey craving the limelight, or if the label was pushing this record’s release after almost three years since the last. What I do think is that Daisy, much like The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, is an open invitation to adulthood. Brand New was always a band to grow up beside record after record. Listeners cried at 17-year-old heartbreak as he did on Your Favorite Weapon and uncovered sexuality as he did in Deja Entendu. In turn, Brand New’s fanbase entered adulthood with The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me and certainly can’t let them go now. 

The closing track tempts me into believing that it’s Lacey’s way of wanting out. I don’t believe the last few years of leaked unfinished songs and stadium shows have done well for his countenance in the band, but I do think Daisy indicates that this is as real as it will ever be.

Although this record might appear broken upon first listen, I bet when it’s over, you will want to listen again. Daisy dropped on September 22 on Interscope Records.

As the record leaked, I feared its sudden promotion and pressure from the label would foreshadow a bad record. Front man Jesse Lacey’s interviews hinted that the record wouldn’t surpass the previous record, The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. The new record, entitled Daisy, is Brand New’s second release on Interscope Records, and follows similar rhythms of that last record but soars to a level this band has never before reached.The first song provides sudden disappointment. “Vices” is a hard-hitting amateur track with the screaming vocals of Jess Lacey, making us wonder how he stepped back so far. Luckily, “Bed,” the next track saves the record, as does the intimacy of songs like “Gasoline.”The album’s single, “At The Bottom,” is perhaps the strangest song on the record. It doesn’t go back to the bad screaming or the pain felt in the first song, but sounds more like Modest Mouse. The connection came to me later. Without the Smiths or Morrissey there would be no Brand New. Johnny Marr, former guitarist for the Smiths, joined Modest Mouse in 2006, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Lacey’s vocals on this record are strikingly like Issac Brock’s (singer of Modest Mouse). His creative obsession has not been so obvious as a kick back to the Smiths and Morrissey since the second record, Deja Entendu.What I find most admirable about this release is the raw material that made its way from track to track without major label interference. I don’t know that this record had Lacey craving the limelight, or if the label was pushing this record’s release after almost three years since the last. What I do think is that Daisy, much like The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, is an open invitation to adulthood. Brand New was always a band to grow up beside record after record. Listeners cried at 17-year-old heartbreak as he did on Your Favorite Weapon and uncovered sexuality as he did in Deja Entendu. In turn, Brand New’s fanbase entered adulthood with The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me and certainly can’t let them go now. The closing track tempts me into believing that it’s Lacey’s way of wanting out. I don’t believe the last few years of leaked unfinished songs and stadium shows have done well for his countenance in the band, but I do think Daisy indicates that this is as real as it will ever be.Although this record might appear broken upon first listen, I bet when it’s over, you will want to listen again. Daisy dropped on September 22 on Interscope Records.

As the record leaked, I feared its sudden promotion and pressure from the label would foreshadow a bad record. Front man Jesse Lacey’s interviews hinted that the record wouldn’t surpass the previous record, The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me. The new record, entitled Daisy, is Brand New’s second release on Interscope Records, and follows similar rhythms of that last record but soars to a level this band has never before reached.

The first song provides sudden disappointment. “Vices” is a hard-hitting amateur track with the screaming vocals of Jess Lacey, making us wonder how he stepped back so far. Luckily, “Bed,” the next track saves the record, as does the intimacy of songs like “Gasoline.”

The album’s single, “At The Bottom,” is perhaps the strangest song on the record. It doesn’t go back to the bad screaming or the pain felt in the first song, but sounds more like Modest Mouse. The connection came to me later. Without the Smiths or Morrissey there would be no Brand New. Johnny Marr, former guitarist for the Smiths, joined Modest Mouse in 2006, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Lacey’s vocals on this record are strikingly like Issac Brock’s (singer of Modest Mouse). His creative obsession has not been so obvious as a kick back to the Smiths and Morrissey since the second record, Deja Entendu.

What I find most admirable about this release is the raw material that made its way from track to track without major label interference. I don’t know that this record had Lacey craving the limelight, or if the label was pushing this record’s release after almost three years since the last. What I do think is that Daisy, much like The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, is an open invitation to adulthood. Brand New was always a band to grow up beside record after record. Listeners cried at 17-year-old heartbreak as he did on Your Favorite Weapon and uncovered sexuality as he did in Deja Entendu. In turn, Brand New’s fanbase entered adulthood with The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me and certainly can’t let them go now. 

The closing track tempts me into believing that it’s Lacey’s way of wanting out. I don’t believe the last few years of leaked unfinished songs and stadium shows have done well for his countenance in the band, but I do think Daisy indicates that this is as real as it will ever be.

Although this record might appear broken upon first listen, I bet when it’s over, you will want to listen again. Daisy dropped on September 22 on Interscope Records.

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