![]() Later on in the record, Lacey's perspective on the end becomes a meditation on the destruction that comes from holding on too tight, in "Desert." It's the transformation from hugging to smothering, the way a blanket wraps around you in the middle of the night and squeezes you so tight that your mind conjures the image of being trapped in the coils of a python. It's a death that's ultimately welcome for Brand New in the final lines: "We're so afraid, I prayed and prayed/When God told me to love the bomb." "137" pines about being vaporized by an Atomic Bomb, starting at a sparse, plaintive perspective on being left alone before exploding into a crashing wave of distortion and feedback. Musing about death in the abstract is far less noteworthy than musing about death when you're at its door. What makes Science Fiction so striking, to me, is the way in which they feel so much more palpable. Lyrics run through the metaphor of demise aren't new for the group, nor for the genre at all. The album itself is dense, thematically obsessed with death and also anchored around what sound like recordings from therapy patients and old military transmissions. Whether it was lyrically in songs like "Luca" or allusions on their merchandise (the shirts released preceding their final record was ominously labeled '2000-2018'), death was an approaching finish line that gave the band an aura that their peers never had. Since at least 2006's The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me, the band has faced their demise and embraced that it would end eventually. As it turned out, for many fans, the fact that the band was prefacing this album's release with the revelation that it would be their final album was only new in the sense that it was stated so plainly this time around.įor the most part, Brand New was a band who constantly drafted the final part of their story. Science Fiction was the first record I got to experience in real time. I'd hear about them on a part of a tour with a band like Manchester Orchestra, or find recordings of their live performances in my YouTube suggestions, but it was all done from the perspective of hindsight. Bordering on reclusive, the band struck me as musical poltergeists: not always there in front of the face, but usually in the corner of the mind's eye. By that point, it was easy for me to look back and develop a retrospective understanding of the legacy they'd built. ![]() Brand New seems like making songs about that very thing.When Brand New came into my world, they were already four albums in. It seems to juxtapose the innocence of the girl with whatever sinister story is playing out with the hooded figures. Why? If it's cold out, there's no reason to wear those unless he is trying to hide the sound of his foot steps. It's paint on is old and cracking.Īlso the more ghoulish figure is wearing soft slippers. Berries can represent nourishment but also possibly be poisonous. The branch in the photo has berries though. The little girl and the two masked men have a dynamic that only gets worse the more you look at it. But why is she hiding outside? And she's wearing a jacket. Adults also shouldn't be on your doorstep in masks. It can't be misinterpreted as Halloween because adults don't do that. Two grown, most likely men, hiding their identity behind macabre masks, and standing on someone's doorstep. The image gets more unsettling the more you look at it. ![]() I heard an explanation one time I think from the photographer. If you're looking for the Shone project, head on over to /r/Shone. You can follow on Twitter for updates, or email to send in shows.Ĭheck out this compilation of Brand New related graffiti found throughout the country! Found something? Message /u/lixelpixel or the mods to have a piece added! Donations are directed to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation. ![]() If you appreciate the work put into it, please donate. The Brand New Archive, is a complete* collection of Brand New live shows and bootlegs from 2000-2016. Any buying/selling of tickets/merch are to be done here, new text submissions will be removed. The thread is refreshed when posts are high or enough time has gone by. When posting: There's an official Ticket/Merch thread stickied at the top at all times. their songs, albums, live shows, and any other related news! Feel free to discuss whatever you wish pertaining to the band, i.e. ![]()
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